Today, Bankhead Middle, Parrish Elementary, Valley Jr. High, Curry Middle, Curry Elementary, & Cordova 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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- Daxton, Ruby, Xavier, Sam, Alynn Kate, Pierson, Tallulah, and Connor lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
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- Piper tells everyone why her class chose Leo Dunnagan as their Helping Hands Hero
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- Tommy Fowler is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Brady tells us all about him.
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- Jones shares all about Assistant Fire Chief Brett Dawkins and why he was chosen as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Cash tells us all about why Ansley Greene was a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Marilyn Humpheries is honored as a Helping Hands Hero. Avery and Autumn tell us all about her!
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- Madi shares all about why Brandi Hannah is chosen as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Jennifer Pedraza is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Sarai tells everyone why!
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- Officer Jay Miller is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Adeline shares all about him!
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- Autumn & Kolton share all about why Assistant Principal Amber Parsons is their Torch Team Hero.
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- Joe Robertson is honored as a Torch Team Hero. Lily & Rylee tell everyone all about him.
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- Diane Myrick is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Weston & Kamryn share all about her.
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- Ansley Greene is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Anna shares why!
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- Max tells us all why Stephanie McCluskey is honored as a Torch Team Hero
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- Principal Trish Key is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Nevaeh tells us all about her.
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- School Nurse Heather Cornelius is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Atalalya tells us all about why!
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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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- 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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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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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 excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Singing Loud and Proud!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with these guests and students!