Eastern Montgomery High School

Infobox School
name= Eastern Montgomery High School


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streetaddress= 4695 Crozier Road
city= Elliston
state= Virginia
zipcode= 24087
country= USA
url= [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/ Official Site]
district= Montgomery County Public Schools
superintendent= Dr. Tiffany Anderson
principal= Mr. Nelson Simpkins
assistant_principal= Mr. John Wheeler
fundingtype= Public
schooltype= high school
grades= 9-12
language= English
mascot= Mustangs
colors= colorbox|maroon colorbox|black colorbox|white Maroon, Black and White
conference= Virginia High School League
A Region C
Three Rivers District

Eastern Montgomery High School is located in Elliston, Virginia and is one of four high schools in Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built during 1999 and 2000, and, being a relatively new school, it is only in its eighth school year. The school's mascot is the Mustang, and the school colors are black, white and maroon. [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/index.html Eastern Montgomery High] ]

Extracurricular Activities

Eastern Montgomery has teams in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Softball, Tennis, Track, and Volleyball. Eastern Montgomery also competes in many academic events, including Debate [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/debate.htm EMHS Debate team page] ] , MACC [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/macc.htm MACC page] ] , Scholastic Bowl [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/scobo.htm Scholastic Bowl Page] ] and Forensics [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/forensics.htm Forensics team page] ] . Eastern Montgomery has many awards in academic activities including a 2004 state championship in Scholastic Bowl [ [http://vhsl.org/recbook.pdf VHSL Record Book 12th Edition] ] . Eastern Montgomery also has many other achievements in the more mainstream sports. Tracy Poff is the athletics director at Eastern Montgomery. [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/administration.htm EMHS Administration staff page] ]

Academics

Eastern Montgomery has received awards for it's academics, being accredited annually for both the Standards of Learning and No Child Left Behind requirements. [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/index.html Eastern Montgomery High] ] The school has many elective choices beyond the core classes, being particularly strong in the Foreign Language [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/language.htm Foreign Language Department] ] and Fine Arts [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/Art.htm Art Department] ] [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/Band.htm band Department] ] [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/choraldept.htm Choral department] ] departments. Both Spanish and French are offered, with Art, Chorus and Band classes in the art department. Further, there are also Computer Technology courses, many of which are college credit courses.

History

The school is considered a moving of Shawsville High School, which was originally a joined school with Shawsville Middle School. In the late nineties, a growth in the area's population caused demand for a new and larger school to house all the students. Eastern Montgomery was built soon after, with all the remaining Shawsville High students being moved to it at the start of the next year. Shawsville Middle remained in the old building, with the second building being shut down and used for storage.

Administrative Staff

The school's administrative staff is headed by Nelson Simpkins, the principal. Below him is the vice principal, John Wheeler. The school's bookkeeper is Karen Fain, with Joyce Midkiff as the Administrative Assistant. [ [http://www.mcps.org/emhs/administration.htm EMHS Administration staff page] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.mcps.org/emhs Home Page]
* [http://www.mcps.org School District]