Go Where There is No Path and Leave a Trail
Lettman Creates Needed Walking Path for Belleville's Schools
November 25, 2021

Photo courtesy of Marie Perry
Belleville's Avery Lettman had lots of support for his Eagle Scout project, a new walking path that connects the middle and high school buildings to the elementary school building.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous words, "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail", is living wisdom for Belleville High School senior Avery Lettman. Lettman has indeed left a needed trail as he attempts to seek his Eagle Scout award this fall. Blazing a new walking path that connects the middle and high school buildings to the elementary school building in Belleville, Avery has accomplished something that is a larger scale project than most Eagle Scout candidates set out to accomplish.
Lettman says, "Normally Scouts take on a bench project or som...
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