Today, 300 students from Conecuh County Schools filled the Evergreen Elementary School Gymnasium. 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 the Conecuh County Community Alliance. 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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- These students are excited to celebrate!
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- Showing off their graduation certificate!
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- Laine & Ja’khai lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Reagan and her friend honored George McIntyre as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Assistant Principal Sophia Yarber was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Nyla.
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- Marteese honored Principal Tonya Bozeman as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Wendell & Jai honored Wendell Byrd as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Rickey Wallace was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Skyla. His wife accepted on his behalf.
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- Danielle Miniard was honored as a Torch Team Hero by James
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- Raylen honored Teresa Andrews as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Sgt. Allison Gessner was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Trinity and her friend.
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- Zyon honored Jeanie Gaskin as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Taking their Helping Hands Pledge.
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- Standing together and taking their Super Citizens Pledge.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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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 wave their flags in song.
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- Conecuh County Schools Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes and the students that honored them, along with Superintendent Dr. Byrd, Central Office and Administrators!
