Today, 2nd and 5th grade students filled their 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 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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- Showing off their Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
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- They are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
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- Elda and Corbin lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance
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- Kaci honored her dad, Mr. Cody Gray, as her class’s Helping Hands Hero!
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- Kambri told us all about how her mom, Kayla Perry, inspires her class to be true Super Citizens!
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- Lori “Lola” Bone received her Helping Hands award from Bella!
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- Bella told us how Ms. Brionna Green shows her class what a Super Citizen looks like!
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- Alaina’s class chose Special Education Teacher Ms. MaKayla Ring as their Helping Hands Hero!
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- Sandra (and husband Jeff) Bost’s kindness has truly earned them the title of Torch Team Heroes, and Charlize told us why!
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- Addison chose to honor Mr. Joseph Bailey, a paramedic that saved her father’s life, as her class’s Torch Team Hero.
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- Neveah told us all about her class’s Torch Team Hero: Ms. Kinberly Gladden.
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- Pastor and local entrepreneur Blake Sitz ws honored as a hero today by Harleigh’s class!
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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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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with these Guests, Heroes, and amazing Speech Readers!
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- Addison is pctured here with her dad and EMT member who as far as jOhnna so]drhe j
