Today, 2nd and 5th grade students from Sycamore, Childersburg Elementary, Watwood, BB Comer Elementary, & Fayetteville Elementary Schools filled the McFarlane Auditorium. After finishing 10 weeks in the Super Citizen Programs, 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 Talladega 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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- Super Citizens lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Davin shares why Michelle Head is chosen as Sycamore Elementary’s Helping Hands Hero!
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- Childersburg 2nd graders chose Dalisha Edwards as their Helping Hands Hero! Bella & Jon Oliver tell us all about her!
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- Arikka Sandrich is honored by Watwood 2nd graders as a Helping Hands Hero and Hudson & Kordeon tell us all the reasons why!
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- Kyra & Anthony introduce everyone to BB Comer’s Helping Hands Hero, Chastity Sherum sharing all about why they chose her!
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- Luna & Elleigh-Quinn honors Fayetteville PTO Carolyn Daviss & Cassie Epperson as Helping Hands Heroes for all they do for their school community!
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- SRO Deputy Dave Hamm has shown Sycamore students what a true Hero look like and Ethan & Alayiah tell us why they chose him as their Torch Team Hero!
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- Kingston honors Andy Layton as Childersburg’s Torch Team Hero and Dalisha Edwards on his behalf!
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- Aashia shares why Tracy Robertons is chosen as a Childersburg Elementary Torch Team Hero!
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- Leilah tells everyone all about why BB Comer honors Kathryn Duncan as their Torch Team Hero and her daughter accepts on her behalf!
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- Abigail and her friend Caroline tells everyone all about her dad, Brent Kirkland and why he is chosen as Fayetteville’s Torch Team Hero.
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- Amy Smith is honored by Watwood as a Torch Team Hero for all she does for her school community! Kenlee shares all about her!
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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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- Leading the crowd in song!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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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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- 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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- U.S.A.!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- Leading the crowd in song!Si
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- Singing loud and proud!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- Filling the room with our tour anthem!
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- We were honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to Kelvin Cunningham- Deputy Superintendent, Sharika Lee-Math Coordinator, Dr. Angela Robinson- Federal Programs Coordinator, Steve Frank – Personnel Coordinator, Chad Bynum + Jason jacks – Transportation Coordinator, & Amy Smith – Curriculum Coordinator for celebrating with us!