Today, New Life Christian, Covenant Christian, Pike County, Banks. and Goshen Elementary Schools students filled the Troy Campus Ballrooms A&B. 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 an 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 Troy Bank and Trust. 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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- Super Citizens lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Military Police Officer Matt Reeves shows these students what bravery and perseverance truly looks like, and that’s why his daughter, Persephone and her friends at Pike County Elementary honored him as their Helping Hands Hero!
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- Kaiden, tells everyone why they chose Lawrence Bowden as a Pike County Elementary Helping Hands Hero!
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- Librarian Dr. Kim Head is the Helping Hands Hero for Kannan and his friends at Banks Elementary School!
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- Serena and her friends at Banks Elementary honored school nurse, Mrs. Kaylee Moates, as their class’s Helping Hand Hero!
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- Khole and Lillian told us about why they chose Goshen Elementary’s Custodian, Mrs. Mary Youngblood, as their class’s Helping Hand Hero!
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- New Life Christian honors Mr. Kendrick White as a Helping Hands Hero and Haley shares all about him!
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- Charlotte & Yates share all about why Covenant Christian chose Pasto Justin Jacobs as their Helping Hands Hero!
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- De’Ann Hall is chosen by her daughter, Kaycee as a Torch Team Hero by Pike County Elementary!
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- Xavier tells everyone why the students of Pike County Elementary School have chosen to honor Principal Rochelle McKenney as their Torch Team Hero!
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- Once again Librarian Dr. Kimm Head shows the students of Banks Elementary what a true Super Citizen looks like and Weston shares all about her!
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- James shares all about why the 3rd graders of Banks Elementary choose to also honor their Nurse Kaylee Moates as their Torch Team Hero!
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- Ariell told us about why Goshen Elementary choose their assistant Principal Catherine Grissett Harris as a Torch Team Hero.
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- US Marshall is chosen as New Life Christian’ Torch Team Hero and his granddaughter Marae shares all about why he was chosen!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- Students, heroes, and guests alike singing along to our tour anthem!
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- Singing in celebration!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- U.S.A.!
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- We were honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students,our Troy Bank and Trust friends with Jerry Miller and Pamela Sikes for celebrating with us!