Slavery, Singing, Streams Among Themes for E-term and Explore Week

April 22, 2021 / Andrea Wenger

Touring Choir members held hands and sang Benediction for the first time in more than a year. Photo by Christine Fairfield.

“Slavery in Rockingham County,” singing together for the first time, and learning from area streams were among the experiences offered to Eastern Mennonite School students in mid April. The days were a COVID-adjusted and safe alternative to the usual week-long spring experiential learning offered for grades 6-12 known as E-term and Explore Week.

The group experiences included:

Advocacy and Affirmation with Shannon Roth
Day Mountain Hikes with Paul Leaman and Jennifer Young
Dungeons and Dragons with Malea Gascho
Jodi Hertzler Fishing in the Valley with Andrew Gascho and Justin King
Fly a plan and hike a cave with Mary Cranston
Golf: Business and Service with Chad Seibert
Jewelry Crafting with Anna Haarer and Julianne Ross
Mountain Biking and Service with Sarah Mitch
Online Ultimate Smash Brothers with Kevin Carini
Service, Silence and Solitude with Curt Stutzman
Touring Choir at Highland Retreat with Jared Stutzman, Christine Fairfield and Jesse Blosser
6th and 7th grade at Riven Rock and Lake at Cedar Hill
8th grade in downtown Harrisonburg and at Camp Brethren Woods

See photo captions for details on many of the groups.

“We are so grateful for the chance to learn to know each other and God’s world in different settings, including the glorious springtime of the Shenandoah Valley,” said Paul Leaman, head of school, who led two hikes in Shenandoah National Park.