Today, more than 725 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 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.
Mayor of Crossville Tera Fortenberry and Torch Team Hero
“It would not be a question in my mind that D&F will continue to do this, ” said Lynn Fortenberry from D&F Equipment.
Mayor of Crossville’s Tera Fortenberry added her thanks to all the community alliance members for making this possible for the students saying, “I’d like to say thank you for making it available for all schools, no matter what their financial situations are.”
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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- Cesi, Bethenny, Mitchell, Nevaeh, & Hunter lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Anneliese, Adrian, & Reed honor the memory of Kole Richards as their Helping Hands Hero and accepting in his honor is his dad, Roger Richards
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- Jimmy Womack is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Addy.
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- Madelyn & Trinity honored Larry Tilley as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Sarah Wilcox & Paula Easter with the Mentone Educational Resources Foundation are honored as Helping Hands Heroes by Hallie.
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- Abby & Peyshance honored Desiree Henderson as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Rivers, the Police Service Dog is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Willie.
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- Tera & Lynn Fortenberry are honored as Torch Team Heroes by Bryant & Noah.
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- Jacob Malone is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Carlee & Finley
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- Rylee honored Sandra Bryan as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Tammy Bradford is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Kaylee and her friend.
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- The DeSota Rescue Squad is honored as Torch Team Heroes, accepting on their behalf is Gwen Stone and students who honored them are Nathan and his friend
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- Theda Wils with the Lookout Mountain Homemakers Club is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Brodie.
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- Pastor Darrell Haney is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Annabella & Olivia.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the coliseum 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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- 2019-20 DeKalb County Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes along with the students that honored them!
