The Horizon School Division has eight students that will benefit from the 2016 Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship Industry Scholarships.

Overall, 100 students from 66 communities will receive $1,000 through the program that launched in 2009.

Local graduates receiving the scholarships were Joshua Hodel of Bulyea, Humboldt's Jonathan Sterling and Logan Wylie, Nicholas Hanson of Leroy, Naicam resident Brody Gilbertson, St. Brieux's Ryan Schemenauer, Dawson Mollenbeck of St. Gregor and Brayden Kostal from Strasbourg.

Each year high schools that participate in the S-Y-A program are asked to nominate at least one outstanding student who is looking to build a career in the trades.

Currently more than 300 schools are registered with almost 3,300 students participating in the S-Y-A program.