Today, 525 students from Banks, Goshen, & Pike County Elementary School, New Life Christian Academy, & Covenant Christian School filled the Troy University Troy Center Ballroom. 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 (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!”
See the Torch Teams & Helping Hands Heroes honored today in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by Troy Bank & Trust. 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 >
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- Skylar, Jax, Chloe, Jasiah, & Deriel lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Katie Licon is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by her daughter Eden.
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- Michele Whitehead is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Peyton tells everyone why she was chosen!
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- Avalyn honors Annette Crawley as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Jonda Haynes is honored as a Helping Hands
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- Kennedy honors Anonda Anderson as a Helping Hands Hero
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- Clay McDougald is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by his daughter Charli
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- Dorothy Bryant is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by her son Taylor
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- Molly and her friend KayLeigh honor her mom Beth Coleman as a Helping Hands Hero
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- SR Officer Deputy Hope Carlisle is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Gray
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- Cayleigh and her friend Lola honor her dad Tony Howard as a Torch Team Hero
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- Mallory Rhodes is honored as a Torch Team hero by Olivia & Sophia
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- Logan honors her grandfather Clarence Curry as a Torch Team Hero
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- Marilyn White is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Janai
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- Kadence honors her mom Sherion Newby as a Torch Team Hero
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- Ansley Holbert is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Tyler & Jessie
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- Ronnie Norris is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Ellis tells us all why he was chosen.
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- Mason honors his Uncle Brian Smith as a Torch Team Hero
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- Caleb honors his Aunt Vanessa Johnson as a Torch Team Hero
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- Jimmy Ramage is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Carson
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students wave their flags in song.
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- U.S.A.!
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- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Pike County Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes along with the students that honored them. Also pictured from Troy Bank & Trust: Bob Mills, Dixie Shehane, Cole Tyner, Makayla Pugh, & Chloe Johnson