Today,second and third grade students from West Elementary & Russellville Elementary filled the the Russellville High School Auditorium. 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 the Franklin 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 >
- Jaylen, Jayden, and Natalia lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
- Amelia and Ellie introduced us to Nurse Jennifer Kastburg, their mom and their class’s Helping Hands Hero!
- Reed honored his class’s Helping Hands Hero, Assistant Principal Suzanne Glass!
- Atalie’s class chose Ms. Yesi De La Rosa as their Helping Hands Hero!
- Noah and Brodie told us about their mom, Hero and Nurse Practitioner Bonnie Bendall!
- Beloved Custodian Juana Diego Juan was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Yexeni’s class!
- Austin’s class honored their school nurse, Ms. Cassy Groce, as their Hero!
- Jensen’s class has learned about caring for their community from Ms. Cassie Madley, Executive Director of the Russellville Chamber of Commerce, and that’s why she’s their Hero.
- Andi’s class chose to honor her dad, Officer Jake Tompkins, as their Helping Hands Hero!
- Principal Tiffany Warhurst will be welcoming these second graders to Russellville Elementary School next year, and her leadership inspired them to choose her as a Helping Hands Hero!
- MaryEllen had the honor of presenting the Torch Team Hero award to the Russellville Fire Dept. Alejandro Wallace, Mickey Gentry, Jeremy Glenn, Tanner Gunter, and Shane Mansell were here to accept it!
- Now it’s time for Russellville City 2nd graders to take their Helping Hands Pledge!
- Pledging to be a Helping Hand!
- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
- Hands on hearts, these students pledged to be Super Citizens.
- Pledging to be the Super Citizens of Russellville!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- Leading the crowd in song!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Students, heroes, and teachers alike singing along to our tour anthem!
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, and guests. Special Thanks to Superintendent Tim Guinn, Alan Rhudy and Marilyn Mayfield form Community Spirit Bank, Matt Cooper from CB&S Bank, Peggy Timbs and Liz Goode from Essity Professional Hygene-Barton, and Curriculum Coordinator Natalie Bendall for coming out to celebrate with us!































