Overbrook School's 'Young Hero Club' Honored By Museum

The National Liberty Museum is hosting the year-end celebration of its Young Heroes Outreach Program (YHOP), a year-long, innovative, educational initiative for fourth through eighth grades at the Girard College Armory, they announced in a press release.

In partnership with 13 public schools throughout the Philadelphia area, this program empowers students in the areas of leadership, civic engagement and social justice and acts on the principle that liberty is a right that everyone person and community should have, the release states.

On Saturday, June 4th. sponsors along with families and educators will join the National Liberty Museum at the Girard College Armory as they celebrate the accomplishments of the Young Heroes Club members who have successfully completed the program over the past year. Hundreds of students from the participating schools will be honored for tackling issues through the curriculum including: racism, public school funding, littering, bullying, school beautification, respect, sexual education, animal cruelty, school culture, and more.

Young Heroes Club members in grades 4-8 from the following schools will participate:

· Lewis C. Cassidy Academic Public School

· Feltonville Intermediate School

· Joseph J. Greenberg Elementary School

· Tanner G. Duckrey School

· Alain Locke Elementary School

· Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School

· William Rowen Elementary School

· Solis-Cohen Elementary School

· St. Christopher Catholic School

· St. Francis de Sales Catholic School

· Stephen Decatur Elementary School

· AMY at James Martin School

· Olney Elementary School