Today, Bankhead Middle, Cordova Elementary, Parrish Elementary, Curry Elementary, Curry Middle, & Valley Jr High School students filled the Rowland Hall Auditorium at Bevill State Community College. 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 Walker 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 >
- Superintendent Dr. Dennis Willingham welcomes Walker County students, teachers, and heroes to their Super Citizen Celebration!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Cordova teacher Candy Brown, is chosen as a Helping Hands Hero because of all she does in their school community! Gabriel tells us all about her!
- Camden tell us all about why Cordova chose Randy Fielding as Helping Hands Hero!
- AnnaBeth shares why Lawrence Sides is chosen as a Cordova’s Helping Hands Hero!
- Parrish Mayor Bubba Cagle is a great example of the traits that make you a true hero, and that’s why Cash and his friends at Parrish Elementary chose to honor him today!
- Curry Elementary SRO Shane Taylor is honored as a Helping Hands Hero for all he does for his community and Corey tells us all about him!
- Forestry Firefighter Jason Berry shows Valley Jr High students what bravery and perseverance truly looks like, and that’s why Kaedyn honors him as a their Helping Hands Hero!
- Ryan Kelly, Parker’s dad shows the students of Valley Jr High what bravery and perseverance truly looks like, and that’s why he’s their Helping Hands Hero!
- Amanda told us about why Valley Jr High choose their assistant Principal Alicia Harris as a Helping Hands Hero.
- Adelyn and her friend Ada at Bankhead Middle tell everyone all about why they chose to honor her grandmother, School Board Member Dr. Vonda Beaty as their Torch Team Hero!
- Aubriona & Carter shared why their librarian, Jeannie Weaver at Bankhead Middle, was chosen as a Torch Team Hero!
- Bankhead secretary, Lea Sanford was chosen as a Torch Team hero and Zoey and Charley share all about what she does in their school community!
- Once again Mayor Bubba Cagle shows the students of Parrish what a true Super Citizen looks like and Jackson shares all about him!
- SRO Brent Hudson shines as an example to the students of Curry Middle and that is why they chose to honor him as their Torch Team Hero. Korilee and her teacher Ms. Harding accept in his absence!
- Azriel and her friends at Valley Jr High chose to honor their lunchroom ladies as their Torch Team Heroes and Whitney Sides accepts on their behalf!
- 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 them sing along!
- Singing in celebration!
- U.S.A.!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Having fun singing along to our tour anthem!
- Singing loud and proud1
- U.S.A.!
- Students, heroes, and guests alike singing along to our tour anthem!
- We were honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to our friends Melissa Privett & Charlotte Medders from Bankfirst, along Superintendent Dr. Dennis WIllingham for celebrating with us!
- We are honored to have our friends from BankFirst with us today!






























