Today, 425 students 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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- These 3rd graders are excited to celebrate!
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- Ready to honor their heroes!
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- Aniya, Reese, & Logan lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Paulette Utley is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Kady.
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- Aiden honored Officer Eric Staley as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Officer Matthew Askew is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Emani & Kendra
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- Aniya & Tommy honored Principal Daphnae Hogan as their Torch Team Hero.
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- These students stand together to take their Super Citizens Pledge.
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- These Super Citizen lead everyone in our tour anthem!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the auditorium with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Florence City Torch Team Heroes and the students that honored them!
