Alvin C. Heinrich, an Oklahoma farmer stockman, was not just a pew-warming supporter of Christian education. In the 1940s, he was the driving force behind moving a country schoolhouse to Enid in order to house the church school. In the late 1970s, with the present facilities outdated and his own children past school age, he began another push to build a new two-room school with a gymnasium and kitchen facilities. This facility now stands as a tribute to the man who not only spoke for the need for Christian education but acted. Six of his eight children attended Southwestern Junior College and Academy for a total of twenty-four years.

Scholarship award requirements

The Alvin C. Heinrich Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an elementary education major based on academic achievement, good character, and financial need who is planning to teach in a Seventh-day Adventist church school.

Students Recipients 

2020-2021-Reyna Escobado 

2019-2020 -Steffanie Parrish

2018-2019 -Stephanie Parrish

2017-2018 -Angela Delgado

2016-2017 -Jacquelyn Del Los Santos

2015-2016 - Lilliana Chapa 

2014-2015 - Lidia Davila 

2013-2014 - Candace McCormick 

2012-2013 - Madai Maldando 

2011-2012 - Candace McCormick 

2010-2011 - Matthew Cushman 

2009-2010 - Lindsay Hong 

2008-2009 - Giovanna Bascom

2007-2008 - Kristen Iverson 

2006-2007 - Shelly Small