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• 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!

Amid the pines she proudly stands!

 

 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:

 

   Calvin Freeman (RJR's new Principal) and Alumni President Harry Corpening stage a recorded one-hour Q&A interview

 

   Gun confiscated from RJR student on Thursday morning, Oct. 14th

 

   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

 

  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.

 

   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)

 

 

 

 

   A listing of the student concerts at Reynolds Auditorium thhis school-year

 

   The RJR Alumni has recently revised its list of on-going initiatives...and now there are only 3

 

   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

 

   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

 

   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.

 

   RJR gets a LARGE federal grant due to 'Title 1' guidelines

  A historical document detailing the simultaneous creation of RJ Reynolds High School, Richard J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium, and Hanes Park

 

  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

 

  Mr. Calvin Freeman has been approved by the School Board as the next Principal at RJR, and will start on August 2nd

We have decided to create an endowment with The Winston-Salem Foundation, and we are now trying to raise $25,000 needed to do this

 

  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

 

 

  RJR students will get exclusive use of Hanes Park track and surrounding athletic fields between 2:30 pm - 7:00 pm

 

 

   A posting of a 50-year history of RJR titled "Amid the Pines * A History of Reynolds Senior High * 1923 - 1973"

 

 

   A link to an informative video between RJR Athletic Director Brad Fisher and RJR Alumni President Harry Corpening

 

 

  Please consider making a tax deductible donation to stock the Demon Pantry (which feeds hungry students and gives out needed toiletries)

 

  The latest emails from 'RJR Alumni & Friends' President Harry Corpening to all Alumni

   Link to the UPDATED Professionally recorded video of the opening night performance of the RJR spring musical:  "Into the Woods"

  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

  Video of the RJR A Cappella Jam for Hope 2020

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

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

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

   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). 

  RJR Class Reunions and Notices (...all of the in-person reunions have been put on hold  due to the coronavirus. Some Classes have staged very successful virtual reunions utilizing Zoom.com).

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

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

  How to receive weekly RJR Communications emails 

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

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

  Memories of Winston-Salem and Reynolds High School during World War II by RJR Alumni who graduated before 1950

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