Alumni in Focus – October 2018 Alex Bentley and Matt Bentley Alex and Matt Bentley are best friends, and they also happen to be brothers. They recently completed a 2850 mile bicycle trip from Canada to Mexico, all without the aid of cars or other assistance along the way. It has been a few years […]
Working to Create a Community School Experience in Abingdon, VA
Alumni in Focus – September 2018 Dr. Mark Finney Mark Finney (Seminar class of 1991) is an associate professor of Mass Communications at Emory & Henry College. His research focuses on understanding international conflict and the relationship between conflict and media. His teaching philosophy reflects his experience at Community School. He describes his approach as […]
Pursuing Creativity in Language and Painting
Alumni in Focus – August 2018 Beth Field Beth Field (Seminar Class of 2001) is living in Austria and attending the Universität Wien /University of Vienna. She earned her B.A. in translation (English-German-Spanish) in 2016 and anticipates completing her M.A. in the same field in 2019. She also holds a B.F.A. with a concentration in screenwriting […]
Update on Alexandra Jabbarpour
Check out the opinion piece in The Roanoke Times (July 20) by Community School alumna and Community High School senior Alexandra Jabbarpour. Alexandra, who recently completed the 2016-2017 NASA VASTS Scholar Program and was selected for the Summer Scholars Academy at NASA Langley Research Center, writes about why we should pursue space exploration to Mars. Read […]
Alumna Takes Charge and Works for Change
CS alumna Alexandra Jabbarpour (Seminar class of 2014) was featured in a Roanoke Times article on May 18, 2017 for taking the initiative to organize a symposium for technology-inclined girls in middle and high school. Alexandra is currently completing her junior year at Community High School. She recruited area women who have distinguished careers in […]
Alumnus wins ‘Outstanding Achievement’ in Spanish
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 […]
Alumni – March 15, 2016
Paige Johnson (Seminar class of 1999) visited campus last week. She has just returned from England where she completed a master’s degree at Oxford University in biodiversity, conservation and management. She is starting to look for jobs and hopes to settle in the Washington, D.C., area. Alex Lesniak is excited to report that her science […]
Alumni – January 12, 2016
Alex Lesniak, who attended CS from 2003-2009, will be back on campus this month. As part of her research for a gender bias study that she is conducting for her classes at the Governor’s School of Math & Science, she will be observing classes here at CS. Alex is currently a senior at Lord Botetourt […]
December 1, 2015
Reunion planned for our alumni community–students, families, teachers and trustees! Please join us for a free reunion Night at the Grandin on January 7 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. We will have drinks, refreshments and The Princess Bride on the big screen. We look forward to an evening of old friends, new faces, food and fun! Not […]
November 20, 2015
Congratulations to Celine Anderson (Seminar class of 2011) who received the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation Award for Education at the organization’s annual meeting on November 19. The award recognized her creation and publication of The Roanoke Rover magazine, her senior project at Community High School. As she is currently attending Swarthmore College, the award was […]
