Today, 725 5th graders of Etowah County Schools filled the Southside High School Auditorium. 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 Etowah 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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- Superintendent Dr. Alan Cosby welcomes everyone to the Super Citizen celebration.
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- These Super Citizens lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Ella & her friends Mary Kate & Adalyn honored the memory of her cousin Lydia Millican as their Torch Team Hero. Her parents, Uncle Jo and Aunt Ashley Millican accept in her honor.
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- Becky Thrasher is honored as a Torch Team Hero by her granddaughter Josi and her friends Amerie & Sopia
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- Briley honors Whitesboro Counselor Kale Maddox as their Torch Team Hero
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- Sardis CIty Mayor Russell Amos is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his great niece Elizabeth.
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- Eli honors his grandfather, Kenneth Jaggears as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Angela Ball is honored as a Torch Team Hero by her daughter Miracle
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- Legacy honors fellow classmate Bella as a Torch Team Hero
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- Cam & his friend Laykin honored his grandfather as Gaston Torch Team Hero
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- Jayanna & Alana honor the memory of Rhonda Scruggs as their Torch Team Hero and her husband Randy Scruggs accepts in her honor
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- Shanna Witcher is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Brantley
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- Presley honored her mom Brandi Wooten as a Torch Team Hero
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- Kristin Hays is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Emaleigh.
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- Jude honors his grandfather Randy Yates as a Torch Team Hero
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- Daniel Cornett is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Ally
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- Elijah & his friend Ethan honor his dad Brandon Stephens as a Torch Team Hero
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- Rafa tells everyone why he chose his mom Conception Bedell as his Torch Team Hero and we grabbed his picture after his speech.
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- Sheriff Eric Johns is honored as a Torch Team Hero by MaKenzie
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- Kate & her friends Mollie & Piper honor her sister Luci Dauser as their Torch Team Hero
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- Kelsie & Sydney honor their 3rd grade teacher Jamie Cash as their Torch Team Hero
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- Bud Payne is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his grandson Ayden.
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- Sarah honors classmate Cami as a Torch Team Hero
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- Branson Gladden is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his sister Abbi.
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- Davis honors his grandmother Phyllis Wilson as a Torch Team Hero
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- Christian Tucker is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his son Drew.
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- Blaze honors his dad Ryan Preston as a Torch Team Hero
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- SRO Officer James Pickard is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Tripp & Bhavya
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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 and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Singing loud and proud!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Etowah County Schools Torch Team Heroes and the students that honored them!