Today, Geraldine, Henagar, Plainview, Sylvania, & Fyffe second and fifth grade students filled the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum. 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 DeKalb 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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- Devin, Hunter, Kinsey, Bailey, and Kallie lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
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- Nick Fleisher, janitor at Geraldine, is the Helping Hands Hero for Ellie and Charlie’s 2nd grade class!
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- Plainview 2nd grade honored Casey Pruitt as a Helping Hands Hero, and Flynt and Banks told us all about her!
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- Officer Nathaniel Bates shows Kenzie and Blakely’s 2nd grade class at Sylvania Elementary what a real Helping Hand looks like!
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- Kysen from Fyffe Elementary honored his class Helping Hands Hero, Darby Davis!
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- Nurse Kristen Haymon lends a Helping Hand every day, and that’s what makes her a hero to Ruby Lynn’s class at Henagar Elementary!
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- Daveney and Braxtontold us all about their hero: a man who felt so passionately about their school that he came out of retirement to be their principal! Geraldine 5th graders honored Robert Richey as their Super Citizen!
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- Plainview 5th grader Maddie honored school secretary Karen Biddle as her Super Citizen Hero.
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- 5th grader Hank from Sylvania shared all about his Super Citizen, nurse Tamikah Holbrook!
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- Kinsley told us all about how her Super Citizen, Jesse Martin, inspires her class at Fyffe to be Super Citizens!
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- Now it’s time for DeKalb County 2nd graders to take their Helping Hands Pledge!
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- Mr. Palmer himself led the students in their Helping Hands Pledge!
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- Mr. Palmer says “you’ve gotta do good to be good,” and these students pledged to do just that.
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- 2nd grade students pledged to “be responsible for what they say and do, in their country, community, family, and school.”
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- Now it’s time for DeKalb County 5th graders to take the Super Citizen Pledge!
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Leading the crowd in song!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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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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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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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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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with our heroes, students, and guests, including superintendent Wayne Lyles, assistant superintendent Dr. Anna Hairston, Brad Bunch from ALFA, instructional supervisor Mary Crosby, mayor of Geraldine Chuck Ables, An McMurray of People’s Independent Bank, and Tammy Gray from First Southern State Bank! We are so thankful for your support!