52 SIDELINES JUNE 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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Education
From high schools to colleges, equestrian programs have students
galloping toward the future. Here’s a look at just a few…
Lake Erie’s Touched By a Horse program
American Heritage’s beautiful campus
Mount Holyoke’s Regional Championship team
Monte Vista’s winning equestrian team
American Heritage School, Delray Beach, Florida
In addition to a fne Equestrian Program, American Heritage
School provides a superior college preparatory program for
students in pre-school through twelfth grade. Located on 40 scenic
acres, the campus includes a Fine Arts Center, Media Center,
Olympic-sized pool and extensive athletic facilities. Student
performances on national standardized tests average 2 to 2.5
years above grade level. Qualifed students may enroll in honors
or Advanced Placement courses or participate in pre-professional
programs in law or medicine. Pre-professional programs are
taught by practicing attorneys or physicians. Heritage graduates
are accepted to the fnest colleges and universities in the nation.
www.ahschool.com.
Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio
Lake Erie College offers Touched By a Horse -- an “Experiential
Learning with Horses” Certifcate Program. Each of us can tell
a true story of an exceptional moment when a horse touched
our lives and we were forever changed. In the good company
of horses we learn to move forward and how to stand our
ground. We soften our hearts to be generous and discover our
human kindness. We learn not what to think but how to think for
ourselves. What might it be like to partner with horses integrating
them into your professional work with people? Through Touched
By a Horse we can discover our best human solutions. www.lec.
edu/professional.
Monte Vista Christian School, Watsonville, California
Monte Vista Christian School offers premier college prep education
on a beautiful campus off the central coast of California. Our
Equestrian Team won the IEA Zone 10 high point Championship
for the 2011-2012 and our riders have tremendous success at
local shows. Our on-campus facility has two arenas and beautiful
trails where we offer Horsemanship in place of PE and show team
lessons after school on our 25 well trained school horses. Come
to our weeklong residential summer camps to improve skills, make
friends, ride for hours and enjoy swimming, crafts and archery in
the afternoon. Visit www.montevistaequestrian.com.
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College’s (MHC), Dressage Team from South
Hadley, has been a force to be reckoned with for many years.
Since 1997 the MHC Dressage Team has fnished frst in their
Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) region. This year was
a year of transition with a new slate of offcers and many new team
members. In addition, the team had a new coach, Dee Loveless,
hired in September 2011. During the 2012 season every rider on
the team was able to compete at least once and it was the entire
Dressage Team working together that made success possible.
The goal is to be National Champions 2012 and add a 5
th
National
Championship Title to MHC’s record. Visit www.mtholyoke.edu/
org/dressage.