Today, 475 second and fifth grade students filled the Geneva County 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 (or “Helping Hands” for the younger students), students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world. They chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas & Liberty Pins. They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the Torch Teams & Helping Hands Heroes honored today in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Geneva 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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- 2nd graders show off their graduation certificate.
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- These 5th graders are excited to honor their heroes!
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- Sarah & Georgia lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Lexis & Dezzy honor Sandy Kinman as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Principal Ann Stafford is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Emerson & Jaimeson.
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- Braxton & McKinna honor their counselor Trish Jackson as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Shannon Walding is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Maliah.
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- Jaxson honored his mom Brittany Mills as his Helping Hands Hero.
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- Andy Tew is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Brody.
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- Hallie & Brady honored Angela Bryant as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Cowboy Steve Shertzer is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Maddox & Hailee.
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- Officer Peter Nunez is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Finn & Lydia.
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- Alysa & Erin honored Holly Willams as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Christian & his friends Ja’Taya & Jadyn honored his grandmother Christine Wheeler as their Torch Team Hero.
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- Officer Zachary Cook is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Conner & Kaitlyn.
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- Our very own Penny Kinsey is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Eleanor & Kyleigh.
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- Dallon honored his mom Amber Thompson as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Garrett Glisson is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his daughter Molly. Her mom Randi accepted on his behalf.
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- The students honoring their heroes are so proud to present them with the Statue of Liberty Replica.
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- Hannah honored her mom and dad Bre & Matt Sheffield as her Torch Team Heroes.
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- Ja’Lerra honored her grandfather William Glover as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Heather Phillips is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Sammi & Joshua.
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- Hannah honored Kevin Knight as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Jaci honored her dad Aaron Hall as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Luke & Abi honored their Stepdad Lance Gieselmann as their Torch Team Hero.
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- These 2nd graders take their Helping Hands Pledge!
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- These 5th graders stand together to take their Super Citizens Pledge.
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- Sarah, Georgia, Addison, Christian, Lillie Claire, Dylan, Hayden, Michael, & Jaizyn lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students wave their flags in song.
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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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- Geneva County Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes, the students that honored them and Superintendent Becky Birdsong!
