Events
Fall Lycée Day 2023
Thank you to all our faculty, staff, students, and community members who helped create yet another Lycée Day full of fun and interesting classes. There were opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, learn more about animals, dive into games, explore science topics, and try new skills. The list goes on an on and we hope you […]
Halloween Party 2023
We ended our fun day of Lycée classes will our annual Halloween party put on by our school families. Students played games and earned raffle tickets for chances to win prizes. Even fully donned in costume, many never miss the iconic sack races.
College Retreat 2023
Last week our seniors spent their two day retreat working on writing their college essays, practicing interview skills, and participating in mock admissions panels. The weather was perfect for their overnight stay at Hollins University and they enjoyed a beautiful tour of the campus.
Fall Orientation 2023
Our amazing Orientation Team welcomed both new and returning students to campus this week. After a few days of informational meetings and fun activities, we begun our classes for the semester.
News
Abi Spends a Semester at The Island School
Abi spent her spring semester immersed in studies at The Island School in Cape Eleuthera, The Bahamas. She learned ecology, history, and culture through direct experience in the ecosystems and communities surrounding her.
Spring 2024 Gristle Butter Issue #13
Click here to read Gristle Butter #13, featuring Zora D, Marlee C, Brittney M, Daniel A, Hazel W, Rowan S, Maddox B, Wilson K, Jay S (‘22), Vanessa B, Isha H, Tristan S, Avery M, Ebelin R, and Miles C …along with contributions from the Spanish III/IV class and other anonymous community members! This is […]
Gross Anatomy
Our Anatomy class had a hands-on experience at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. We are so grateful to Mr. David Lugar and Dr. Matt Joy for providing this amazing opportunity to our Anatomy students to visit the cadaver lab.
Roanoke City Parks and Recreation 2024
For our third and final Community Service Day of the school year, Jonathan arranged a very successful partnership with Roanoke Parks & Recreation. Some of our students stained fences on the Roanoke River Greenway. Others worked at Smith Park re-mulching the playground, breaking up soil in the greenway planters, and seeing the trout truck restock […]
Slingshots
We just love breaking out the giant slingshot on a lovely spring day. Our Physics students varied angles and distances as they conducted their velocity experiments.
Sarah Epstein’s (’20) Senior Research
Sarah Epstein (’20) presented her Independent Study project entitled “Pesticides in the Atmosphere: The Heterogeneous Ozonolysis of Triticonazole” at The College of Wooster’s Senior Research Symposium. Her presentation is the manifestation of countless hours of research, collaboration, and creative expression. Pesticides are an emerging environmental concern as they are widely used across the globe to […]
Spring 2024 Gristle Butter Issue #12
Click here to read Gristle Butter #12, featuring Zora D, Novie H, Daniel A, and Maddox B.
“Teddy Orloff and the Three Onions: A Cooking Spiel” by Les Epstein
Les Epstein’s newest book, “Teddy Orloff and the Three Onions: A Cooking Spiel“, is the third in his book set published by Gnashing Teeth. The other two in the series are Lorenzo by the Ghost Light, and Sleep Cinematic: A Golem’s Quartet. Teddy Orloff is a baker, whose home and community have been rocked by scarlet […]
Jen’s Spring Choral Concert
Jen Sosnowski teaches science by day and sings by night. Jen is a member of The Voices of Appalachia and they performed in a joint venture with the Roanoke College Choir to present “Life’s Liturgies” Click here to listen to the concert performed at the Salem Presbyterian Church.
Bubble Math
Beautiful weather can equal math fun! Our Geometry students calculated the area and circumference of circles imprinted by popping colored bubbles on paper.
Alden Earns the Rank of Eagle Scout
Alden B, a devoted Life Scout from Troop 2 in Roanoke, has achieved the highest rank in scouting by earning the prestigious title of Eagle Scout. His journey towards this achievement required him to complete 21 required badges in addition to optional ones, a community service project, and the demonstration of leadership skills in both […]
Polygon Friends
Check out these 2-dimensonal imaginary friends the geometry students created to practice finding the area of polygons.