Today, 525 students filled the Connect Church Sanctuary. 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, students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world.
Students chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas . They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the heroes honored in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Marshall 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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- Excited to celebrate and honor their heroes!
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- Chloe, Cassidy, Macey, Jacob, & Arie lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Albert Childress is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Caterina.
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- Sophie honored her grandfather, Max Henry as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Shawn Rice is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Kaydi & Rylan.
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- Sophie honored Misty Brothers as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Danielle & Ethan honored Heather Haney as their Torch Team Hero.
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- Douglas 5th grade teacher, Loretta Brackett is surprised today by being honored as a Torch Team Hero by a supportive, appreciative parent!
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- Our friends Clint Irby & Floresha Woodall with Regions Bank say a word of congratulations to our Super Citizens!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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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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- These students celebrate in song!
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- 2019-20 Marshall County Torch Team Heroes, the students that honored them and our friends from Regions Bank!
