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      Welcome to www.RJRalumni.org
      THE website for
      RJ Reynolds High School Alumni and Friends!
      You are at the right place to learn about what great things are happening at RJR, as well as information on the Class reunions (we have been informed of), and of the various initiatives of your RJ Reynolds High School Alumni and the RJR Staff.  Also, we (during non-Covid times) offer links to on-line videos of recorded school performances staged at Reynolds Auditorium (such as concerts performed by RJR's Band, Orchestra and the Choirs, as well as students participating in dance, piano and guitar, as well as students performing in the yearly school play, as well as other events such as the Key Club Follies).
       
      Reynolds High School became an Arts Magnet school is 2007.  Since then...
      • Graduation rates have increased from 63% in 2007 to 87.4% in 2019 (and it should be noted that the State changed the way graduation ratges are reported.  RJR's graduation rate is above the district and state average).
      • College attendance rates have increased from 74% in 2008 to 87% in 2019!
      • Dropout rates have decreased froom 7.3% in 2008 to 1.96% in 2018!
      • Scholarships have increased from $8.5 million is 2009 to $11 million in 2019!
      The words today are the same as in 1949 when they were first written:

      Amid the pines she proudly stands!

       Class of 2020
       
      CONGRATULATIONS to the RJ Reynolds High School Class of 2021
      If you would like to receive periodic updates from the RJR Alumni, merely send an email to RJRdirectory@aol.com (with the subject line of "add me to the list").  Also, please inform your classmates about this website....so that a lot more of the 40,239 Reynolds High School alumni (as of 2020-2021) will know what great things are taking place "amid the pines."

       Click here ( * ) to view the 3 on-going initiatives of RJR Alumni and Friends. 

      Below are RJR-related articles for the 2021-2022 school year:
       
      Harry Corpening and Josh Settlemyre   Video of RJR Alumni President presenting a battery-powered public address speaker to the RJR Department of Choirs during the Spring Choral Concert
       
      RJR Choirs and advanced orchestra   Video of the phenomenal 2022 RJR SPRING CHORAL CONCERT
       
      RJR 2022 Band   Video of  RJR's Bands' SPRING BAND CONCERT at Reynolds Auditorium
       
      RJR and Wiley Orchestras   Video of the RJR and Wiley Middle School Orchestras performing their Spring Concert on May 10th at Reynolds Auditorium
       
      RJR Alumni Directory   Data collection has begun for the next RJR Alumni Directory (which will be published next year). Details are given concerning how to submit that information.
       
      RJR a cappella group "X"   Video of 2022 RJR Key Club Follies
       
      cash register   RJR recently received the pictured cash register that was specifically made for Reynolds High School in 1927. Do you happen to have an old picture from a relative taken at RJR that shows this cash register?  Or do you have an old RJR yearbook that has a picture of this cash register in it?
       
      Dr. Mary Margaret Frank and Harry Corpening   Video of a conversation between RJR Alumni President Harry Corpening and Dr. Mary Margaret Frank (an outstanding member of the Class of 1987 who is the Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia)
       
      scene from 2022 RJR Piano & Guitar Showcase  Video of the February 23rd RJR Piano and Guitar Showcase staged at Reynolds Auditorium
       
      participants in groundbreaking ceremony for RJR's Multi-Sports Stadium   Groundbreaking for RJR's Multi-Sports Stadium took place on Wednesday, March 2nd
       
      RJR sports logo   RJR's May PTSA newsletter
       
      Reverse Raffle logo  RJR's Booster Club will stage its 2nd annual Reverse Raffle on Saturday evening, April 2nd.  Buy your tickets NOW so you can get a chance to win $10,000 (or 33% of the gross ticket sales)
       
      Spring Showcase flyer  Video of RJR's Theatre Arts Department's March 11th staging of their "SPRING SHOWCASE" (which features some amazingly talented RJR student actors and actresses)
       
       RJR 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame flyer   9 were inducted into RJR's Sports Hall of Fame on Friday evening, January 28th, during the boys basketball game with Parkland
       
      RJR's Syncopate a cappella group  The video of RJR's 2022 A Cappella Jam for Hope concert featuring some amazingly talented student singers from various local high schools
       
      Alan Toy and Harry Corpening  The video between renowned thespain (and RJR alum) Alan Toy and RJR Alumni President Harry Corpening
       
      2022 A CAppella JAm for Hope flyer   The 2022 (16th annual) much anticipated A Cappella Jam for Hope will be staged on Saturday evening at 7:00 pm at Reynolds Auditorium 
       
      first Winston-Salem Post Office  A historical document researched and written by Alumni President Harry Corpening: "The Early history of Winston-Salem…and Wachovia Bank, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, the Hanes companies, Hanes Park, and RJ Reynolds High School & Richard J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium”
       
      RJR choir  Video of the 2021 RJR Holiday Showcase featuring the renown RJR a cappella choral groups as well as the Dancing Boots
       
      Calvin Freeman and Harry Corpening   The video of an end-of-the-fall semester Q&A interview between RJR Calvin Freeman and RJR Alumni President Harry Corpening
       
      Richard J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium   Learn now how to permanently name a seat (or seats) at Reynolds Auditorium, and at the same time help create an endowment for the Auditorium
       
      The Winston-Salem Foundation logoWe have decided to create an endowment with The Winston-Salem Foundation, and we are now trying to raise $25,000 needed to do this
       
      John Settlemyre & Harry Corpening  a very entertaining and informative video of a Zoom interview of RJR Director of Bands Josh Settlemyre by Alumni President Harry Corpening
       
      RJR & Wiley orchestras  a video of the RJR and Wiley Middle School Orchestras jointly performing their "Winter Concert" at Reynolds Auditorium on December 3rd. FYI: RJR's Orchestra teacher Deborah Shebish teaches at both schools.
       
      RJR Choir   Video of the AMAZING Fall Choral Concert staged on October 28th at Reynolds Auditorium
       
      RJR 1923 football team   An article that tells about RJR's first football team that regrettably had a player die while playing
       
      Elizabeth Marshall   The Class of 1968 awarded its 23rd annual scholarship this year (valued at $25,000). Learn the history about why this was created, and how anyone...incuding YOU...can help support this scholarship fund.
       
      Calvin Freeman & Harry Corpening   Calvin Freeman (RJR's new Principal) and Alumni President Harry Corpening stage a recorded one-hour Q&A interview
       
      flyer   RJR's AWESOME Theater Arts Department will stage the hilariously funny comedic musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" starting on Thursday evening, Oct. 21st
       
      Matthew Gfeller  The death of RJR football player Matthew in 2008 led to the creation of the Matthew Gfeller Foundation (which started the researching of concussions in youth sports). On Oct. 11th, the WFU School of Medicine joined 12 other schools in a $10 million grant study on this topic. The funding provided by the Gfeller family to the Matthew Gfellow Foundation was what started all of this research.
       
      Jeff Echols   Pictures and Q&A with 2020-2021 Alumni $1,000 Scholarship recipients and the RJR Teacher of the Year (who also received $1,000 from the Alumni)
       
       
      Reynolds Auditorium   A listing of the student concerts at Reynolds Auditorium this school-year
       
      RJR   The RJR Alumni has recently revised its list of on-going initiatives...and now there are only 3
       
      Sheriff and police outside of Mt. Tabor High School   September has seen a Mt. Tabor student shot and killed on-campus, guns confiscated from a Mt. Tabor and a Reynolds student, and guns shots  fired near Parkland High School
       
      picture of Wiley gymnasium construction site   A committee of the Board of Education recommends that improvements be made at a RJR practice field next to Hanes Park. Read an article about this, and electronically sign a petition urging the School Board to vote for this.
       
      bag of dollars   RJR gets a LARGE federal grant due to 'Title 1' guidelines
      RJR  A historical document detailing the simultaneous creation of RJ Reynolds High School, Richard J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium, and Hanes Park
       
      July 28th meeting of W-S/FC School Board  At the July 28th meeting of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board it was decided there would be universal wearing of masks by all students
       
      Calvin Freeman  Mr. Calvin Freeman has been approved by the School Board as the next Principal at RJR, and will start on August 2nd
       
      Dr. Leslie Alexander  Dr. Leslie Alexander, RJR's Principal since 2015, has moved to the School System's central office to be an area superintendent for leadership development
       
       
      Hanes Park sign  RJR students will get exclusive use of Hanes Park track and surrounding athletic fields between 2:30 pm - 7:00 pm
       
       
      a picture on 50 year history of RJR   A posting of a 50-year history of RJR titled "Amid the Pines * A History of Reynolds Senior High * 1923 - 1973"
       
       
      Brad Fisher and Harry Corpening   A link to an informative video between RJR Athletic Director Brad Fisher and RJR Alumni President Harry Corpening
       
       
      Demon Pantry logo   Please consider making a tax deductible donation to stock the Demon Pantry (which feeds hungry students and gives out needed toiletries)
       
      Harry Corpening - President of RJR Alumni & Friends   The latest emails from 'RJR Alumni & Friends' President Harry Corpening to all Alumni
       
      Below are links to RJR-related videos from pre-pandemic school years:
       
       
      "Into The Woods" flyer    Link to the UPDATED Professionally recorded video of the opening night performance of the RJR spring musical:  "Into the Woods"
       
      RJR athletic logo   A video of the 2020 version of "Reynolds Revue Amid the Pines" (which occurred on January 29th) that was a welcoming event for next fall's incoming freshmen and their parents
       
      2020 RJR Jam for Hope flyer   Video of the RJR A Cappella Jam for Hope 2020
                                                                                                                           

      Below are RJR-related articles not specific to any specific school-year

      RJ Reynolds High School   PLEASE consider the RJ Reynolds High School Alumni & Friends organization in your estate planning

       RJ Reynolds High School   A listing of the various ways you can make a tax deductible donation to the "RJ Reynolds High School Alumni and Friends" organization

      RJR Principal Dr. Leslie Alexander being congratulated by her husband for being named School System Principal of the Year    A listing of the students receiving RJR Alumni $1,000 scholarships, as well as the RJR Staff members being awarded $1,000 by the RJR Alumni for being selected as the Teacher (and in some years Principal) of the Year.  (Each honoree has their picture shown, as well as their answers to questions posed by RJR Alumni President Harry Corpening.  This list covers the last 12 school-years). 

      a picture of a typical class reunion   RJR Class Reunions and Notices

       Reynolds Auditorium   Learn how to permanently name a seat in Reynolds Auditorium for someone (or yourself)

      sign in front of RJR A video showing the reasons why RJR is still a GREAT school (especially for incoming freshmen)

      RJR banner   How to receive weekly RJR Communications emails 

      RJR Arts Magnet logo   Follow RJR via social media to learn what going on "amid the pines" in real time

      MVP card   VIC card   Learn how to raise money for RJR by merely shopping at grocery stores

      NY Times headlines about US entering World War II   Memories of Winston-Salem and Reynolds High School during World War II by RJR Alumni who graduated before 1950

      RJ Reynolds High School    The early history of Winston-Salem and Wachovia Bank, RJ Reynolds Tobbaco Co., the Hanes companies, Hanes Park, and RJ Reynolds High School & Auditorium

      To contact us at the "RJ Reynolds High School Alumni and Friends" organization: click here ( * ) to send an e-mail to Harry Corpening (who is the President of this organization). Please put "RJR alumni" in the subject line.

    Related Articles about RJ Reynolds

    • A picture and a Q&A and a listing of all students who have received RJR Alumni $1,000 Scholarships and of all 'RJR Teachers of the Year' who received $1,000 from the RJR Alumni

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