On September 27, 1986, the present day
Roanoke School was dedicated. Education in the Roanoke Community before 1858 was
under the Virginia system and school was held in a log cabin that stood opposite
the mouth of Canoe Run. In 1863, under the WV system, the school was held in the
Union Meeting House, with Americus Grove teaching. A one-room school was used
until 1912 and then a new two-room school was built. This was later converted to
a bus garage when a four-room building with a kitchen was built. This was the
school that burned in 1942. The beautiful red brick building that I knew and
loved so dearly was then built at a cost of $40,000 and school began there in
the school term of 1942-43. Mr. Martin G. Rogers was Superintendent of Schools
in Lewis County and Mr. Charles McIntosh was Principal. This school played a
major part in the lives of the people of Roanoke. On March 28, 1977, then
Governor John T. Rockefeller signed the bill allowing the Stonewall Jackson Dam to
be built. This lake now covers the site where the town of
Roanoke once stood and
the brick school was torn down and dozed over. A 3 1/2 million dollar
school was
then built on the Oil Creek Road to replace our old one and we began school in
the fall
of 1986. Even though it looked like a large facility, the flat roof and
heating & cooling system broughtwith it many problems. The "ROCKET"
continues to be symbol for Roanoke School and in 1986
my Fourth Grade Class
built a large rocket for display in the hallway. For several years our school
used the motto: Roanoke School....Going Places! It is our hope that the school
continues to progress
and students will "go places" in education.
Following are Roanoke School Class Pictures that were from 1962-63 school
years and later.
