$1,000 RJR Alumni Scholarship recipients and RJR Teachers of the Year for the last 16 years
RJ Reynolds High School alumni are VERY supportive of their Alma Mater!
At the vast majority of high schools in this county...and in this state...and in this country: the alumni are rarely involved with their high school. However, at RJ Reynolds High School that is certainly NOT the case!
Each Spring, for 16 consecutive years, there have been three different $1,000 awards given out by the RJ Reynolds High School Alumni and Friends organization: two $1,000 scholarships and a $1,000 cash gift to the staff member voted by their peers as the Teacher of the Year. ..and in 2017 and 2018, a $1,000 gift was given to the Principal of the Year awardee.
The two $1,000 scholarships have been awarded to deserving RJR seniors planning on attending college. “Deserving students” are those that have not only excelled in the classroom, but who also have had a well-rounded high school experience and who have a financial need for assistance. The awardees of these scholarships are determined by a committee established by the RJR guidance counselors.
The staff member selected as the RJR Teacher of the Year is elected by an anonymous vote of all the Reynolds teachers at the beginning of the school year.
It must be pointed out that the ability to award these scholarships and Teacher of the Year gifts is based solely on the amount of donations received by the RJR Alumni and Friends organization for that purpose.
The endowment the Alumni and Friends organization created in 2023 fully funds the annual payout to the Teacher of the Year.
If you would like to make a secure debit or credit card donation to support the annual awardings of two $1,000 scholarships: please click on the following link.
Should you wish to make a donation via a check, remember that if you are at least 70 1/2 years old and you have an IRA: you can make your donation via a disbursement from your IRA. To learn the details about this, click onto the Alumni and Friends logo at the top of the page.
If you would you like to make a donation via your check: make it out to “RJR Alumni” and mail it to:
RJR Alumni * PO Box 26172 * Winston-Salem, NC 27114.
On the memo-line write in "scholarships."
To see and learn about the scholarship recipients and Teachers of the Year over the past 16 years (and in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018: Principal of the Year): click onto the links below to see the awardees for each of those years. Should you wish to see an example of a typical Teacher of the Year, click on the above picture of RJR.