Today, over 300 students filled the Headland 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 Henry County Community Alliance and passionate community sponsors. 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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- Excited faces of our first graders who will soon graduate as Super Citizens!
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- Future Super Citizens of Headland Elementary!
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- Evan and Warren lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Ashton honored his father Ashley Starling, U.S. Army National Guard, as Torch Team Hero.
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- Paramedic Chad Hughes was honored as Torch Team Hero.
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- Ella and Emma honored their sister, behavior specialist Kara Etheredge, as Torch Team Hero.
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- Nurse Evan Wood was honored by his son Evan as Torch Team Hero.
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- Lola honored her father, helicopter instructor Mike Jenkins, as Torch Team Hero.
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- Police Investigator Robert Dekle was honored as Torch Team Hero by his son Robert.
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- Taking the Super Citizens Pledge.
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- Thank you, sponsors!
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- Bowen, Rayleigh, Maddie, and Abby lead the Next Great Americans tour anthem!
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- Students celebrate graduation in song!
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- Loud and proud for Liberty!
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- Only you can keep the “U” in the “U.S.A.!”
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- Our Torch Team Heroes, the students who honored them, Keith Nall of Alfa, Superintendent Chris Padgett, Mr. Bradford, Mrs. Gibson, and Mrs. Neiswanger.
