Etowah County Schools Fifth Grade Students become Super Citizens and Honor their Heroes!

Today, 675 Etowah County 5th grade students filled the Southside High School Auditorium. 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, students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world.

Students chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas . They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”

See the heroes honored in the photo gallery below!

Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Etowah County Community Alliance. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.

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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 >

: Superintendent Dr. Alan Cosby welcomes everyone to the Super Citizen Celebration.

: Super Citizens lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.

: Carlisle honors Etowah County Commissioner Jamie Grant as a Torch Team Hero. Brady & Kacen tell us all about him.

: Rickey Cornelius is honored as a Carlisle Torch Team Hero by his grandson Brady and his friend Kasen.

: Duck Springs honors Matt Medders as a Torch Team Hero and Jakob tells us why.

: Lauren and her friends at Gaston honor her dad Glenn McElrath as a Torch Team Hero.

: Gaston honors Allen Ragan as a Torch Team Hero and Luke shares all about him.

: Sophie and her friends at Glencoe Middle honor Hank Wells as a Torch Team Hero.

: Officer Nate Patterson is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Tai and his friends at Highlands.

: Hokes Bluff honors Craig McCain and his daughter Korie shares all about him.

: Hokes Bluff Counselor Alex Ball is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Lakyn.

: Parker and his friends at Hokes Bluff honor his dad Stephen Robertson as a Torch Team Hero.

: Terry White is honored as a Hokes Bluff Torch Team Hero by his granddaughter Lexi Jae

: Bryleigh and her friend Brooklyn honors her grandfather Tommy Walker as an Ivalee Torch Team Hero.

: Jake Gargus is honored as an Ivalee Torch Hero by his nephew Easton and his friend Lucas shares why he was chosen.

: John Jones honors Randy Young as a Torch Team Hero and his grandson Tucker tells us all about him

: Landon Johnson is honored as a John Jones Torch Team Hero. Terry and Tyler tell everyone why!

: Rainbow Middle Assistant Principal is honored as a John Jones Torch Team Hero and his son RG tells us all about him.

: Hannah honors her brother Harrison as a Torch Team Hero for Johns Jones.

: Reed & Chandler tell everyone why Amanda Martinez is honored as a John Jones Torch Team Hero

: Chad McMichael is honored as a Southside Torch Team Hero and his son Brennan tells us all about him.

: Paisley and her friends at Southside honors her mom Tammy Cofield as a Torch Team Hero.

: Whitesboro honors Dale Johnson as a Torch Team Hero and Colt shares why he was chosen.

: Jeanne Mireles is honored by her grandson Jebrelle as a Whitesboro Torch Team Hero.

: Liana and her friends at West End honor her mom Nita Hibbs as a Torch Team Hero.

: West End honors the memory of Sadie’s brother Vernon Lee Sanders III as a Torch Team Hero and her dad Vernon Lee Sanders II accepts in honor of his son.

: Carlisle School Resource Officer Jenkins & Millie his K-9 are honored as Torch Team Heros by Brie & Peighton and his Supervisor Justin Plunkett accepts on her behalf

: Delita Clements teacher at West End Elementary had her students complete the post test last school year – and we were thrilled to share with her that she was the teacher chosen to be awarded a gift card!