Junior
Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Cadet, Sadie Schindler, a junior at Springboro High
School, recently completed an eight (8) week residence program this summer at
Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA) for her private pilot’s license. Sadie began
this course shortly after school let out in May, and her official graduation
from Liberty University’s residence program will be held on Friday, July 20th.
Lt.
Col. Todd Berrier, a Springboro High School Junior ROTC Instructor, said, "We
are very proud of Sadie for this amazing accomplishment. To get a private
pilot's license through the Air Force's first-ever JROTC scholarship program is
truly a unique opportunity, and I'm glad a Springboro High School student was
selected for this prestigious program. I look forward to Sadie's
leadership in the cadet corps during her junior and senior year at Springboro
High School.”
This past January,
Sadie was one of one hundred and twenty (120) cadets selected nationwide from six
hundred and fifty (650) applicants, for the first annual Chief of Staff of the
United States Air Force Flight Academy Scholarship, which was worth $20,000.
Sadie was the only student selected from the state of Ohio for this
achievement. Furthermore, Sadie was one of only thirty five (35) females selected
for this prestigious honor, as well as being one of only twelve (12) sophomores,
at the time, selected for the program.