Today, the students of Pike Liberal Arts filled their cafeteria. After finishing 10 weeks in the Super Citizen Program, they are gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and honor local heroes from the stage.
These students have learned their important roles in America’s future thanks to an immersive experience in civics, character, financial literacy and social studies. And in the closing piece of the program, Torch Teams (or “Helping Hands” for the younger students), students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world. They chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas & Liberty Pins. They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the Torch Teams & Helping Hands Heroes honored today in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by Troy Bank & Trust. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Were you at the event? See the photo gallery below to find yourself, to revisit the magic or watch it unfold for the first time ></strong
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- 3rd graders are excited to celebrate!
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- These 2nd graders are excited to honor their heroes!
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- Ryan, Mileigh, & Reagan lead their classmates in a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Jimmy Smith was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by his great grandson Jax.
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- Gregory honored his dad Douglas Bradford as his Helping Hands Hero.
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- Cristine Simmer was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Connor.
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- Jeannie honored her mom Kelly Sanders.
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- These 2nd graders stand together to take their Helping Hands Pledge.
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- We love our Troy Bank & Trust family!
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- 3rd graders pledge to be Super Citizens!
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- Bradunn, Sophie, Piper, Lincy, Julianna, & Mary Holland lead everyone in the tour anthem.
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the cafeteria with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Pike Liberal Arts Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes, the students that honored them, and our Troy Bank & Trust Family!