Ivanna Eudora Kean High School
While The Devil Rays compete against the Antilles Hurricanes, All-Saints Vikings, Saints Peter and Paul Jaguars, The Virgin Islands Montessori School Volts, Seventh Day Adventist Crusaders, and The Wesleyan Academy in the St. Thomas / St John District, they hold a long-standing and intense rivalry with the Charlotte Amalie High School Chickenhawks.
History
It was established in 1971 as the Nazareth Bay Secondary School serving as a junior high and senior high school. In 1973, it became a senior high school with the construction of Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School. Its first graduation was also held in that same year. In 1975, it was renamed the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School to honor Ivanna Eudora Kean, an educator in the Virgin Islands for 52 years. The school's namesake died on February 27, 1979. Dr. Sharon McCollum served as principal of the school since August 2003 until 2014 when she accepted the position of Commissioner of Education under Governor Kenneth E. Mapp and Lt. Governor Osbert E.Potter Administration. Ms. Sally F. Petty assumed the Acting Principal's position for 6 months until Mr. Stefan V. Jürgen was placed as the Principal in the 2015-16 school year.
Principals | Term of Service |
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Neville Thomas
William I. Frett Sara W. Connell Sinclair Wilkinson Lydia Simmonds-Lettsome Sharon Ann McCollum Sally F. Petty Stefan V. Jürgen Alicia Leerdam Sally F. Petty |
1971-1984
1984-1988 1988-1995 1995-2001 2002-2003 (Acting Principal) 2003-2014 2015 (Acting Principal) 2015 - 2019 2019-2022 (Acting Principal) 2022-Current |
References
- ^ Harrison, Rebecca L.; Burklow, Paisley Sloan; Murphy, Morgan; Sewell, Susie Chestnut; Smith, Abbie; Vaughan, Arielle (2020). "Teaching Welty in the High School Classroom: A Student/Teacher Collaboration". Eudora Welty Review. pp. 157–182. doi:10.1353/ewr.2020.0013. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Ivanna Eudora Kean High School -". Ivanna Eudora Kean High School. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.