Today, more than 425 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students from Abbeville and Headland Elementary Schools filled the Auditorium at Headland High School. 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 civic, 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 Henry County Community Alliance, Golden Peanut Company, BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama, Alfa, ScreenTech, AlaTrade Foods and passionate community sponsors. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
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- These Henry County students are ready to graduate as Super Citizens!
- Henry County Super Citizens!
- Excited to celebrate graduation as Super Citizens!
- These students can’t wait for graduation from the Super Citizen program!
- McKenzie, Owen, Michael, Shaun, Joshua, Jamiyah, Winter, and Shelby recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Nishai honors Brooke Davis as Helping Hands Hero.
- Elbert Davis was honored as Helping Hands Hero by Rayne.
- Chloe honored her dad, Lee Braswell, as Helping Hands Hero.
- Beth Givens was honored as Helping Hand Hero by Sydney.
- Chad Hughes was honored by Ray as Helping Hands Hero.
- Joe Todd was honored as Helping Hands Hero by McKenzie.
- Chloe Reese honored Ray Marler as Helping Hands Hero.
- Birdie Bond was honored as Helping Hands Hero by Abigail.
- Mrs. McCray was honored as Torch Team Hero by Ashlee Dickey.
- Cpl. Bradley Shaw was honored as Torch Team Hero by his daughter Jessie Shaw.
- Laura Flythe honored E4 Specialist David Farris as Torch Team Hero.
- Superintendent Chris Padget was honored as Torch Team Hero as Will Parker.
- Lt. Retired Dennis Cobb was honored as Torch Team Hero by Carter.
- Foreign missionary Jenna Singletary was honored by Merritt as Torch Team Hero.
- Tyler honored Corporal Virgil Bolt as Torch Team Hero.
- Smiling faces of Super Citizens.
- These Super Citizens are so proud to graduate!
- Next Great Americans!
- Super Citizens celebrate in song!
- Loud and proud for Liberty!
- These Super Citizens lead their classmates in the Next Great Americans anthem!
- Only you can keep the “you” in the U.S.A.!
- Helping Hands and Torch Team Heroes with the students who honored them along with our local sponsors from ALFA Boyd Deal and Keith Nall.