Today, Sonnie Hereford, Highlands, & Louis J Morris Elementary School students filled The Royal at StoveHouse. 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 Madison 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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- Mahlon, Skyla, Isabella, and Armani lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance
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- Madison, from Louis J Morris Elementary told us about her class’s Helping Hands Hero, Ms. Patricia Cook
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- Sonnie Hereford Elementary’s Helping Hands hero is their Exercise Instructor, Ms. Helen Ford, and Jahzarra told us all about it!
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- Zathina took the stage to tell us about Sonny Hereford’s Torch Team Hero, Army Veteran and Guidance Counselor Mr. Reginald Johnson.
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- Iyanna, from Highlands Elementary, shared how Mrs. Tanesha Harris inspires her class to become Super Citizens!
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- Khyrie shared all about her class’s Torch Team Heroes: Mr. and Mrs. Roper!
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- Students pledged to “be responsible for what they say and do, in their country, community, family, and school.”
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- Students pledged to be “a good, responsible, and active American.”
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- Mr. Palmer says “you’ve gotta do good to be good,” and these students pledged to do just that.
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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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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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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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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- We were incredibly honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with these Guests, Heroes, and amazing Speech Readers!