Today, 2nd and 5th grade students from Girard Primary, Girard Intermediate, Highlands, Jerry Lee Faine, & Selma Street Elementary Schools filled the Dothan High School Convocation Center. 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 Houston 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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- Super Citizens lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Jana Foxworth is honored as a Girard Primary Helping Hands Hero and Alexis tells us all about why!
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- Siyhear tells us all about why Girard Primary honored Ms. Bolinger as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Tammie Smith is honored as a Jerry Lee Faine Helping Hands Hero and Temesgen tells us all about her!
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- Kynadi shares all about why Selma Street honors LeeAnne Holland as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Highlands SRO Officer Daniel Volkman is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Emily tells us all about him.
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- Luke shares why Highlands honors Lauren Buchanan as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Highlands honors Tori Harrison as a Helping Hands Hero and her daughter Everleigh shares all about why!
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- Ben tells everyone why Highlands honors his dad Matthew Fenelon as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Highlands PE Coach Greg Thompson is honroed as a Torch Team Hero and Carter & Henry tell everyone all about him.
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- Ainsely & Rosalee tell everyone why George Crews is honored as a Highlands Torch Team Hero.
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- Amanda Smith is honored as a Highlands Torch Team Hero and Auden shares all about her.
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- Nate Patterson is honored as Jerry Lee Faine Torch Team Hero and Kay’Dence shares all about why!
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- Selma Street SRO Officer Taiwan Truitt is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Jordan shares all about him.
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- DeZyrion & Aubree share all about why Girard Intermediate SRO Officer Jesse Hess is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Kendra Faulk is honored as a Girard Intermediate Torch Team Hero. Dylan & Soraya tell us all about her!
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- Girard Intermediate honors Heather Oates and Brayden shares all about her.
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- Lyric & Laniyah share all about why Girard Intermediate honors Cheryl LeClaire as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Dothan City Heroes!