Spring/Summer 2024
Highlands Middle School 5th graders were recognized as “Everyday Heroes” by District Judge Carolyn S. Bengel during a special assembly this past spring.
In 2023, the Allegheny Valley Optimist Club renamed the program to the Everyday Hero Award in Memory of Chief Justin McIntire, our local everyday hero who was killed in the line of duty on Jan. 2, 2023.
One boy and one girl in each of the 5th grade homerooms were selected by their peers to receive the Everyday Hero award. An Everyday Hero should be respectful, accountable, motivated, safe, responsible, helpful and encouraging. In addition, the hero is not a bully, is a good citizen, has good manners, gets along with everyone, is on time for school and is quiet in the halls.
The Everyday Heroes were featured in the Valley News Dispatch / Trib-Review, which is one of the partners of the program.
Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the Optimist Club of Allegheny Valley Everyday Hero Award in Memory of Chief Justin McIntire!
