Meet Our Alumni

Philip Shen, Class of 2001, has made impressive career advancements upon graduating from Community High School.

His career field is very intriguing, and also crucial to anyone using medical devices. Philip currently works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC as a Senior Security and Systems Analyst.Read more...

Ginaly Gonzalez has had the unique experience of being both a student and a staff member at Community High School.

Now Ginaly works for Facebook managing a team to increase representation of historically excluded groups.Read more...

Aaron R left Community High School in 2011 with treasured wisdom from influential teachers and fond memories of the basketball team.

An outstanding student and an excellent athlete, Aaron graduated CHS and went on to higher education with a bright future ahead of him. Read more...

When I started Catholic school the faculty had no idea how to deal with a learning disabled child. Nobody knew what learning disabled meant at that TIME. Instead of recognizing my issues, I was labelled lazy and the class clown. Read more...

When I was four years old I was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, a form of autism. My parents were told I had a very low IQ and that kids with autism similar to my diagnosis would one day have to be institutionalized. Read more...

When I entered the Community Lower School, I couldn’t read at all. That affected everything I did in school. I scored very poorly on standardized tests and chances I would go to college, much less do well there, were pretty slim. Read more...

I had severe dyslexia. I was eight years old and I couldn’t read a word. I remember thinking I probably would never be able to read. The thought of myself as an adult looking at photos and not understanding the captions was incredibly depressing. Read more...