From Lisa Hollandsworth, mother of Jaren (Seminar class of 2013 and currently a freshman at Lord Botetourt High School): A little over a year ago, I posted this design that Jaren Hollandsworth made for a Chaco sandal at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. His design was the most popular from the festival so, this year, his sandal idea […]
March 11, 2014
Our sincere condolences go out to the family of Ginny Weiss. Ginny was one of the founders of Community School in 1971 and was instrumental in the creation of the Strawberry Festival. She was a longtime supporter of the school, serving in many capacities from parent and volunteer to employee and trustee. […]
January 28, 2014
After attending Community School from age 3 through 6th grade, Tory and Liam Halsey moved to another state this past summer and are now enrolled in the 7th grade in a public middle school. Tory sent the letter below last week. Liam recently participated in a robotics competition and was interviewed for a local news […]
January 14, 2014
1) Corrie Williamson (Seminar class of 2000) is a recent graduate of the MFA Program at the University of Arkansas, where she taught, directed the Writers in the Schools Program, and was a Walton Fellow in Poetry. Her poems have appeared lately in The Journal, Waccamaw, Rattle, The Carolina Quarterly, Thrush, and Shenandoah, which awarded her their James […]
October 8, 2013
Morgan H. (Seminar class of 2000) stopped by campus for a visit in September. He was recently accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pursue a master’s degree, but is deferring enrollment for one year to travel the world, beginning in Latin America. He’ll commence his M.B.A. program in fall 2014. Prior to his decision […]
May 7, 2013
1) Congratulations to Genevieve A. (Seminar class of 2005) who graduates from Suffolk University in Boston this month as a Griffin Scholar and an Honors Scholar. The Sawyer Business School recently honored Genevieve with the Excellence in Global Business and Excellence in Marketing academic achievement awards for being the first in the college in business […]
April 23, 2013
1) Congratulations to Swade B. (CS Seminar class of 2010 and a current junior at Community High School) on his acceptance to two prestigious summer writing programs at Kenyon College and The University of Virginia. Swade has chosen to attend the program at Kenyon which has awarded him a very good scholarship. 2) Congratulations to […]
February 12, 2013
1) Kate T. (Seminar class of 2001) earned a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Virginia and a M.S. in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology from Columbia University. She spent a summer studying abroad in Spain as an undergraduate and completed a clinical internship at a Children’s Hospital in Cambodia after graduate school. She is currently […]
January 15, 2013
Over the last month, we heard from several alumni who attended Community School during its first years in the 1970s and early 80s. They provided information on their education, current careers, global experiences, and memories of Community School. Over the next year, we’ll be reaching out to more of our alumni to gather information about […]
December 11, 2012
In a strong statement of our drama program’s quality and success, Community School alumni were chosen to represent three out of seven area high schools in the Shakespeare Competition of the English-Speaking Union’s Southwestern Virginia Branch on Saturday. Anne Peyton B., who placed third in the competition, represented Patrick Henry High School. Maggie H., for […]