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“If we could take what we experienced at JW North High School and sprinkle that around the world,
we could change the world. That's how I feel.
That’s how powerful the environment Horace Jackson created for us was.”
— Oscar Edwards, Class of '72
The Dr. Horace Jackson Legacy Scholarship will be awarded to one or more graduating students who demonstrate the same kind of commitment to education and inclusivity as Dr. Horace Jackson, principal of John W. North High in Riverside, California from 1970-1976.
Scholarships are available for high school seniors and previous winners who are continuing their education.
Dr. Jackson was recognized as a courageous, compassionate and innovative leader during a turbulent time nationally. On North’s multi-ethnic campus, Jackson established a unified culture of mutual respect and inclusion that lives on today. The principal was known to be ever-present on campus, seeking ways to bring students together. He influenced countless lives by showing confidence in his students and his staff. That legacy continues with the goal of equipping all North High graduates with the moral principle that every person is valued.
"Horace Jackson is proof of how one man with a unifying vision can impact an institution for a lifetime. He said, ‘Be a giver: give your time, your understanding, your empathy, your patience to your students as well as yourself.'‘ He said that if you can do this, you change lives for the better."
— Coach Glenn Anderson
To honor Jackson’s legacy, please support the scholarship established in his name that will be awarded annually to one or more students who show a deep appreciation for education, fellow students and the community at large.
“The changes I’d like to see occurring at North are that Black, Brown, and White students are able to better live with each other. It appears to me that students of different ethnic backgrounds have had a particularly difficult year getting along with each other. It seems that whenever there is an incident on campus, all students quickly polarize into their own separate ethnic groups regardless of who is wrong or who caused the incident. It seems as though everyone blindly supports whoever is involved if it happens to be a person of his race. I am beginning to wonder if the time will ever come when the students will start judging the incidents and people by their character rather than by their color.”
— Horace Jackson, 1973
Dr. Horace Jackson’s Legacy
Susan Straight, Riverside resident, nationally known author and North High Class of 1978, returns to one of her favorite places at her alma mater: the library, to discuss what her high school meant to her and so many others.
Dr. Horace Jackson’s Childhood
Congratulations to our scholarship recipients!
View 2024 Recipients here.
View 2023 Recipients here.
View 2022 Recipients here.
