11/27/2023
O COME, LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD!
ECS community, join us THIS FRIDAY as we host our first Christmas Tree Lighting and A Night of A Worship on the Shelby Farms campus!
We will enjoy hot chocolate while Lower School and High School choirs lead us in Christmas carols. We will light the Christmas tree, then head to the Mark Brink Auditorium in the chapel for a half hour of worship.
Don't miss this opportunity to ring in the season together!
11/24/2023
It was a perfect day for the Turkey Bowl! ECS alumni and other members of the ECS community enjoyed a fun flag football game on Legends Field!
Follow us for more upcoming alumni events!
11/23/2023
Now that our tummies are stuffed, it's time to burn off those calories! Bring the whole family out to the Turkey Bowl tomorrow for an afternoon of fun!
11/14/2023
Read about what made a difference to this championship team coached by Jordan Thompson (‘06) and assisted by Molly Martin (‘17) and Mabry Mokros (‘16).
The 2023 girls soccer team was a picture of unity, and four-time state champion Coach Jordan Thompson said that made the difference in finishing out the season with 18 straight wins, culminating in a state title, earning the Eagles' girls soccer program their third state championship in the past eight years.
READ MORE at https://tinyurl.com/ECS-Soccer
11/13/2023
Congrats, Kam Jones (‘21)! 🔥 🏀
Congratulations, Kam Jones (‘21), Big East Player of the Week!
11/13/2023
Basketball season tips off next week! Mark these dates on your calendar, and come out to cheer on the Eagles!
11/09/2023
The Turkey Bowl is just around the corner! Join us for some family fun and friendly competition. Who do you want to play with or against? Tag 'em in the comments so they won't miss out!
11/06/2023
Congratulations to Maddie Halford (‘23) whose soccer team at the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s won the NCAA D3 Skyline Conference Championship, punching their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history!
11/06/2023
Two ECS alumnae, Anna Cox Thompson ('08) and Dare Harcourt ('07), teamed up to write and illustrate The One and Only You, a children's book about God's faithfulness and how He made each of us so special and unique!
Last week, author Anna Thompson read the book to our early childhood students including her daughter who is in the class of 2037!
Meet Anna and Dare and pick up a copy of the book at their upcoming book signing at Novel bookstore in East Memphis on Friday, November 17 at 6 pm!
11/04/2023
All dads are invited!
Don't miss out! Tomorrow is the last day to register for Dad's Discipleship Lunch! Register online at ecseagles.com/discipleship/family-discipleship
11/03/2023
Calling all ECS Alumni Veterans...please send us a photo, your graduation year, branch of the military and your rank for an upcoming Veterans Day post. Email your submissions to [email protected] by November 9.
11/02/2023
Great news for our ECS Eagles softball program!
We are excited to announce that Coach Jason Redd has been named the new ECS Eagles Varsity Softball Head Coach!
Coach Redd has served as the Eagles Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach and Junior Varsity Head Coach since 2018. He played baseball at the collegiate level at Harding University and at LeMoyne-Owen College where he was named All-SIAC.
Currently, Coach Redd serves as the ECS Lower School Athletics Director and PE teacher, and he will continue to serve in this role. Coach Redd has also coached ECS middle school girls basketball for the past three seasons, and he led last year’s 7th grade team to a 7/8 Shelby League championship.
Head of School Braxton Brady said, “Coach Redd is an excellent coach and has a great knowledge of the sport. He is a favorite teacher and coach among students of all ages at ECS, and I am excited that our softball team will benefit from his leadership. I am confident he will be a great asset to our softball program.”
Coach Redd has vast experience in the sports industry. Prior to coming to ECS, he has held various roles in marketing and communications for Trigon Sports and the University of Memphis Athletics Department.
Join us in congratulating Coach Redd on his new role!
10/31/2023
Don’t miss this article on a fellow ECS grad!
In a world where only 5.6% of high school baseball players advance to play in college, and a staggering .03% of Little Leaguers make it to the major leagues, Brent Rooker, ECS class of 2013, is living proof that big league dreams do come true!
After three years of trying to get his big break — bouncing back and forth between the majors and minors, getting traded twice and claimed on waivers — Brent continued to work while waiting for his opportunity. In 2023, Brent earned an everyday spot in the lineup with the Oakland A’s and on July 11, 2023, made his MLB All-Star debut!
Read More: https://www.ecseagles.com/alumni
10/28/2023
Another ECS state championship!! 🦅 ⚽️ 🏆
We are so proud of our STATE CHAMPIONS!!! 🦅 ⚽️ 🏆
The Eagles beat St. George’s 2-0 to claim the state title and finished the season with a record of 18-2.
What a season!
10/27/2023
Last weekend, the class of 1993 had a great time celebrating their 30-year high school reunion!
10/27/2023
We are extending our Fall Week of Giving through this weekend!
As some of you are aware, the third-party vendor who hosts our online giving experienced technical difficulties, and the system was unable to process donations when Fall Week of Giving began last weekend. As a result, many of you in our community could not make your donations online. Due to that setback, we are extending Fall Week of Giving through Sunday, October 29.
If you have not already contributed to the Annual Fund, which supports many of our programs including the Jim Heinz Athletics Fund, the Dee Baker Teacher Development Fund, the Fine Arts Fund and the Security Fund, there is still time.
Click here to learn more about each of these initiatives and to support the ECS Annual Fund: ecseagles.com/support-ecs/ecs-annual-fund
Many of you have already contributed to our Fall Week of Giving to benefit the ECS Annual Fund, and we thank you very much. We are deeply grateful for your commitment to financially advance the mission of ECS.
10/27/2023
Calling all in East Tennessee! We need your support! Come out to CHI Memorial Stadium at 4 pm EDT to cheer on your Eagles! 🦅 ⚽️
10/26/2023
IT'S FALL WEEK OF GIVING, a great time to support the ECS Annual Fund. The Annual Fund ensures all of our programs are fully funded, maximizing the student experience at ECS. One of these program initiatives is the SECURITY FUND.
Student safety is at the forefront of every parent’s mind in today’s world. Under the experienced guidance of Security Directors Mike and Lora Strauss, ECS has made significant strides over the last two years to ensure that both of our campuses are more secure than ever before. The security fund will allow us to continue to upgrade significant items such as fencing, gates, security software, cameras, door control access and armed personnel.
Our Annual Fund goal is BOLD: to raise $500,000 to support our programs. Will you be BOLD in your support of the ECS Annual Fund?
Please click here to support ECS: https://www.ecseagles.com/support-ecs/ecs-annual-fund
Thank you for partnering with ECS as we seek to build students for life!
10/21/2023
would recognize a lot of these faces from our first Grandparents Day at the Shelby Farms campus!
10/21/2023
IT'S FALL WEEK OF GIVING! Read why this ECS alumnus, father and grandfather invests in ECS.
The robust array of programs ECS offers is not covered by tuition alone. The Annual Fund ensures all of our programs are fully funded, maximizing the student experience at ECS.
Our Annual Fund goal is BOLD: to raise $500,000 to support our programs. Will you be BOLD in your support of the ECS Annual Fund?
Click here to support ECS: https://www.ecseagles.com/support-ecs/ecs-annual-fund
Thank you for partnering with ECS as we seek to build students for life!
10/10/2023
We welcome back on campus for TARZAN!
10/02/2023
What a milestone! Congrats, Brent (‘13)!
Yes, Brent 🧑🍳
Rooker cooked up a 3️⃣0️⃣ burger!
09/29/2023
Included on the coaching staff of our UNDEFEATED 8th grade football team are two ECS alumni! Many thanks to Sumner Darlington ('18) and Carson Gagnon ('20) who helped coach our 8th grade boys and share their football knowledge gained from years of playing football at ECS.
09/22/2023
The classes of 1983, 2003 and 2013 enjoyed their 40-, 20- and 10-year class reunions last weekend as part of Homecoming 2023! Stay tuned for photos from the reunion of the class of 1993 in October.
09/18/2023
Homecoming 2023 was full of celebrations! See our full album on our ECS Eagles Facebook account.
09/15/2023
It's HOMECOMING, Eagle fans! Alumni, you are invited to a dinner at 5:30, where we will honor Coach Roelofs on his retirement after 51 years of faithful service to ECS, and celebrate 50 years of ECS football! See schedule below. As always, we thank our sponsors for making the livestream possible.
📍ECS Legends Field
🆚 Middle College
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📺 Livestream tinyurl.com/watchECS

09/13/2023
Take a look at this moonshot by Brent Rooker('13)!
https://tinyurl.com/mrwbcjdr
Brent Rooker unloads 442-foot dinger to the train tracks in Houston - ESPN Video
Brent Rooker puts the Athletics ahead with a 442-foot home run to the train tracks at Minute Maid Park.
09/12/2023
Football alumni! Don’t miss this!
THIS FRIDAY! Calling all football alumni! Join our first head coach, Mickey Bowden, and other favorite coaches as we celebrate 50 Years of ECS Football on Homecoming night!
09/12/2023
Join us Friday night as we celebrate an ECS legend!
We will celebrate a hero this Friday on Homecoming night! READ MORE: www.ecseagles.com/about-ecs/blog
09/09/2023
Quite an honor for this ECS alum!
Congratulations to Preston Daniel ('20), a National Football Foundation Campbell Trophy nominee! The William V. Campbell Trophy®, also known as the "Academic Heisman," has become the most prestigious and desirable "academic" award in college football. According to the NFF, "The trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for his academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership." Past winners have included Peyton Manning, Tim Tebow and ECS alumnus Barrett Jones. Preston, who served as student council president when he was a senior at ECS, has maintained a 4.0 GPA in college while playing tight end for the Florida State Seminoles. Read more about the prestigious award here: www.campbelltrophysummit.org/nff
09/05/2023
On Saturday, ECS alumni and community gathered for a tailgate outside of Nissan Stadium before the Tennessee Volunteers' football game in Nashville! It was a fun time for all!
09/05/2023
Friday night, we had the honor of retiring the #53 ECS Eagles football jersey of five-time Pro-Bowler and Super Bowl Champion Morgan Cox ('05)! We are thankful to Morgan and his family and friends for sharing this moment with our ECS family. Read more here: www.ecseagles.com/alumni