Today, more than 975 second and 805 fifth grade students from 11 Dekalb County Schools students 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 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 Schools Coliseum. 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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- Mary Crosby welcomes everyone to the Celebration!
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- Jordan and Liberty lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Jaxon and his friends, Mateo, Faby, & Mia honors his dad Officer Chris West as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Payden Sharpe is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Aubree & Bella.
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- Principal Scott Timmons is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Alex.
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- Ashlyn & Domingo honor the memory of their schools custodian, Rusty Palmer as their Torch Team Hero. His family is pictured here.
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- Ben honored Jacob Brown as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Claire Chandler was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Allen.
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- Rylie honored Coach Key as her Torch Team Hero. Emily with LLf accepts on his behalf.
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- Cooper honores Betty Lowrey as his Torch Team Hero. Emily poses for a picture with Cooper.
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- These Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students filled the coliseum with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- U.S.A.!
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- DeKalb County Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes along with the students that honored them ans some of our amazing sponsors!