Ivanna Eudora Kean High School

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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
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

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