Today, more than 150 students filled the gym. 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 Walker 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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- 5th graders are excited to honor their heroes!
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- 2nd graders show off their graduation certificate!
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- Journey & Melissa lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Hudson honored Officer Chris Harkness as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Kadiance honored Officer Mark Bell as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Kelly Poe is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Sailor.
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- Maci honored John Leary as her Torch Team Hero.
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- 2nd graders take the Helping Hands Pledge.
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- These 5th graders stand together to take their Super Citizens Pledge.
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- These Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the gym with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Lupton Jr High Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes along with the students that honored them!
