Today, 3rd grade students from Harlan, Forest Hills, Weeden, & Hibbett Elementary Schools 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 >
- Caroline Coleman, Miss Tennessee Valley 2026 grabs a picture with Super Citizens before the celebration begins!
- These students are excited to begin their Super Citizen Celebration!
- These Florence City 3rd graders are excited to honor their heroes and get their Super Citizen graduation certificates!
- Florence City 3rd grade students are getting ready to honor their heroes!
- Super Citizen!
- Florence City 3rd grade students are getting ready to honor their heroes!
- Excited to celebrate!
- Superintendent, Bill W. Hopkins, Jr. welcomes Florence City students, teachers, and heroes to their Super Citizen Celebration!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Mary Michael tells everyone all about why Forest Hills honor Kim Tittle as their Torch Team Hero
- Omar Mojica is chosen as Weeden’s Torch Team Hero because of all she does in their school community! Sulmy & Allison tell us all about her!
- Hibbett chose to honor Assistant Principal Jessica Moody as their Torch Team Hero. Cloe & Avie share all about her!
- Kason shares why Harlan third graders chose to honor the memory of their school nurse Melissa Koger for the lasting impact she made on their community, while her family accepts the award on her behalf.
- Miss Tennessee Valley & Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- U.S.A.!
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- U.S.A.!
- We were honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, administrators, and special guests. Thank you to our friends: Laura Williams & Adelina Garner with CB&S Bank; Miss Tennessee Valley – Caroline Coleman; Superintendent, Bill W. Hopkins Jr; & Dr. Jennifer Colvard- Davis, Director of Curriculumor celebrating with us!























