Today, 3rd grade students from Harlan, Forest Hills, and Weeden School’s filled the Florence 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 Lauderdale 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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- Franklin, Hannah, & Deion lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Forest Hills SRO Officer Chris Woods is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Spence tells us all about him.
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- Carsyn & Morgan share with everyone why Harlan honored Coach Steve Callahan as a Torch Team Hero
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- Heather Pounder is honored as Weeden’s Torch Team Hero and Adriana tells us all about why.
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- Standing together to take their Super Citizen Pledge.
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- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Miss UNA 2024, Madeline Cooper celebrates and sings along to our tour anthem with the students of Florence!
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- Singing along to 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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- Florence City Schools Heroes!