EMHS is fortunate to be located adjacent to Vista Grande Community Center, a Bernalillo County Parks & Recreation facility. Due to a joint use agreement with the county, EMHS has used the existing soccer field and softball and baseball fields for practice and home games since we opened in 2000.

In September 2008, EMHS and Bernalillo County celebrated the completion of the Fisher and Smith Memorial Gymnasium. This $5 million addition to the existing Vista Grande Community Center is a groundbreaking collaboration between the school and the county. Working under a joint-use agreement, the school and the community center share the use of the gym, ensuring that students have access for physical education and athletics and the community has access for recreation and physical fitness. We believe this is the only such partnership in the state of New Mexico.

The Fisher and Smith Memorial Gymnasium is a reality due in large part of the vision of State Senator Sue Wilson Beffort, who helped the County and EMHS secure the funding needed to build the gym. Many other local legislators and Bernalillo County officials also contributed to the effort.

Construction of Phase 2 of the Gym is planned to begin shortly, with hopes that it will be completed by the end of the 2010 – 2011 school year. Phase 2 will add a fitness center, an aerobics / martial arts room and more storage space to the existing facility.