Education
A Community School education is challenging, experiential, and cooperative.
We actively engage students through hands-on activities, simulations, role plays, experiments, field studies, and service learning projects.
We address all avenues of development: cognitive, social, emotional, and physical.
Our flexible learning environment nurtures children’s individual learning styles.
Innovation
Our STEM lab facilitates inquiry-based learning and allows all our students to enjoy a more comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
In 2007, we received a national award from the American Psychological Association for our innovative educational and employment practices.
We are the only school in the Roanoke Valley to fully integrate art, music, drama, technology, and service learning into our core curriculum. We have taught Spanish to all our students, preschool through middle school, for 30 years.
In 2022 Community School was named to the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Schools of Distinction program. It is one of only 12 schools worldwide to receive this honor in the inaugural year of the program, which is designed to both recognize exemplary schools and guide them through a process of strategic vision setting to help foster ongoing growth and success. Click here to read more.
Exploration
At Community School, children learn naturally through play, exploration, and experimentation.
Our teachers design lessons that encourage students to ask questions and search for information.
Our non-graded curriculum enables students to take chances and tackle challenges.
The arts, Spanish, and technology classes challenge children to think and communicate creatively.
Daily outdoor play for all levels including Middle School inspires exploration of the environment, physical abilities, and the complex social interactions of childhood.
