Scholarship Assistance Fund (SAF) Dollars for Scholars held its 2022 scholarship reception June 17 at Hawthorne Global Aviation Services in Wheeling. The two-hour catered gathering focused on the accomplishments and educational pursuits of this year s scholarship recipients.
“First we had remote learning – which was completely unsuccessful – then when we're allowed to go back to school, they want masks, and now they want vaccines, but why? For a demographic that has .003% chance of contracting a severe illness from COVID?” asked Emma Arns, president of the local Turning Point USA chapter and a senior at Wheeling High School.
After talk of starting a Turning Point USA chapter at Taft High School emerged, the school’s principal said they will "never tolerate" student groups that go against the school’s values.