Reflections from Linda Roth, our outgoing Executive Director Our theme for 2023-2024 was Expanding Circles. Although we are Community School, we sometimes get stuck in comfortable spaces and have a hard time making room for new people and new ideas. I am incredibly proud of the ways that staff worked to expand their circles within […]
A Message from Cassie Hunt, Chairman of the Board The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Katrina Hill as Community School’s next Executive Director. A search committee including members of the Board of Trustees and teachers, conducted a national search for Executive Director Linda Roth’s replacement following her retirement this summer, […]
Elevator to be Donated and Installed in School’s New Building [Roanoke, VA] — Community School announced today that the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) has gifted an elevator to the school’s new building project. The new building, which broke ground last fall, will house the middle school and enrichment classrooms as well as administrative […]
Newscaster Jean Jadhon Visits Campus to Learn What Makes Community School Unique During the lead-up to the 44th Annual Community School Strawberry Festival, WDBJ7 newscaster Jean Jadhon visited the CS campus hoping to learn more about our school. She spent a sunny April afternoon touring the school, meeting the teachers and students, and getting a […]
Community School Breaks Ground on $1.8 Million Expansion for Middle School and Enrichment Spaces Roanoke, VA –Tuesday, October 23, 2023—Community School celebrated breaking ground on a new 15,000 square foot building designed to replace middle school structures and expand enrichment learning spaces on its Roanoke campus. The building will also replace existing structures that currently […]
A Look at our Theme for 2023-24 School Year… In June, our staff met to discuss the theme for the upcoming year. The theme is integrated throughout the curriculum and provides the opportunity for staff to collaborate across all levels and subject areas. After some engaging discussion about our school needs, we selected the theme […]
Our theme for 2022-2023 was Piece Together/Peace Together. Our classes found brilliant ways to weave these themes into the curriculum. We pieced together puzzles, songs, constructions, calendars, poems, statistics, mosaics, and quilted fabrics. These projects wonderfully tied in art, math, literacy, Spanish, science, and music. I loved seeing all the different activities in the classrooms […]
CS Middle Schoolers attend Prejudice Awareness Summit Mental Health, inclusivity and combating intolerance are all top priorities at Community School. Our guiding rule called the Big One encourages our community to respect each other, take responsibility for our actions, and create a welcoming space for everyone. In today’s world those lessons are more important than […]
CS Campus is a Certified Schoolyard Habitat Thanks to the hard work of two CS middle schoolers, Community School is once again a Certified Schoolyard Habitat! To achieve this certification, the students had to show our campus has food and water sources, places for animals to take cover and raise young and examples of CS’s […]
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 […]
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