December 1, 2015

Reunion planned for our alumni community–students, families, teachers and trustees! Please join us for a free reunion Night at the Grandin on January 7 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. We will have drinks, refreshments and The Princess Bride on the big screen. We look forward to an evening of old friends, new faces, food and fun! Not […]

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November 20, 2015

Congratulations to Celine Anderson (Seminar class of 2011) who received the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation Award for Education at the organization’s annual meeting on November 19. The award recognized her creation and publication of The Roanoke Rover magazine, her senior project at Community High School. As she is currently attending Swarthmore College, the award was […]

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November 16, 2015

Award-winning children’s author and Community School alumna Ayn Cates Sullivan was on campus on October 30 to read from her book A Story of Becoming, which was recently honored at the Paris Book Festival. Ayn, who attended CS in the 1970s, donated copies of her books to the school and shared memories of her years […]

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October 13, 2015

1) Congratulations to Corrie Williamson (Seminar class of 2000) who is one of three finalists for the Library of Virginia’s 18th Annual Literary Award in Poetry for her book Sweet Husk. These awards were created to recognize the best books published the previous year by Virginia authors or on a Virginia theme. The winner will […]

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June 2, 2015

1) Sarah Cohen is graduating from University of Pittsburgh Medical School and will be doing her internship and residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center. 2) Joseph Hirst (Seminar class of 2007) graduated from Virginia Tech with Honors in December and plans to attend medical school. Presently, he is enjoying a […]

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May 26, 2015

Today, we are highlighting the achievements of the CS Seminar class of 2011. These students are graduating from high school and have compiled a very impressive list of college acceptances and achievements. Joseph (Junior) Ametepe is graduating from Brookwood High School in Georgia and will be attending Georgia Gwinnette College on a full soccer scholarship. […]

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April 21, 2015

1) Samantha Stratton (Seminar class of 2011) was just named a Distinguished Scholar for the 2015 graduating class of Salem High School. This award is given to students who show exceptional character and will graduate with above a 4.0 GPA. Sam is an International Baccalaureate student, has been in the National Honor Society all four […]

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March 31, 2015

Celine Anderson (Seminar class of 2011) is hard at work on her senior project at Community High School: “The Roanoke Rover,” an annual journal about Roanoke’s culture and history. Celine has participated in several research projects about Roanoke, including an investigation of Roanoke’s history of urban renewal with Matt Ames. The investigation included collecting oral […]

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February 10, 2015

Susanna Thornton (Seminar class of 2000) has returned to the Roanoke Valley and is operating an organic CSA business called Thornfield Farm. She will be hosting a farm stand at Community School on Tuesday afternoons beginning April 7. Visit www.thornfieldfarm.com to learn about her enterprise or to place your order for a farm share. Stop […]

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January 13, 2015

Congratulations to CS alumna Anne Peyton Brothers (Seminar class of 2011) on winning first place last month in the English Speaking Union Southwest Virginia Branch’s Shakespeare Competition. She will be traveling to New York City this spring to compete in the national Shakespeare event. Anne Peyton represented Patrick Henry High School where she is currently […]

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