Today,November 10th, 325 Valley Elementary second graders gathered to honor heroes and become super citizens. They filed into the crowded gymnasium waving American flags and wearing 7-spiked liberty crowns.
This graduation event recognizes students for completing Liberty Learning Foundation‘s Super Citizen Program. And it gives those students a chance to recognize local heroes who have made an impact on their lives. In addition to civics, character, financial literacy and social studies, the program teaches that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
Students sang patriotic songs to a full house and then, one by one, class representatives presented each hero with a special Liberty Pin and a much-deserved thank you from everyone in attendance.
With the lessons they have learned from Libby Liberty™, her helping hand Mr. Palmer, their excellent teachers and community leaders, these students are well on their way to becoming our Next Great Americans.
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- Excited to honor their heroes.
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- Getting ready to celebrate their super citizenship.
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- Smiling students gearing up for the celebration.
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- Students sing the National Anthem.
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- Students sing patriotic songs.
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- Leah leads the students in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Pledging allegiance to the flag.
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- Students singing to their parents, teachers and heroes.
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- Valley Elementary 2nd graders.
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- Super citizens waiting for the program to start.
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- Ms. Pat, Alvin Crumpton’s hero.
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- Alessandra Cordova reads about her hero.
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- Alessandra Cordova honors her hero Principal Miller.
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- Staff Sargent Dennis Maldonado honored by Libby Pitsch
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- Cole Gleason reads about his hero.
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- Hero Mrs. Snyder with student Cole Gleason
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- Macaelan Thompson honors her classroom hero Assistant Principal Holden.
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- Owen Bentrup honors his classroom hero Ms. Aaron
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- Parents and community members celebrate with the students.
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- Hero Nurse Lisa and student Cam Gonzales
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- Cassidy Short honors her hero Officer Martin.
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- Hero Ms. Darlene and student Hannah McCay.
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- Thomas Freiger honors Ms. Reynolds.
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- Anna McDonald honors her hero, Mrs. Sherer.
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- Hero, Ms. Teri and student Reemal Sultan.
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- Carrington Smith with classroom hero, Mrs. McRae.
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- Song volunteers: Gracely Howatt, Ariana Mandujano, Maddi Moye, Arya Desai, JP Anderson and Carson McKenney
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- Students sing “You in the USA”.
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- Students take the super citizens pledge.
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- Cynthia Green presents Valley Elementary with a signed copy of Lee Greenwood’s book “Proud To Be An American”.
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- The students and their heroes.
