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EMS kicked off its Centennial celebration when a large crowd gathered on October 12, 2017 to break ground for a new elementary school facility, located adjacent to Main Campus in the former MennoMedia building. After shovels turned dirt in the morning, teachers and staff celebrated “History Day” by creating 15 learning centers for students which…
My Grandpa Elias Groff passed after living 101 incredible years in service to others. A man of good health and memory for nearly all of his years, I remember him praying daily for his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren – each by name. His legacy lives on through many memories and namesakes, including my own…
This fall, the class of 2018 is letting their light shine at 25 different colleges and universities, in various workplaces, and in service assignments around the globe. Susan Melendez helped to launch the cohort onto their journey beyond EMS during last spring’s graduation weekend when she challenged them with Jesus’ call to “let your light…
Interested in joining a two-week alumni touring choir trip to Romania in April 2020? We are testing interest to begin planning. Minimum requirement of four voices per part. Participants must have sung in an EMHS Touring Choir (Miller, Hartzler or Stutzman). Spouses who are not alumni or former choir members are welcome after enough spots…
Through generous gifts, we have raised just over $3 million toward our goal of $4.2 million for the Let the Children Come campaign. Thank you! The campaign was launched in fall of 2017. Here’s what’s happened since then: Clearing out the former MennoMedia building and Alive Studios, salvaging as much materials and equipment as possible.…
This fall marks the first time that all grades K-12 are on one campus… and in one building! After 13 years of growth off site, the elementary grades moved into the main building at 801 Parkwood Drive for the school year while expansion and renovation is completed on the adjacent former MennoMedia building and property…
Eastern Mennonite School‘s mission statement includes a call to “personal integrity.” That phrase often creates a vision of integrity on an academic level simply because we are an academic institution. My initial response then focuses on issues like plagiarism, cheating, and violations of the handbook covenant. What a narrow reading! As I contemplate a Christ-centered…
As demand for enrollment in Eastern Mennonite Elementary School continues to rise, so does the need to support families with transportation and care beyond the school day. Many EMES families have more than one parent working outside of the home and several have students enrolled in multiple divisions of our school, making after school pick-up…
The EMS Science Fair is an annual event for students in grades K-8. Students in elementary grades K-2, create projects by grade, often focusing on recycling and stewardship of found materials. Students in grade 3-5 work on individual projects and are coached by their classroom teachers on how to use the scientific method to investigate…
The 2015-16 Christmas Fund Drive campaign came to a successful close this January with students, faculty and staff raising over $154,000 toward the school’s annual fund, which supports the school budget as well as student financial aid needs. An EMS tradition of student stewardship and integrity, Christmas Fund Drive began in 1955 when EMS students…