Today, Clark Elementary School, Edgewood Elementary School, Meadowview Elementary School, Payne Elementary School, & Sophia P Kingston Elementary School second and fifth 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 an 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 Dallas 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 >
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Joshua took the stage to tell us about Clark’s Helping Hands Hero, custodian Rodrell Reeves!
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- Screen2nd graders Lamont & Violet, from Edgewood, shared all about their Helping Hands Hero, Coach “Yeze” Yezelaum Tessema, as their class hero!shot
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- Kalani & Madisyn from Edgewood Elementary honored Yulanda Mason, their reading specialist, as their class Helping Hands Hero!
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- Raelynn, 2nd grader at Meadowview Elementary, told us all about how her Helping Hands Hero, Gloria Childress, inspires their class to be Super Citizens!
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- 2nd grader Mia at Meadowview shares about her class Helping Hands Hero, Shauna Simmons!
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- Chloe shares all about why Fran Spivey, reading coach at Meadowview Elementary is honored as their Helping Hands Hero!
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- 2nd grader Rechard, from Meadowview Elementary, honored Principal Tamera Carter as their class Helping Hands Hero!
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- Kingston took the stage to tell us why Nurse Chanette Craig is a true Helping Hands Hero for Sophia P. Kingston!
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- Kelsi honored Kimberely Myles Pettaway as Edgewood’s Torch Team Hero.
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- Edgewood Elementary 5th grader Leon honored Mr. Charles Herald as their Torch Team Hero!
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- 5th graders Noah, Ahmira, & Aiden from Edgewood Elementary honored Mr. Wilmer as their class Helping Hands Hero!
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- Meadowview Elementary 5th grader Andriyonna honored Dr. Margaret Jones, as their Torch Team Hero!
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- Mason honored his teacher, Jarmarcus Brown, as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Randall told us all about why their 5th grade class at Sophia P. Kingston chose to honor Kimberly McKinely as their Torch Team Hero!
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- Eddie Gorden was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Clark Elementary, and Skylar told us all about it!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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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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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- Singing along to our tour anthem in celebration!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, and incredible guests!