“Anytime you can make learning fun and exciting, outside of the classroom,” says Co. Board of education member Durden Dean, “they really get into it and you really make a lasting impact.” And that’s exactly what The Next Great Americans Bus Tour performances were designed to do. Thanks to a [...]
In our first visit to a school in Alabama Power’s Southern Division, we were reminded that it takes this kind of proactive investment and good corporate citizenship to impact entire communities and the youth they nurture. On Feb. 6, 2014, Liberty Learning Foundation’s Next Great Americans Bus Tour (fueled by [...]
“ I think it is so important for children to understand the things that make America exceptional. I talk to adults all the time and give speeches in a lot of places and so many of them are missing the value, the beauty of what this country is, so that’s [...]
“The Kickoff was incredible. The energy in the room blew me away. The kids were having fun, the teachers were having fun! It was exciting to see them get so excited about something we don’t see everyday and a lot of times take for granted. The children don’t even realize [...]
“We just want them to continue to learn and grow and keep working. Because they are our next generation … our future leaders,” says Alabama Power Southern Division Area Manager, Mike Jordan. This was his Jordan’s first experience with Liberty Learning Foundation’s Next Great Americans Bus Tour and the Super [...]
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WMFC will be running this PSA for the next 10 weeks up until the Monroe Co. schools Super Citizen Celebration!
Thanks to Alabama Power and Georgia Pacific, more than 300 fifth graders from five Monroe County Schools began the Super Citizen Program for the second year running. Students from Monroeville Middle, Monroe Intermediate, Excel High, JU Blacksher and JF Shields schools were bussed to Alabama Southern Community College on January [...]
725 students, 35 teachers from Etowah County packed the Southside High School Auditorium to kickoff the groundbreaking Super Citizen Program in a BIG way! The fifth graders traveled in 11 busses to the high school from Carlisle Elementary, Duck Springs Elementary, Gaston High, Glencoe Middle, Hokes Bluff Elementary, Ivalee Elementary, [...]
