Eagleville Times Also serving Arrington, Chapel Hill, College Grove, Rockvale, Triune & Unionville Volume 10, Issue 7 - 50¢ July 2012 Eagleville, Tennessee Undefeated Eagleville 3 & 4 Year Old Lil’ Eagles Undefeated By Gretchen Thompson Thompson Services Inc. is proud to introduce you to Eagleville’s 3-4 year old Eagleville Wins Coveted High Schools That Work Award undefeated Lil’ Eagles. They were fierce fielders who weren’t afraid to get down and Eagleville School is one of only eight schools in the nation to receive a 2012 High Schools dirty. Their bats couldn’t miss, then they ran the bases like lightning. that Work Gold Improvement Award, according to an announcement from the organization. These Lil’ Eagles went 13-0 and took the Rutherford County TYBA Championship The school serves grades K-12 in the town of Eagleville and the surrounding community for both regular season tournament play. under the leadership of Principal Bill Tollett. Leading off was 3rd baseman Ashton Pellefier. Next was 1st baseman, Meah Thompson The award is given to HSTW schools that increased their mean scores in reading, mathematics followed by left fielder, Houston Fitzgerald all cleaned up by circle, Cole Taylor. Next and science by at least 10 points from 2010 to 2012 on the HSTW Assessment. Schools also up to the plate was right fielder, Ava Fluty after that was right center, Tanner Rader then had at least 30 percent of career/technical students experiencing a rigorous career/technical came the catcher, Jed Fann. Shortstop, Ty Lynch batted eighth followed by left center, curriculum. Lance Brady. They all ran home when second baseman, Jacob Ghee came up to bat. To earn the award, schools must have participated in both the 2010 and 2012 HSTW Next were our utility players big Mikey Leonard and Shyanne Cook. Assessments; assessed 50 or more seniors in 2010 (or at least 75 percent of the senior class A special thanks to all the parents who helped in numerous ways and also to the if the class contained fewer than 50 students); and either met Adequate Yearly Progress coaches: Lucas Thompson, Craig Taylor, Chris Lynch, and Howard Ghee. We could not requirements or had a graduation rate of 85 percent or higher. have done it without help from our dugout crew Lizzy, Gretchen, Nikki, and Sandy. The Southern Regional Education Board will recognize the school July 11 during the opening The Lil’ Eagles practice and play on the diamond embodied everything that session of the HSTW national conference. Thompson Services Inc. stands for in day to day business. It is where effort seeks High Schools That Work is the nation’s largest school improvement initiative for high school to find excellence. Thanks for allowing Thompson Services Inc. to sponsor such a leaders and teachers, according to the organization. More than 1,200 HSTW sites in 30 states dedicated team. Thanks to the team at Thompson Services Inc. for being dedicated to and the District of Columbia currently use the framework of HSTW Goals and Key Practices the community in which we are thankful to serve. Congratulations, Go Lil’ Eagles! to raise student achievement and graduation rates. July 15th is Cow Appreciation Veterinary Services Day and “Caring for your pets like family” (931) 364-7799 Pet Fire Safety Day Have a 57 NO.3 PERMIT TN FRANKLIN, D PAI Fun & Safe AGE POST U.S. TD T S T PRSR Holiday 2 Page EAGLEVILLE TIMES www.eaglevilletimes.com July 2012 For the Love of a Horse Eagleville Student Selected for South Korean Summer Scholarship In August, when most students are preparing for school, one will be preparing for a trip to South Korea. Peyton Dossett, 16, a student at Eagleville High School, is one of 100 high school students selected to participate in the fourth- annual South Korea Scholarship Program for high school students. This is quite an honor as she will be representing Tennessee along with Eagleville school. Peyton will be traveling to Seoul for two weeks in early August on a full scholarship that includes a variety of activities, including courses at Yonsei University, South Korea’s oldest and most acclaimed university. Peyton became interested in Korea after her family hosted an exchange student over the past school year through the CIEE youth Front row L to R: Emily Duncan, (Brentwood), Emily Moore, (Nashville), Zoe Smith, (Brentwood), exchange program. “As I have learned about Anna Hayes, (Eagleville), Isabel Puthoff, (Clarksville). Back Row L to R: Brooke Borders, the Korean culture, I am realizing how much (Franklin), Polly Grammar (Arrington), Abbey Gill, (Brentwood), Jessie Dees, (Brentwood). freedom we have here in the United States. No one has been able to explain the competition to be held in Virginia in July. The school, the work, the travel; it is all so much more difficult than we have it here. mysterious love shared between girls and Once Quiz was over, the girls spent more I believe many Americans take this for granted”, said Peyton. “Because I have never horses but it is evident at horse shows time in the saddle sometimes riding three traveled abroad, I expect to gain knowledge of international relations that would never both near and far. For a group of girls at times on a Saturday or during spring break be possible by just hearing or reading about it.” Peachtree Equestrian Center, this love of days they spent at the barn. Riding different Part of her scholarship application was to write an essay about how she would horses is demonstrated in their commitment horses encouraged them to concentrate on “contribute to amiable relations” between the United States and Korea. Participants to competition through the United States their equestrian skills as they learned to will attend academic lectures, tours and cultural excursions, and also a trip to the Pony Club. Peachtree is part of mid-south manage and school horses with different Korean Demilitarized Zone. region of Pony Club and offers a unique strengths and temperaments. During April, Peyton is currently a camp counselor for the summer and was away at camp when her experience for its Pony Club members the Pony Club Members spent time at Percy parents received the exciting news that she had been selected for the scholarship. She who own a mount or ride one of the barn Warner Park schooling (practicing) stadium said, “I hope to visit my Korean sister and meet her family, try real kimchi, and be able horses or ponies. Peachtree is located on and cross and competing at Learn to Event to use some of the words she has taught me.” Highway 96 in Arrington and is owned by that included competition in dressage, Polly Grammar. stadium jumping, and cross country members to Rally to compete with teams through a formal inspection, and participate Like any other sport, hard work and jumping with Pony Clubs throughout from throughout the mid-south region. D-1 in safety checks before and after every commitment are key to the road to success the region. A Dressage Rally, a hunter / members compete individually in dressage, mounted activity with no assistance from for the 14 young women from Peachtree jumper show at Brownland Farm, and the stadium jumping and horse management. adults or instructors. Their day began a who competed at the Mid-South Region 4 H Horse Show at the Williamson County As a group they set up their tack room 6:00 a.m. as they mucked stalls, filled water Mega Rally at Kentucky Horse Park in Agriculture Center got the girls off the farm and maintain it throughout Rally. They buckets, and fed the horses. Grooming Georgetown, Kentucky. The road trip began and more experience in competition. are responsible for all care of their mount and preparing to ride, then caring for their on Tuesday, June 19, but the work began And then the harder work began. Once including feeding, mucking stalls, and mount after each event meant a full day months earlier. From October through released from school schedules, the pony grooming. At the end of the competition on until the barns closed at 5:00. Even after March, each Pony Club member committed club members spent every day at the barn. Thursday afternoon, Peachtree Equestrian they closed, participants still had to walk to riding a minimum of two days a week May 29th they began Rally Boot Camp, a Center came home with one 2nd, one 3rd, stadium course and cross country course, including all day on Saturday. A typical four-day intensive pre-rally preparation. two 4th, and one 8th place finishes. A great extending their day until after 6. A meal, Saturday morning schedule included a one Beginning at 7:30 a.m. the girls arrived to result and great experience! shower, and team meetings helped them hour ride, one hour of study time, and one care for their assigned mounts and began D-2 members compete on a five person stay focused on the competition and a quick hour of barn chores and was repeated on a long day of instruction and practice. team—four riders and one stable manager. swim at the hotel pool made sure they had Saturday afternoon. Members worked Guest instructors worked the girls in the Three of Peachtree Club members joined fun along the way. on dressage, stadium jumping and cross disciplines of dressage and jumping as two Pony Clubbers from Ohio to make a Pony Club Eventing Rally ended officially country jumping. They took a Saturday well as all aspects of horse management. composite team. Two of the D-2 members with awards at 1:30 on Friday and off in March to participate in the Mid- The girls cleaned stalls, bathed the joined three Pony Clubbers from West Peachtree Equestrian Center was well South Region Mega Quiz- an unmounted ponies, cleaned tack, inventoried required Tennessee to create a composite team.