LEXINGTON, KY - Second through fifth grade students at Lexington’s Squires Elementary witnessed what many in the Lexington area have seen over the last few years: Alltech Founder and CEO Pearse Lyons, PhD. passionately talking about the upcoming Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Looking as comfortable as one of the school’s teachers or principal talking to the nearly 150 pupils in a Thursday afternoon assembly, Lyons told the students how they could be a part of the focus of the equestrian world this fall as the WEG comes to the Kentucky Horse Park.
With the launch of the Alltech Creative Scholars Program, one in 25 students from each public elementary school in Fayette, Woodford, Scott and Jessamine Counties – roughly one student per class – will be eligible to receive a free general admission ticket to the World Equestrian Games.
The tickets will be individually rewarded by teachers as a result of a creative project undertaken by the students. “We don’t care if you write an essay, paint your horse, what you do, as long as you show why (the World Equestrian Games) is important… for everybody,” Lyons told the students who were all cheering while sitting cross-legged on the Squires Elementary gym floor.
Though a contest, Lyons told the students he didn’t want them to see themselves as winners or losers depending on who does or does not wind up with a ticket. “It’s not about winning,” he said, “it’s about trying.” More.
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