Today, DAR, Asbury, Brindlee Mountain, & Douglas Elementary Schools fifth graders filled the Guntersville Church of Christ. 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 Marshall 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 >
- Marshall County 5th graders are getting ready to honor their heroes!
- These students are excited to begin their Super Citizen Celebration!
- Lily, Katie, Leelah, & Leilani lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Lulu & Jayda and their friends at Asbury chose Megan Anderson as a Torch Team Hero because of all she does in the community!
- Amiyah lead her friends from Brindlee Mtn in thanking their much-beloved reading coach Jennifer Hill!
- Officer Roy Brown shows Madilyn & their friends at Douglas what bravery and perseverance truly looks like, and that’s why he’s their Torch Team Hero!
- Delaven took the stage to tell us all about Douglas Torch Team Hero, Ronnie Norman and accepted his award in his absence!
- Mr. Leon Filmore is great example of the traits that make you a true Torch Team Hero, and that’s why Jaiyzhia and her friends at Douglas chose to honor him today!
- DAR students honor Amanda Burton as their Torch Team Hero and Finley tells us all about her!
- Hands on hearts, these students pledged to be Super Citizens.
- Pledging to be the Super Citizens of Marshall County!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Leading the crowd in song!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Leading the crowd in song!
- We were honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to our friends from First Southern State Bank: Monica Gramling & Alexia Bailey. Guntersville Police Chief Ryan Darnell and Deputy Chief John East, And from the Central Office: Casey Partain & Emily Waldrop for celebrating with us!
- Thank you for your service!






















