April 27, 2026 – Earlier this month, Community School’s Middle School Envirothon Team competed in the Area I competition at Grand Caverns Park in the Grottoes, VA. Community School had three teams of students competing against 9 other teams. We are proud to announce that our CS Team #2 won first place overall at the […]
Earlier this month, middle schoolers, Issa, John, and Mac, represented Community School at the 2026 Southwest Virginia Chess Championships held at Fallon Park Elementary School. The team performed exceptionally well, with Issa taking first place in the individual competition and the Community School team earning second place overall. Math teacher Julie Martin, who attended the […]
Community School is proud to announce that Executive Director Katrina Hill has been named Educator of the Year by the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE). The award will be presented this November at the 52nd Annual Conference for Middle Level Education in recognition of Hill’s outstanding impact on middle school students through leadership, vision, […]
Middle School teams showcase their environmental science knowledge at Grand Caverns competition Community School’s Middle School Envirothon Team competed in the Area I Envirothon at Grand Caverns Park on April 10, 2025, hosted by Headwaters Soil and Water Conservation District. Two teams of middle school students (plus a team of alternates) represented CS, competing in […]
Middle School Recognized at AMLE Conference Community School Middle School was recognized last week at the annual conference for the Association of Middle Level Education as one of the inaugural twelve schools worldwide to receive the honor of being a School of Distinction. A core goal of the program is to foster a network of […]
Community School today announced that it has been 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. […]
The students honored nominees Sunni Purviance and Susan Mayhew, and winner Jonathan Pait during a student-created and led event. […]
The Local Hero Award selection committee is comprised of eight Community School middle school students who spend several weeks studying the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as the history of civil rights in the United States. Its purpose is to empower students to learn about the history of the […]
Thank you Roanoke Valley! Community School’s Strawberry Festival has been voted the top choice, Platinum, as the Favorite Annual Festival according to The Roanoker magazine’s Best of 2017! Read the Issue […]
Congratulations to Noah Gettings, Seminar class of 2016. As a freshman at Patrick Henry High School, he just received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Spanish IV. Noah, who also attends the Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for Science and Technology, has studied Spanish since starting at CS as a preschooler. According to his father, Michael, Noah’s […]
