Today, students from Fleeta, Pleasant Home, Straughn, & WS Harlan Elementary Schools filled the Lurleen B. Wallace Community College – Dixon Theater. 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 Covington 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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- Abel, Helms, Lucas, Opal, & Gary lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Pleasant Home honors Jennifer Luckey as a Helping Hands Hero and Elish tells us all about her.
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- Jacob & Case tell us all about why Pleasant Home chose Deb McKathan as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Melissa Nall is honored as a Red Level Helping Hands Hero. Kason & Nate share all about why!
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- Straughn Helping Hands Hero is Charlotte Dauphin. Layla & Brynlee tell us all about her.
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- Dixon & Brookelynn tell us why WS Harlan chose Jennifer & Caleb Davidson as Helping Hands Heroes!
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- Callie Caldwell is chosen as a Fleeta Helping Hands Hero and Jayden shares all about why!
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- McKenna tells us all about why Joy & Jimmy Butler are chosen as Fleeta Helping Hands Heroes.
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- Fleeta honors Lisa Lowe as a Torch Team Hero and Addyson shares all about her.
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- Joy Sowards is honored as a Pleasant Home Torch Team Hero. Avery & Evan tell us all about her.
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- Red Level honors Jerrica Copeland as a Torch Team Hero and Kayden tells us all about her!
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- Straughn Custodian Dina Beverly is chosen as a Torch Team Hero and Tenley tells us all about why!
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- Jeanne Cheshire is chosen as WS Harlan’s Torch Team Hero and James and Ayzlee tell everyone all about her.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- Singing loud and proud!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Covington County Heroes!