Today, 200 students filled the Collins Intermediate 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 Jackson 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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- Georgia & Jace lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Wayne Shelton is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Shelby.
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- Ayden honored James Drain as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Mia honored Nicole Martin as a her Torch Team Hero.
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- Tracey Wellington was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Bailey.
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- James Rick Wadkins was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Shila.
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- Cohen honored David Rogers as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Cooper Haislip was honored as a Torch Team Hero.
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- These 5th graders stand together to take their Super Citizen Pledge!
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- David Moorman is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Sawyer.
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- These 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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- Collins Intermediate Torch Team Heroes and the students that honored them!
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- Thank you to our amazing sponsors!!
