Today, 2nd and 5th grade students from Lauderdale County, Lexington, Brooks, and Rogers Elementary Schools filled the Lauderdale County High School Gymnasium. 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 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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- Kylie, Wittlee, & Jaiden lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Nora honored her grandmother, Angie Gasque as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Kaitlyn Nagle is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Maddie & Hadley
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- Kai honored his dad, Trey Peck as his Helping Hands Hero.
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- Sklyer honored his dad, Jonathan Smith as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Landon honored his grandfather, posthumously as his Torch Team Hero and his grandmother accepted in his honor.
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- Korean War Veteran G.W. Elliott is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his great granddaughter Ivy.
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- Jada honored her dad, Jason Lard as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Mike Curtis was honored as a Torch Team Hero by his grandson, Tripp.
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- Tristan honored his mom, Kara Benford as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Jen Swank is honored as a Torch Team Hero by her daughter Zoe.
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- Katie honored her mom, Leah Ford as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Paisley honored her grandmother, Leta Harris as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Evangelina Valles is honored as a Torch Team Hero by her son Sabastian.
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- Anna honored her dad, Ethan Allen as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Robert Hansen is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his daughter Jessie.
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- Maggie honored her mom, Heather Sparks as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Gabby honored her grandpa, Tommy Parrish as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Carter honored his 2nd grade teacher, Robin Shelton as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Donnie Wigginton is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his grandson, Link.
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- Michael tells everyone why he chose his neighbor, Sandy Cross as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Hannah tells us all about her Torch Team Hero, Michelle Tribble.
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- Ka’Deen tells everyone about his Uncle Steven Webster and why he chose him as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Mike Clemmons is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his nephew Tyson and we grabbed his picture after his speech.
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- Robbie tells us all about his Torch Team Hero, his dad Tommy Midkiff.
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- Skyler tells us all about why she chose her cheer coach, Bill Huffman as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Othman honored her Aunt Najouta Kammour as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Bella tells us why she chose Todd Brown as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Susan Wallace is honored as her Torch Team Hero by her daughter Jaden.
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- Pastor Pat Driskell is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Cale.
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- Warren Smith is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Sage.
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- Aspyn honors her dad, Stephen Speake as a Torch Team Herol.
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- Nora tells us why she chose Hal Greer as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Reagan tells us all about her grandpa and Torch Team Hero Shane Jones
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- U.S.A.!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Lauderdale County Helping Hands and Torch Team Heroes!