Award-winning children’s author and Community School alumna Ayn Cates Sullivan was on campus on October 30 to read from her book A Story of Becoming, which was recently honored at the Paris Book Festival. Ayn, who attended CS in the 1970s, donated copies of her books to the school and shared memories of her years […]
October 13, 2015
1) Congratulations to Corrie Williamson (Seminar class of 2000) who is one of three finalists for the Library of Virginia’s 18th Annual Literary Award in Poetry for her book Sweet Husk. These awards were created to recognize the best books published the previous year by Virginia authors or on a Virginia theme. The winner will […]
June 2, 2015
1) Sarah Cohen is graduating from University of Pittsburgh Medical School and will be doing her internship and residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center. 2) Joseph Hirst (Seminar class of 2007) graduated from Virginia Tech with Honors in December and plans to attend medical school. Presently, he is enjoying a […]
May 26, 2015
Today, we are highlighting the achievements of the CS Seminar class of 2011. These students are graduating from high school and have compiled a very impressive list of college acceptances and achievements. Joseph (Junior) Ametepe is graduating from Brookwood High School in Georgia and will be attending Georgia Gwinnette College on a full soccer scholarship. […]
April 21, 2015
1) Samantha Stratton (Seminar class of 2011) was just named a Distinguished Scholar for the 2015 graduating class of Salem High School. This award is given to students who show exceptional character and will graduate with above a 4.0 GPA. Sam is an International Baccalaureate student, has been in the National Honor Society all four […]
March 31, 2015
Celine Anderson (Seminar class of 2011) is hard at work on her senior project at Community High School: “The Roanoke Rover,” an annual journal about Roanoke’s culture and history. Celine has participated in several research projects about Roanoke, including an investigation of Roanoke’s history of urban renewal with Matt Ames. The investigation included collecting oral […]
February 10, 2015
Susanna Thornton (Seminar class of 2000) has returned to the Roanoke Valley and is operating an organic CSA business called Thornfield Farm. She will be hosting a farm stand at Community School on Tuesday afternoons beginning April 7. Visit www.thornfieldfarm.com to learn about her enterprise or to place your order for a farm share. Stop […]
January 13, 2015
Congratulations to CS alumna Anne Peyton Brothers (Seminar class of 2011) on winning first place last month in the English Speaking Union Southwest Virginia Branch’s Shakespeare Competition. She will be traveling to New York City this spring to compete in the national Shakespeare event. Anne Peyton represented Patrick Henry High School where she is currently […]
January 6, 2015
1) Kate Bondurant, who attended CS during elementary and middle school, was on the CS campus in December volunteering in our classrooms. She is in the second year of her master’s in public policy at the University of Virginia and holds a bachelor’s in political science from the University of South Carolina. For her master’s […]
November 4, 2014
1) Ayn Cates Sullivan, who attended CS in the 1970s, is the recipient of several awards for her children’s books, including two Gold awards from the Mom’s Choice Awards, Winner at the London Book Festival (2012), Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Book Festival (2012-2013), and Winner at the Beverly Hills Book Awards. She is […]
