Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Community High School! We’ve had an exciting November, with college trips to William & Mary, the University of Richmond, and Longwood University; the “Participatory Democracy” exhibit in Liminal Gallery; and an Armistice Day event planned by Warren and Olchar’s World War I class. In addition, the theater class put […]

Community High’s fall 2016 Lycée Day was a great success. Thank you to all of our workshop leaders! Community members, faculty, alumni, students, and parents taught over fifteen different classes, including Snakes, Science, Society, and Superstition; Effects Make-up; Bystander Intervention; Fractals; a Guac-off; Metal (music) Appreciation; Muy Tai Kickboxing; a Luthier Demo; Slack-lining; the Japanese Fisherman’s Dance, and Make Your Own […]

It has been a busy month at Community High School for students and faculty members alike. Students have taken a deep dive into diverse classes covering a range of topics including Chemistry, Film History, German, Global Surrealism, The Grimm Brothers, Botany, Barbarian Europe, Calculus, Literature and Lunacy, Cultural Maya (in Spanish!), Algebra II, Global Politics, World […]

On August 31, we welcome back all of our students – both new and returning – for Community High School’s final day of orientation. We will be working through students’ academic schedules, studying the CHS handbook, and going on a scavenger hunt. The first two days of orientation were a great success: we have a wonderful […]

This month, the U.S. Quidditch Association announced that the Community High School Quidditch team won the Xander Manshel Award for furthering the USQ mission of creativity, community and competition. Congratulations to our students! Visit this link to read the Roanoke Times’ coverage of the award. Check out the USQ at www.usquidditch.org.

Community High School Orientation will be held on Monday-Wednesday, August 29-31, 2016! New students are required to attend all three days. Returning students should join our new students on Wednesday, August 31. See below for important times and information, and call the school if you have any questions. We can’t wait to see you all! […]

Community High School will graduate 14 wonderful seniors this year! Graduation will be held on Friday, June 3 at 6:00pm, in Fitzpatrick Hall at the Jefferson Center. There will be a reception prior to the ceremony at 5:00pm. All families and friends are welcome to attend both the reception and the ceremony. We hope you […]

As we wrap up our final exams, Community High School is excited to announce that the following colleges and universities have accepted our graduates this year: American University, Averett University, Bard College, Carleton College, College of the Atlantic, College of William and Mary, College of Wooster, Dickinson College, Franklin and Marshall College, Franklin University (Switzerland), […]

Community High School’s Department of Theatre presents its final 2015/2016 production on Friday and Saturday—a twin bill of classic British farce: Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Inspector Hound” and Peter Shaffer’s “Black Comedy.” The plays will be performed at the June M. McBroom Theatre, May 13 & 14, with a 7:30pm curtain both nights. Stoppard’s “Hound” […]

It’s been a busy – but fulfilling! – few weeks at Community High School. We have two more full weeks of classes, and students are diligently working on their final projects and papers, and gearing up for exams. Last Thursday, our students capped bazillions of strawberries to help out the K-8 Community School with their Strawberry Festival preparations, and […]