Today, Montview, Jones Valley, & Whitesburg Elementary 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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- Midori, Kayla, Jake, Keely, Olicia, and Emily lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Duke and Makius honored CSO Jonathan Battle as their class Helping Hands Hero!
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- Henry and William told us all about how their hero Denilia Turner inspires their class to be Super Citizens!
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- Alex, from Jones Valley Elementary, honored Officer Leshone Lankford as his class’s Helping Hands Hero!
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- Cap from Jones Valley took the stage to tell us why Josie Thompson is a true Helping Hands Hero!
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- Jahni honored his class’s Helping Hands Hero: Mr. Fisher Hedgeman!
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- Montview 5th graders Atiega and Zy’Yanna honored school librarian Kathy Craig as their Super Citizen!
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- Emaun honored Auther Johnson- Coach AJ- as Whitesburg Elementary’s Torch Team hero!
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- Haley from Jones Valley honored Officer Lankford as her Torch Team Hero. He’s such a hero, we honored him twice!
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- Now it’s time for Huntsville City 2nd graders to take their Helping Hands Pledge!
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- 5th grade 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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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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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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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- All smiles as we sing!
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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 students!