February 1, 2011

Congratulations to Houston J. who just defended his dissertation and will be graduating from the University of Tennessee with a Ph.D. in history this spring. Houston attended CS for elementary and middle school (Seminar class of 1996) and designed his own high school curriculum through the CS Extended Studies Program, the precursor to Community High. […]

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January 11, 2011

1) Congratulations to Sarah C. on her recent acceptance to the University of Virginia Medical School. Sarah, who just turned 20, will graduate from Roanoke College in May. She was a CS student for five years in elementary and middle school, attended the Governor’s School for Math and Science, and graduated from Community High School […]

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October 19, 2010

1) Congratulations to Maggie T. (Seminar class of 2006) who was recently named an AP Scholar with Distinction for scoring an average of 3.5 on five or more AP exams. Maggie is currently a freshman at the University of Virginia. She attended CS from kindergarten through middle school (Seminar class of 2006). 2) Congratulations to […]

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September 28 , 2010

Blue Ridge Business Journal featured CS alumnus Jonathan M. in the September 20 issue as a member of their “2010 20 Under 40” list. According to BRBJ, these young professionals are our region’s most promising and accomplished young business leaders. At age 26, Jonathan is the manager of 2nd Helpings Café, a division of the Roanoke Rescue Mission, the […]

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July 30, 2010

1)  Congratulations to Maggie T. who graduated from Roanoke Catholic and will be attending The University of Virginia this fall to study nursing. Maggie attended CS for 9 years (Seminar class of 2006). 2)  Kate T. is in graduate school at Columbia University and hopes to graduate next spring with a masters in bilingual speech […]

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June 1, 2010

1)   Congratulations to the following members of the Seminar class of 2006: Carolyn M. who is graduating from CHS and will be attending Roanoke College on a full academic scholarship. Carolyn was also accepted at The University of Mary Washington, Cornell College, Goucher College, Centre College, Randolph College, Lynchburg College, Virginia Wesleyan College, and […]

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May 25, 2010

1)  Congratulations to the following CS alumni and current CHS students on their success on the National Latin Exam: Latin III/IV Poetry – Lucas S. (Magna Cum Laude) and Yasmine A. (Cum Laude), Latin I – Alex P. (Maxima Cum Laude) and Logan K. (Cum Laude). 2)  An addition to the March 31 update on […]

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May 4, 2010

1)  Congratulations to Daniel C. who graduates from Radford University this weekend with a B.S. in geography and a concentration in environmental studies. Daniel earned GIS certification and currently works mapping wetlands for Conservation Management, a company housed at Virginia Tech. Daniel attended CS for eight years (Seminar class of 1999). 2)  Congratulations to Alex […]

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April 13, 2010

Sarah S. graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) last spring. She is currently teaching photography at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. Sarah attended Community School for middle school (Seminar class of 1998). […]

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March 31, 2010

1)  Tony Z. will complete his degree this spring from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (School of Filmmaking). He is currently raising money to shoot a full-length feature film based on a screenplay he co-wrote with his father Tom Z. Tony has already secured some funding and won a prestigious grant […]

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