Today, Little Ridge Intermediate fifth graders filled their schools 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, students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world.
Students chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas . They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the heroes honored in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the DeKalb 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 >
- Adalie and Jaden lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
- Jaydon told us about his Super Citizen Hero: nurse Felicia Ford!
- 5th grader Chase honored his dad, state trooper Matthew Wilson as his Super Citizen Hero!
- Maybree honored firefighter and her dad Grant Smith as her class Super Citizen!
- Jayli told us all about how her Super Citizen, officer Jacob Waites, inspires her class to be Super Citizens!
- Firefighter Caleb White was honored as a Super Citizen Hero, and Atalie told us all about it!
- Kayleigh told us all about why her 5th grade class chose to honor her dad, lineman and veteran Jordan McGinnis, as their Super Citizen Hero!
- Fireman Shane Burt was honored as a Super Citizen, and Nora told us all about it!
- John Austin told us all about why his class chose to honor custodian Misty White as their Super Citizen!
- Gatlin honored Officer Lonnie Hairel as his class Super Citizen!
- 5th grade students pledged to “help govern and care for [their] community.”
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- We were honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, and guests. Special Thanks to Brian Baine, mayor of Fort Payne, and Little Ridge principal Jennifer List!


















