Today, 225 students students filled the gym. 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 >
- This 2nd grader proudly shows off their certificate!
- These 2nd graders are excited to celebrate!
- Jayla, Nolan, & Noah lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Janny Kate honored her grandmother, Jackley Farley as her Helping Hands Hero.
- Ty honored Kodie Gray as his Helping Hands Hero.
- Cole honored Tommy Davis as his Helping Hands Hero.
- Bill McCoy is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Ethan.
- Harley honored Kelly Greer as a Helping Hands Hero.
- Sadie honored Principal Greg Edge as her Torch Team Hero.
- Skyler honored Daniel Bone as his Torch Team Hero.
- Blakely honored Bobby Rockhart as her Torch Team Hero.
- Chelsea Ledbetter is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Briley.
- These students stand together to take their Helping Hands pledge.
- These students celebrate in song!
- Attalla Elementary Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes and the students that honored them!