Today, Selma 2nd and 5th grade students filled the Selma High School Auditorium. 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 [enter sponsor(s) if applicable] and passionate community sponsors. 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 >
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- Derrick, Zechariah, Jordyn, & Da’Kerriah lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Theorie and her friends at Clark honor Kim Evans as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Tracey Estes is honored as Edgewood Elementary Helping Hands Hero and Ta’Kari & Jacob tells us all about her.
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- Alexandria shares all about why Meadowview honored Nurse Smith as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Meadowview honored Mrs. Grant as a Helping Hands Hero and Khloe tells us all about her.
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- Katrina Hayes is honored as a Payne Elementary Helping Hands Hero and Jamar shares all about why!
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- Xavier tells us all about why he and his friends at Sophia P Kingston honored his mom Sirporia Sims as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Phyllis Watts is honored as a Sophia P Kingston Helping Hands Hero and Mason shares all about her.
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- Clark honors Sonya Lewis as a Torch Team Hero and Kaleah tells us all about her.
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- Jaelynn & Azaria tell everyone why Edgewood chose Jennifer Ford as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Meadowview Administrative Assistant Sherrekka Canty is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Robert tells everyone all about why!
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- Augustus & Caleb share all about why Payne chose Veronica Smith as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Sophia P Kingston honors Octavia Reeves as a Torch Team Hero and her daughter J’Nece tells us all about her.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Selma City Schools Heroes!