Today, over 600 students filled the Sparkman 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 Madison County Community Alliance and passionate community sponsors. 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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- Katie, Parker, Landon, Jayden, Brooks and Alonna help lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- The view from the top of the gymnasium as the Celebration started.
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- Ava and Khloe honored the Harvest Elementary Custodian, Mr. Ashley Rogers.
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- Kaliyah and Miles honored the Harvest Elementary Custodian, Mrs. Michelle Watkins.
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- Shelby and Zariya read about their Helping Hand Hero.
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- Zariya and Shelby honored music teacher, Viktoria Truesdail.
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- Gabriel reads about this awesome Helping Hand Hero.
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- Hero and Pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church, Brother Randy Watts, was honored today by Gabriel.
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- Lainey and Savannah honored Amy Atchley Willis today as a Helping Hand Hero.
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- Ellie reads about her Torch Team Hero.
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- Ellie honored Ingrid Murry as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Paisley honored Cynthia Thomas as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Natalie honored her grandfather and her Torch Team hero, Eddie Self.
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- Kristen Sharp of the Liberty Learning Foundation shows the students their graduation certificates.
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- The students stand together to take the Super Citizen Pledge.
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- Lily, Bella, Lily, Tanner, Aiken, Malik, Zoe, Cole, Alita, Clara, Olivia and Anna lead the crowd in the tour anthem “YOU in the USA”.
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- “Only you can keep the YOU in the USA”.
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- The students sing together as Super Citizens.
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- They sing of liberty and freedom.
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- The students stand with some of the Helping Hand and Torch Team Heroes from the celebration today.
