Today, 200 students filled the Williams Elementary School cafeteria. 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 civic, 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!”
Torch Team Heroes Honored today:
- Mr. Berryhill
- Coach Cleaves
- Dr. Thorton
- Coach Henry
Helping Hands Heroes Honored today:
- Jeremy Ebdrup
- De Andre’ Moore
- Nurse Andrea Thornton
- Mrs. Carolyn King
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by passionate community sponsors. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Did you see today’s event? Were you as emotional as we were? Will you help us continue this amazing mission?
- Happy Super Citizens.
- Showing off their super citizen certificate.
- Proud Super Citizens.
- Happy Super Citizens.
- Showing off their super citizen certificate.
- Proud Super Citizens.
- Showing off her Super Citizen certificate.
- Proud Super Citizens.
- Dr. Thorton welcomes everyone to the celebration.
- Pledge volunteers: Micah Murphy, Jaden Baharloui, Barrington Tate and Walker Mosby.
- Pledging allegiance to the flag.
- Kristen Sharp helps a nervous student introduce her hero.
- Lucie Bausano honors her hero Jeremy Ebdrup.
- Lucie and her hero Jeremy.
- Hero De Andre’ Moore and student Ella Reis.
- Nurse Andrea Thornton and student Chloe Hines.
- Devontae Smith smiles for his hero Mrs. Carolyn King who was not able to be there.
- Jason Beyers with hero Mr. Berryhill.
- Hero Coach Cleaves.
- Hero and Principal Dr. Thorton and student Jasmine Brantley.
- Coach Henry and student Brooklyne Lee.
- Habitat for Humanity speaks to the students.
- Students sing together “You in the USA”.
- Song volunteers: Jade Gandy, Zathian Webster, Skylar Hurst, Sophia Guest, Jayden Jocoby-Bradford and Olivia Bozeman.
- Taking the Super Citizen Pledge.
- Pledging to be a Super Citizen.
- Students during the celebration.
- The students and their heroes.