Applications for $500.00 scholarships will be accepted beginning March 1, 2012. Graduating seniors from Handley, Wadley, Woodland and Randolph County High Schools should contact their counselors for information about the scholarships. Application forms can be downloaded from this site (click on the "Scholarship Forms" tab.)

The National Trust for Historic Preservation will present the National Rosenwald Schools Conference: 100 Years of Pride, Progress, and Preservation at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. The conference will be held June 14-16, 2012. RCTS was among the early schools built with the aid of the Rosenwald School Foundation in 1918. Information on this conference can be found at www.rosenwaldschools.com/

Sidney Johnson, Chairman of the 2011 RCTS Reunion Committee, addresses the Maroon and Gold Bulldog Banquet attendees at the Callaway Center in LaGrange, GA. Other committee members were: Agnes Watkins, Bobby Baker, Willie Mae Jones, Betty Joiner-Huffman, Gurtie Magby-Hill, Darnell Huffman-Rowell, Larry McFarland, Jeannette Clark-Watkins, and Dorothy Adams-Oliver (not pictured). Johnson said, "We  want to thank the R. C. T. S. faculty, alumni and friends for giving us the opportunity to host the 2011 school reunion. We hope that it was a joyous and memorable one. Thanks again."

Several members of the RCTS Class of 1961 attended the Reunion. Rufus Watts, president of the 1961 class, accepted a prize on behalf of the class for the highest number of Reunion attendee for a class. The food was good and several Bulldogs showed they still know how to move on the dance floor.

A thoughtful "talk to encourage us" was given by Alvin Thornton, Ph.D., Class of 1967. He refreshed the memory of fellow Bulldogs and reminded them to never forget RCTS, its teachers, students, principals, parents, and supporters. A tribute was also made to Bulldogs who passed over since 2009.

Did you take photos at past RCTS Reunions? If so, we'd like to have digital copies of them.  Send us the photos on a CD or DVD, preferably in the .jpg (JPEG) format.  We will use them to construct a photo gallery.  Send the CDs/DVDs to: RCTSSF, PO Box 1411, Roanoke, AL 36274.

2011 RCTS Scholarships were awarded to Five Randolph Co. Alabama High School Seniors

The Board of Directors of the RCTS Foundation awarded $500.00 scholarships to outstanding seniors in May. Vivian N. Story of Randolph County High School, and Simone Chilsom, Jaccobie Rhodes, and Wintika Treadwell, of Handley High School, received $500.00 scholarships. Interest in the scholarships was high this year. Dr. Alvin Thornton and the entire board of directors extend best wishes for continued academic and personal success to this year's scholarship recipients.

The 2009 RCTS Reunion Organizing Committee headed by Chairperson, Mary Stitt Berry, put together another memorable Reunion. It was held in Atlanta, GA July 31 - August 1.

Other members of the 2009 RCTS Reunion Committee were: Mary Doris (Morgan) Baker, Sidney Johnson, Dorothy (Adams) Oliver, Merecia (Shealey) Joiner, Willie Mae Jones, and Christine Higgins. Special thanks to Earnestine Thornton for her coordination efforts.

Other Bulldogs also helped to make this year's Reunion one to remember.

Mary Stitt Berry and Mary Doris Morgan Baker are shown having fun at the Saturday night Maroon and Gold Bulldog Banquet along with other Bulldogs.