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Soft skills. Life skills. Whatever you call them, educators, parents, future employers agree: learning them early supports overall well being and success. At EMS, we dig deep into topics and encourage students to ask big questions like: What can I learn from this author to help me understand my own identity? How do the decisions…
Three times a week, students grades 6-12 join chapel either in person (always masked) or by live stream. With teen anxiety and stress at an all-time nationwide high, we added mental and emotional well being to our theme of “Faith at Work” for the year. We have also made a point to laugh more together.…
Four Mennonite women who loved children and education lived frugally and gave generously. By naming EMS in their wills, the women contributed a combined total of $890,354, which ended up funding a quarter of the cost of the Eastern Mennonite Elementary School renovation project, completed in 2019. Lena Yutzy Showalter, from Plain City, Ohio, married Norman Yutzy in 1955. The…
Prospective parents sometimes ask me, “Why should we choose a Mennonite education for our student?” My answer? An EMS education offers strong academics and so much more! When they visit, I hope they – and their student – can feel that EMS is a place where: Joy for learning is cultivated. Teachers know each student and create…
Paging through old copies of Ember, the 2021 Ember staff noticed the stunning color image on the inside covers of the 1966 edition. A dash to the theatre department’s costume closet resulted in this “re-do.” Enjoy!
“Faith at Work” is this year’s theme for chapel (grades 6-12) and weekly elementary gathering. Claire Parsley ’22, and Elisabeth Fink ’22, shared the following in an introductory chapel. To see chapel videos, search YouTube for “Eastern Mennonite School Chapel.” Claire: “Faith at Work” has been selected for this year’s chapel theme. This school has…
New faculty and staff members: Karla Alderfer Tierney – Dining hall manager Benjamin Bixler – high school Bible and humanities courses Oscar Erazo – fleet and grounds coordinator Nathan Hershberger – AP world history Matthew Overacker – PE and health, 6-10 Eliz Ozcan – International Student Officer Karen Suderman – Adds high school Bible to…
Like countless other health care professionals, Dr. Justin Weirich ’06 was among those who went the “extra mile” to serve clients during the height of a COVID-19 outbreak last year. A family medicine practitioner at Lutheran Health Physicians in Fort Wayne, Ind., Weirich and his colleagues observed a lack of sufficient COVID testing capacity in local…
Much has changed in the 55 years since John Fairfield and Kathryn Stoltzfus Fairfield earned their high school diplomas, along with 75 classmates, at EMHS in 1966. But some core elements remain steady, the couple — now married nearly 52 years — observes. EMS remains true to its Anabaptist roots, they say, and continues to…
After 33 years of teaching history and Bible classes at EMS, Elwood Yoder is moving on to write a Virginia Mennonite history book. Family who joined a May 3 recognition were: Philip ’10, Elwood and Joy, Maria ’06 and Aaron Billings, and grandchildren. Son, Nathaniel ’04, lives in Kansas with Maggie and their children. Read more about…