Today, 500 students from Brooks, Lexington, Rogers, & Lauderdale County Elementary Schools filled the Lauderdale County High 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 Lauderdale 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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- Super Citizens lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Gunnr & Cooper honor Newell Graham as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Halston Carter is honored a a Helping Hands Hero by Parker
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- Keegan honors David Moss as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Misty Jones is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Connley
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- Kennedy honors Tommy McCluskey as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Dessie Lanier is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Kori.
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- Richard Miller is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Scarlett
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- Haylie honors Lindsey Walton as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Donna Hayes is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Jackson
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- Ryleigh honors Laura Richardson as a Torch Team Hero
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- Akera tells everyone why she chose Ellis Self as a Torch Team Hero and we grabbed her picture after her speech.
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- Lydia honored Jasmine Hill as a Torch Team Hero and her grandpa accepted on her behalf
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- Jarrod Russell is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Jaxon
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- Aidan and his friend honored Randy Springer as a Torch Team Hero
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- Chyna honored her Uncle Keven Fuqua as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Bobby Millsaps is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Elise
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- McKenzie honors Jimmy Horton as a Torch Team Hero
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- Kemberly Mahan is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Caleb
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- Chloe honors Christall Layne as a Torch Team Hero
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- Mrs. Haygood is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Tayven
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- Raven tells us why Noah Cuevas is honored as a Torch Team Hero and we grabbed her picture afterwards.
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- Randall Grisham is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Lexi
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- Paisley honors Kim Davis as a Torch Team Hero
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- Jessica Word is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Ryder
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- Lydia honored Camilla Fairley as a Torch Team Hero
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- Brian Birdwell is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Katie
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- Jo Jo honored Bridget Fontenot as a Torch Team Hero
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- Ms. Green is honored as a Torch Team Hero y Harper
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- Bo and his friend honored Tyler Dyson as a Torch Team Hero
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- Jaylinn and her friend honored Toni Grisham as a Torch Team Hero
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- Jayden tells us about her Torch Team Hero Kirsten Traylor and Tahauny grabbed a picture after her speech
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- Eli tells us why he chose Rylee Hannah as a Torch Team Hero and gets a picture with Tahauny after his speech
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- Coach Newton is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Addison
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- Joseph Hudson is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Reece
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- Lila honored Kenneth Aday and Grandma Deb accepted on his behalf
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- Max Waddell is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Levi
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- Officer Brad Potts is honored as a Torch Team Hero by JT
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- Claire tells everyone why Becky Hensley is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Tahauny grabbed a picture with her after her speech
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- Taking their Helping Hands Pledge.
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- Standing together to take their Super Citizens Pledge
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- These students 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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- Lauderdale County Schools Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes and the students that honored them