Today, Clark Elementary School, Meadowview Elementary School, Sophia P Kingston Elementary School, Edgewood Elementary School , & Payne Elementary School students filled the Selma High School Auditoirum. 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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- Excited to celebrate, honor heroes, and take their pledges!
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- Selma City students & teachers are excited to celebrate!
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- Selma City students are getting ready to honor their heroes!
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- Showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate and Torch Pin they will honor their hero with!
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- Nataisha, Nala, Marcus, Verkardia, & Za’Niyah lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Eva tells everyone all about why they chose Kandy Shelton as a Clark Elementary Helping Hands Hero! for all she does for her school community!
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- Christopher & Jacayden honor Rashida Morgan as Edgewood Elementary Helping Hands Hero!
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- Shauna Simmons accepted his Helping Hands Award from Meadowview students YayLynn & Jacie!
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- Koa from Payne Elementary told us all about why Coach Rodreckia Parker is a Helping Hands hero!
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- Math Coach Jessica Spivey is honored by Jahzara as Sophia P Kingston’s Helping Hands Hero!
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- Meadowview 5th grade students honor Cynthia Purifoy as their Torch Team Hero, Hannah & Khille tells us all about her and her granddaughter A’Reil accepts on her behalf.
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- Xayden tells everyone about why Payen 5th graders chose Cynthia Green as their Torch Team Hero!
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- Alsace Childs is chosen as Sophia P. Kingston’s Torch Team Hero and Ryanna shares all about why!
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- Mr. Rodregius Reeves is chosen as Clark Elementary’s Torch Team Hero. Lakeysia & Kaliyah tell us all about him and Mrs.Prichett accepts on his behalf.
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- Verkardia & Shaniya took the mic to tell us all about Edgewood’s Torch Team Hero, Marcia Moreland!
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- Leading the crowd in song!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- U.S.A.!
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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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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Singing loud and proud!
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- U.S.A.!
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- We were honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to Superintendent Dr. David Scott, Anne WIlliamson, Meredith Crocker, Dyphelia Thrash, & Cynthia Milledge from the central office, and Assistant Principal Lakeidra Love for celebrating with us!