Today, Harlan, Forest Hills, Weeden, & Hibbett third grade students filled the Florence 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, students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world.
Students chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas . They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the heroes honored in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Lauderdale 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 >
- Ayson, Madi, Kortly, and Ade lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
- Officer Jesse Burns is great example of the traits that make you a true Super Citizen, and that’s why Scout and Kameron’s class chose to honor him today!
- Lillian and Titus took the stage to tell us all about their Torch Team Hero, much beloved school nurse Ms. Ali Jones!
- Marjorie introduced her class’s hero: PE Instructor Coach Charren Rutland!
- Officer Matt Minor inspires Cascia’s class to be the best they can be, and that’s what makes him a Torch Team Hero!
- Now it’s time for Florence City 3rd graders to take the Super Citizen Pledge!
- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
- Hands on hearts, these students pledged to be Super Citizens.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Leading the crowd in song!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, and guests like Curriculum Director Dr. Dawson!