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Virginia. All varsity teams are eligible for post-season VISAA state competition. The Middle School level emphasis is on cultivating student interest, skill development, proper technique, and learning the rules of the particular sport more than winning. Team membership includes sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. The Junior Varsity team membership includes eighth, freshman, and sophomores (sixth and seventh when no middle school team is offered). At the Varsity level, emphasis is on fielding a team with the best opportunity to win while maintaining high levels of sportsmanship. This may result in unequal playing time. Although winning is important, other factors like developing team unity, significant individual progress and team improvement are vital keys to a successful season. Team Membership includes eighth through twelfth grades.
285:). In 1968, EMS expanded schooling to grades 7-12 and was renamed Eastern Mennonite High School. In 1982, Eastern Mennonite High School officially become a separate legal entity from Eastern Mennonite College, with its own governing Board of Directors. In 2005 the school created Eastern Mennonite Elementary School. To shape its identity as a K-12 school, the organization was renamed Eastern Mennonite School, encompassing all three divisions - Elementary, Middle, and High schools. In 2006 the school expanded its facility to include a new 650-seat auditorium, fine and performing arts classrooms, expanded and renovated Science wing, and other additional classrooms. In the summer of 2009, the school renovated the gym, adding better lights and new bleachers, and a new hardwood floor.
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Each year in the elementary division, all fourth and fifth grade students perform a full-length drama for their parents and peers. Special Days are planned by "committees" of students with representation from each grade, and include themes such as Pajama
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thought, teaching and valuing peace-building, with a Christ-centered worldview. The school encourages demonstration of personal faith through service and through the practical application of knowledge, and it emphasizes living responsibly and pursuing peace in one's local and global community.
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Virginia Independent Conference (VIC). The girls’ teams participate in the Blue Ridge Conference (BRC). Both
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