Archive for September 2021
Robert Stuart Named Girls Varsity Basketball Coach
Eastern Mennonite School has named Robert Stuart as its next girls varsity basketball coach. The soon-to-be retired Coach Stuart is excited to focus his full attention on the team and share his passion for creating a team culture that keeps the sport in a healthy perspective. That perspective includes an understanding that winning is great,…
Read MoreSoccer Tournament Marks 50-Year History
Kendal Bauman is the current assistant athletic director and physical education teacher for Eastern Mennonite Elementary School, and was the boys varsity soccer coach from 1992 to 2012. Coach Bauman researched and drafted this article and pulled together the display (pictured) in the early morning hours before Menno Classic competition on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2021,…
Read MoreFlames Building Bond During Turnaround Season
This article is re-posted from a Sept. 14, 2021 article by Cody Elliott in the Daily News-Record. Photos by Daniel Lin, DN-R As his teammates celebrated around the bench behind him, Schuyler Harmison stood with his hands on his hips and pondered a bit before revealing an answer. Fresh off a 5-0 victory over Hargrave…
Read MoreFlames Earn First Win Of Season
This article by Cody Elliott of the Daily News-Record was published Sept. 14, 2021 here. Feature photo by Daniel Lin/ DN-R It may have been just what Eastern Mennonite needed. The Flames put together a strong all-around performance and earned their first victory of the young season with a thrilling 27-25, 18-25, 25-22, 24-26, 15-12…
Read MoreRobotics Program Growth Continues Strong
In his fifth year at EMS, Kevin Carini is now teaching capacity classrooms in Robotics I – IV. The robust program is what he envisioned when he was hired in 2017 to teach physics and chemistry. The classes are offered in the MakerSpace classrooms that alumni will remember as the “tech ed” room, and “shop.”…
Read MorePeace Pledge Sets Tone for Year Ahead
How do we want to “live” together this year? Treat each other? Be treated? And care for our school and the environment? These are questions Eastern Mennonite Elementary School students explore together at the beginning of each school year, signing classroom agreements and the elementary school peace pledge. Adapted from materials created by The Institute…
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