Welcome to Roanoke, West Virginia.

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.