Today, Girard Elementary, Hidden Lake Primary, Heard Elementary, Kelly Springs Elementary, & Morris Slingluff second and fifth grade students 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 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 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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- Brooklynn, Gabrianna, Nate, and Maddison lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
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- Emerson told us all about his class’s Helping Hands Hero, Art Teacher Mary Clayton Rach!
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- Harper and Alayah’s class honored their SPO, Officer Curtis Smith!
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- Kylinn’s “Auntie”, Ms. Paula Smith, shows his class what it truly means to be a Helping Hand!
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- Ms. Nikki Cook and Ms. Janice Morris were both selected as Helping Hands Heroes for Skye’s class!
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- Adeline took the mic to tell us about her class’s heroes: Alexis Austin and John Milner from Dothan Leisure Services!
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- Riley’s class chose to honor their school’s Speech Therapist, Mrs. Shona Fletcher, as their Helping Hands Hero!
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- ESS Aide Lisa Bellow was honored as Carmen’s class hero. Carmen”s teacher, Mrs. Beaver, was here to accept it on her behalf!
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- Olivia and Payton helped show us that Mrs. Hope Farias, their school counselor, is a real Helping Hand!
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- London’s class honored Ms. Georgia Catron as their Torch Team hero!
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- Mrs. Mahwish Sajid is the Torch Team Hero for Saniyah’s class!
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- Jrayden and Madison’s class knows more about financial literacy thanks to their hero, Ms. Heather Collins!
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- Farrah and Felix’s class honored their Reading Teacher, Ms. Rebakah Gray, as their Torch Team Hero!
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- Local Firefighter Scott Mathis was here to receive his Torch Team award from Sawyer’s class!
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- Beloved Math Teacher Mrs. Nina Truitt is the Torch Team hero for Kason’s class!
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- Sa’Niyah told us all about her class’s hero, Reading Teacher Sara Pettie!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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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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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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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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- Students and teachers alike singing along to our tour anthem!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, and incredible guests! We were especially excited to see Assistant Superintendent Sherry Corbert, Ronnie Mobley and Doug Cowert from Troy Bank and Trust, and our friend Maria Johnson from the LLF Board!