Today, more than 450 students filled the Russellville 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 Franklin County Community Alliance. With its 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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The students pose for a picture before the kickoff begins.
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The students will honor their community heroes with a Torch Pin and Authentic Statue of Liberty Replica.
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Avery and Braxton lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance!
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Mrs. Holliman introduces Libby Liberty™!
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Libby Liberty™ makes her entrance to reveal her true name “Liberty Enlightening the World”
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Collins and Maria help Libby show off her real measurements.
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She developed her greenish patina through process called oxidation.
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Libby shares with these Super Citizens about Alabama’s 200th birthday celebrations!
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Her chains are broken and symbolize our freedom from oppression.
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This student imagines what it would be like to see the Statue of Liberty for the first time.
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The students close their eyes to picture coming to America for the first time.
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“We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now” – MLK Jr.
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Karen, Jeliyah, Dakota, Case, Layla, Zoe, Dixie, Sam, Emma, Kyla, Dalila, Kambreya, Hayleigh, and Yerli help Libby leads the crowd in the anthem theme song “YOU in the USA.”
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Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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The future Super Citizens of Franklin County
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These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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The Next Great Americans of Russellville!
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These students get a picture with Libby Liberty™ after the program.
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The future Super Citizens of Franklin County
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These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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The Next Great Americans of Russellville!
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These students get a picture with Libby Liberty™ after the program.
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The future Super Citizens of Franklin County
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The Next Great Americans of Russellville!
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These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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The future Super Citizens of Franklin County
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The Next Great Americans of Russellville!
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These students get a picture with Libby Liberty™ after the program.
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These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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The future Super Citizens of Franklin County
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The Next Great Americans of Russellville!
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These students get a picture with Libby Liberty™ after the program.
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These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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The future Super Citizens of Franklin County
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The Next Great Americans of Russellville!
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These students get a picture with Libby Liberty™ after the program.
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These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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These students get a picture with Libby Liberty™ after the program.
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Libby poses for a picture with Jamie Kiel.
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Libby is proud to get a picture with these two Super Citizens!!
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Mayor David Grissom and Libby sneak a picture after the program.
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Libby and her friend Sunny from CB&S Bank!
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Libby gets a picture with all these wonderful Super Ctizens!
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Superintendent Heath Grimes and Libby grab a picture!