Sarah Sachs (Seminar class of 1998) is an upper school art teacher at Garrison Forest School in Owings Mill, Maryland. She teaches darkroom photo, digital photo, jewelry, and sculpture, as well as working as a freelance photographer in Baltimore. Sarah holds a M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and a B.A. in […]
October 21, 2014
1) Houston Johnson (Seminar class of 1996 and Extended Studies Program class of 2000) was recently interviewed for the program “With Good Reason” on public radio where he discussed his research on the history of American aviation. He is an Assistant Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute. You can listen to the podcast at […]
October 14, 2014
1) Alex Bentley (Seminar class of 2008) recently moderated some of the presentation sessions at the second Biology of the Pit Vipers Conference at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. This is particularly impressive given that he is a college freshman. Alex, whose passion for snakes is well known around our school community, chose to […]
October 7, 2014
1) Congratulations to Corrie Williamson (Seminar class of 2000), recipient of the 2014 Perugia Press Prize for a First or Second Book by a Woman for her new book Sweet Husk. Corrie holds a M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Arkansas, where she was a Walton Fellow and Director of the Writers in the […]
October 1, 2014
Julianne Strange Lemon (in photo above with Kevin Thomas) is seeking contacts with her CS classmates from 1971 to 1975. CS alumni from that time period can reach Julianne at jlemonster@gmail.com. Of her memories at CS and her current life, Julianne sent the following: I will say what I have always said about the impact […]
August 27, 2014
Jeffrey Lorber emailed seeking contacts with CS alumni from the early 1970’s and to share his memories of teaching at Community School in its first years. Excerpts from his email are included below. Alumni and teachers from that time period can reach Jeffrey at mjlorber1@yahoo.com. I taught at The Community School for two years in […]
June 3, 2014
1) Congratulations to Maggie Thompson (Seminar class of 2006) who graduated last month from the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing. She is preparing to take the nursing licensure exam this month and applying for jobs outside the Roanoke Valley. 2) Congratulations to Marleigh Walsh (Seminar class of 2011) who is one of the Junior […]
May 27, 2014
1) Congratulations to Carolyn Miesen (Seminar class of 2006) who is graduating from Roanoke College with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in elementary education and human development. Carolyn will be pursuing a M.S. in Quantitative Psychology at James Madison University this fall. She is member of Psi Chi International Honor Society, Alpha Chi […]
May 13, 2014
1) Paige Johnson (Seminar class of 1999) has been accepted to Oxford University where she will be pursuing a second Master’s degree this fall. She recently earned a M.S. in Science Communication from Drexel University and has been working as a Faculty/Research Group Assistant at the Joint Centre for Artificial Photosynthesis at Cal Tech. 2) […]
May 6, 2014
1) Walter Patterson (Seminar class of 2009) is a freshman at UNC-Pembroke where he is a member of the Esther G. Maynor Honors College and a Farm Bureau Scholar. He has already submitted his first scientific paper, currently under review for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and is working on three more. Walter was the […]