Today, 2nd & 5th grade students filled their gymnasium. 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 the Perry County Community Alliance. 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 >
- 2nd graders showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
- These 5th graders are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
- Takia & Cortayvion lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Frederick tells us why they chose his Hero.
- Emefa Butler is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Frederick and the 2nd grade.
- Kirsten shares all about her hero.
- Kirsten and the 2nd graders chose Ruby Richardson as their Helping Hands Hero.
- Jakyla tells everyone about the 5th grade hero
- Dalvin Mcgraw is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Jakyla and the 5th grade.
- 2nd graders taking their Helping Hands Pledge.
- These 5th graders stand together to take their Super Citizens Pledge.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Singing in celebration!
- Helping sing our tour anthem!
- Robert C Hatch Helping Hands & Torch Team heroes!