Today, second and fifth grade students from Geraldine, Henagar, Plainview, Sylvania, & Fyffe filled the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum. 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 an 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 DeKalb 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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- Superintendent Wayne Lyles welcomes DeKalb County students, teachers, and heroes to their Super Citizen Celebration!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Jay and Yuixzi tell everyone all about why Geraldine honors Janet Eakins as a Helping Hands Hero
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- Henagar custodian Tasha Troxtel is chosen as a Helping Hands Hero. Henry & Luke share all the reasons why!
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- Plainview 2nd graders Mason & Jesh tell us all about their Helping Hands Hero “Duck” Dustin Jones!
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- Roslynn & Talon honor Sylvania’s Helping Hands Hero Dana Oliver
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- Karlie tells us all about why her friends at Fyffe chose her dad Austin Crowe as a Helping Hands Hero
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- Geraldine honors Erin Smith as a Torch Team Hero and Callum & Rece share all about her!
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- Ava honors Henagar’s Torch Team Hero, Brandon Hastings
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- Sam shared with everyone all the reasons why his grandparents Dean & Sylvia Daniel are honored as Plainview’s Torch Team Hero.
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- Sylvania 5th graders honor David Starling as as Torch Team Hero and Charley tells us all about him!
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- Officer Seth Cagle is chosen as Fyffe’s Torch Team Hero and Cora tells us why!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- U.S.A.!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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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 were honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to Tammy Gray with First Southern State Bank, Paul Higdon with Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Superintendent Wayne Lyles, Assistant Superintendent Anna Hairston, & Geraldine Mayor Chuck Ables celebrating with us!