Today, more than 350 students from Lupton Jr High and Oakman Middle School filled the Lupton Jr. High Gymnasium. 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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- These 2nd graders are excited to celebrate!
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- These 5th graders show off their certificate!
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- Sophia, Gracie, & Olivia lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Coach Brad Duncan is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Addie.
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- Hudson honors Nurse Andrea Ard as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- John honors his late grandfather, Bruce Barnette as his Torch Team Hero. His grandmother Cynthia accepts in his honor.
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- Shirley Wooten accepts the award in honor of her late husband, Charles Wilson. He was honored as a Torch Team Hero by his niece Abby.
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- Oakman Middle honors Larry Myers as their Torch Team Hero. Kelli Dodd with LLF poses with Makayla who read about Mr. Myers.
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- These students pledge together to be Super Citizens!
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- These 5th graders proudly take their Super Citizen Pledge!
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- Annleigh, Aburey, Anna, Persley, Tasia, & Isaiah lead everyone in our tour anthem!
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- U.S.A.!
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- All smiles as they sing in celebration!
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- These students raise their torches as they sing our tour anthem!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The 2017-18 Walker County Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes along with the students that honored them!
