Today, 325 3rd grade students filled the Eufaula City 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 civic, 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 Barbour County Community Alliance. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Did you see today’s event? Were you as emotional as we were? Will you help us continue this amazing mission?
NAMES OF HEROES/STUDENTS WHO READ&HONORED
Eufaula Elementary
- Hero: Lawrence Little Brody Charpie
- Hero: Colonel Phil Clayton Elliott Clayton
- Hero Lynn Baker Ben Odom
- Hero: Mrs. Tameka Hicks Kyla Richardson
- Hero: Fire Chief Greg Holmes Macee Sheppard
- Hero: Judy Wortz Matthew Westbrook
- Hero: Alma Bludsworth Lyric Gant
- Hero: Jennifer Gibbs-Beatty Josh Beaty
- Hero: Susan Sanders Zykira Parker
- Hero: Tawnya Kirkland Destiny Kelly
Barbour County Intermediate
- Hero: Fred & Mary Johnson Kylan Mcleod & Zoi Grubbs
- Hero: Anna Key Michael Walker & Zakera Copeland
Lakeside School
- Hero: Johnny Benton Brody Horne, Miley Newton, Cale Washington
- Hero: Jim Reese Shayne Wells, Gracie Bowden, Victoria Folma
- Hero: Eunsun Park HuiJu Lee, Avery Sellers, Caitlyn Berry
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- The students of Eufaula are excited to graduate and honor their heroes.
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- These students are excited to show off their graduation certificates.
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- The Super Citizens of Eufaula City Schools.
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- The students of Eufaula are excited to graduate and honor their heroes.
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- Roxanna, Quincey, Tucker, William, Harden, Ben and Abby lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- The students join together to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Fire Chief Greg Holmes was honored today by Macee as her classroom hero.
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- Hero Lawrence Little was honored today as Brody’s classroom hero.
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- Hero Colonel Phil Clayton was honored today as Elliott’s classroom hero.
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- Matthew honored Dr. Judy Wortz as his classroom hero today.
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- Ben honored Lynn Baker as his classroom hero today.
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- Hero Tameka Hicks was honored today by Kyla and her classroom.
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- Nadia honored her hero Mrs. Alma Bludsworth today at the Super Citizen Graduation.
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- Hero Jennifer Gibbs-Beatty was honored today by Josh.
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- Susan Sanders was honored today by Zykira Parker.
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- Destiny honored her classroom hero, Tawnya Kirkland.
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- Heroes Fred and Mary Johnson were honored today by Kylan and Zoi.
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- Hero Anna Key was honored today by Zakeria and Michael.
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- Hero Johnny Benton was honored today by Brody, Miley and Cale.
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- Shayne, Gracie and Victoria honored Jim Reese as their classroom hero today.
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- Hero Eunsun Park was honored today as a hero by Huiju, Avery and Caitlyn.
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- The students proudly celebrated their sponsors on their Super Citizen t-shirts.
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- Kristen Sharp led the students in “YOU in the USA” with the help of Michael, Adam, Victoria, Addy, Ella, Lara, Isabel and Jada.
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- The view from the stage as the students sing “YOU in the USA”.
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- The students of Eufaula joined together to sing ‘YOU in the USA” to celebrate their super citizenship.
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- The students and their heroes
