Today, more than 350 students filled the Linden 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 Marengo 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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- Excited faces of future Super Citizens!
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- Our Next Great Americans!
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- Jaylin, Amara, Jamarion, Curtis, Luke, Daniel, Jacob, Naomi, and Joshua lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Addison honored school nurse LaShay Nelson as Torch Team Hero. Kelli Dodd, from the Liberty Learning Foundation, accepted on her behalf.
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- Mr. Dewayne Charleston was honored by his son, Derente’, as Helping Hands Hero.
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- Jamirah honored Chief Robert Alston as Helping Hands Hero.
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- Bernard Cade was honored as Helping Hands Hero by Tyler.
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- Derrick honored his teachers Miss Agee and Mrs. Crocker as Helping Hands Heroes.
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- Insley honored Danny Vick as Helping Hands Hero.
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- Ms. Tamkia Dial was honored as Torch Team Hero by her niece A’Nyla and her son, Kristopher.
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- Caleb and Makayla honored Tiffany Lee as Torch Team Hero.
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- Tranise honored his principal, Mr. William Martin, Jr., as Torch Team Hero.
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- Jamarion honored Mr. David Miller as Torch Team Hero. Kelli Dodd, Liberty Learning Foundation, accepted on his behalf.
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- Celebrating graduation as Super Citizens!
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- Student volunteers lead their classmates in the tour anthem.
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- Our Helping Hands and Torch Team Heroes and the students who honored them, along with our sponsors from the VFW, Lee and Margie Belcher.
