Today, Troy Elementary 2nd and 3rd grade students filled their cafeteria. 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 Troy Bank and Trust. 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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- Principal Teresa Sims welcomes everyone to the Super Citizen Celebration.
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- Braiden & Sari lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Josiah tells everyone why Crossing Guard Barbara McBryde is chosen as a Helping Hands Hero
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- Coach D’Angelo Parker is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Ryder.
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- Beckett tells everyone all about why Shirley King is chosen as a Helping Hands Hero
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- Veronica McCullough is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Karter tells us all about her!
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- Kevin shares why Johnny Jones is chosen as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Assistant Principal William Nettles is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Rollins
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- Mary Denton tells everyone why her dad James Christakos is honored as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Lorelei and her friend Zakailyn share why her dad Tyler Oakes is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Barbara McBryde is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Tylen and Cameron
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- Evie & Makayah share why Shirley McLendon is honored as a Torch Team Hero
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- Monique Crawley is honored as a Torch Team Hero by her granddaughter Charlotte and her friend Vova and her granddad Tom accepts on her behalf.
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- Shirley King is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Johnathan & Ferrari tells us all about her.
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- Nix & Ava share why Melanie Hawkins is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Kori & Trace tell everyone all about why Victoria Bialkoski is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
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- The students and heroes 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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- Thank you, Troy Bank and Trust for helping these students become Super Citizens!
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- Troy Elementary School Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes!