Today, 650 students filled the Eufaula Recreation Center. 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 Barbour 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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- 2nd graders showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
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- These 3rd graders are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
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- Joseph, Jordan, & Zy”Deja lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Anawake honored Cesclie Palmer as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Martin Searcy is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Rye.
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- Decareyona honored Sonia Franklin as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Principal Carlos Baggage is honored as a Helping Hands hero by Gabriel
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- Aimee honored Brett Martin with The First United Methodist Church as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Charles Boyuer is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Jamey.
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- Coach Kent Davis is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Sha’Niya
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- Makena & Tommy honored Fran Collins as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Otis Boyuer was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Chassidy.
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- Sophie honored Tangela Williams as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Ronnetta Wade is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Camille.
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- Daniel shares with everyone why he chose Laurel Motley as a Torch Team Hero and we took a picture after his speech.
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- We took a picture of Carter & Molly after they shared why they chose Dean Caleb Smith as a Torch Team Hero.
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- James Holcomb is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Zakarrion
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the 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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- U.S.A.!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Barbour Co, Eufaula City, & Lakeside School Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes!