Today, Carbon Hill, Oakman Middle, Lupton Jr High, Sumiton Middle, & Sumiton Elementary students filled the Rowland Hall Auditorium. 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 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 >
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- Spencer, Weston, Kanaan, Asher, Raevyn, Ashlynn, and Gabe lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
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- Carbon Hill 2nd Grade’s Helping Hands hero is school receptionist Kristy McGinnis, and Carter told us all about her!
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- Willow took the stage to tell us about their 2nd grade Helping Hands Hero, Carbon Hill principal Amy Atkin, and Ms. Kristy McGinnis accepted on Ms. Atkin’s behalf!
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- Emery Kate honored Lupton assistant principal Mr. McKeever as her class Helping Hands Hero!
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- Paislee told us all about how her Helping Hands Hero, veteran and EMA radio operator Jimmie Dill, inspires class at Sumiton Elementary to be Super Citizens!
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- Colton, a 5th grader at Carbon Hill, honored assistant principal and Army veteran John McGraw as his class’s Torch Team Hero!
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- Brynlee from Carbon Hill took the stage to tell us why nurse Meagan Beaty is a true Torch Team Hero!
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- Addie and Braelyn honored their class’s Torch Team Hero: Officer Kenneth Powell!
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- Jeremiah and Morgan told us all about why their 5th grade class at Sumiton chose to honor principal Chris Stephenson as their Super Citizen!
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- Litzy and Brielee honored their class’s Torch Team Hero, the late Navy veteran Clayton Traywick. We were honored to have his wife Kara Blanton and his daughter Kaylie Blanton in attendance to accept the award.
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- Now it’s time for Walker 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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- 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 Walker County 5th graders to take the Super Citizen Pledge!
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- Students pledged to be “a good, responsible, and active American.”
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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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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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem 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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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with these guests and students!