Today, 300 students filled the Pinecrest Elementary School Gymnasium. 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 Talladega 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 >
- 2nd graders showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
- These 5th graders are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
- Cedlayjha & Kylie lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Principal Paula Bruno was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Landon and her daughter, Olivia presented her with a beautiful bouquet of flowers!
- Kolten honored Karen Torgerson as a Helping Hands Hero.
- Lakeisha Crocker was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Creed.
- Keira honored Tosha Williams as a Torch Team Hero and Ms. Bradford accepted on her behalf.
- School Resource Officer Harry Brown was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Landon.
- Taking their Helping Hands Pledge!
- 5th graders standing together to take their Super Citizen Pledge!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- The students wave their flags in song.
- Singing in celebration!
- The students wave their flags in song.
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- U.S.A.!
- Sylacauga City Schools Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes!