SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Scholarship Students Provide a Lesson in Humility | Community

When we reminisce about our high school days, we remember our classes, our teachers, our activities. Some of us graduated and went on to college; others to trade schools; others launched into careers or into family life. Most of us would probably say “I did well”… Or… “I did well enough.”

Come forward in time and imagine this scenario, a TRUE story: A young high school senior at Superior High School (2025 senior class of 18 students) is graduating this week. Along with earning her high school diploma, she has achieved certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)—two separate programs—at the age of 18, as she graduates from high school!

Meeting this young lady and five other seniors from Superior High School during interviews for scholarships through SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) was more than inspirational—in a way, it was a life-changing event. Seeing what these young people have accomplished despite the challenges of living in a small, rural, low-income community is something that we will not forget. It encourages us all to do more!

The SBCO Scholarship Committee provides one of the many opportunities in SaddleBrooke to “give forward.” Committee members act as liaisons to individual students, following and assisting them through their four- or two-year scholarships. Members also have the privilege of interviewing potential scholarship candidates in various communities, reviewing and grading scholarship applications, and/or presenting the scholarships at high school awards ceremonies. Individual committee members can take on as much or as little work as they feel they can commit. Anyone interested in participating on the SBCO Scholarship Committee can email Mary Riemersma, our Committee Chair at [email protected].