ITS Summer Workshop Catalog

Take a Summer Safari: Become and iExplorer! Registration opens on May 11, 2012. Click here to view the Summer Workshop Catalog.

Maurice Sendak (1928 - 2012)

2012 Senior Prom

Keenan High School Senior Prom
Saturday, May 12, 2012

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Daily Announcements

Keenan HS wins the Palmetto Gold Award for General Performance and the Palmetto Silver Award for Closing the Achievement Gap!

These awards are the state's highest educational awards issued by the State Department of Education for academic achievement and student improvement. Click here for additional information and district winners.

Regional Science Fair Winners
Na'talia Gathers and Nathaniel Abraham

The Confidential Health Questionnaire for school year 2012-2013 is available in the Nurse's Corner under Quick Links.
Please complete and return to Nurse Bowman.

Keenan receives the Palmetto Silver Award for Closing the Achievement Gaps. Go RAIDERS!!!

Football Signing Day @ Keenan HS
Congratulations to the Keenan Raiders who signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 to continue their football careers at the school beside their name: (left to right)
Kevin Canzater - Orangeburg-Calhoun Prep
Branyon Jones - Carson-Newman College
Matrick Belton - Hampton University
(Coach Moton)
Tyler Smith - South Carolina State University
Brandon Smalls - North Greenville University
Joseph James - Newberry College
Johnathan Gathers - Orangeburg-Calhoun Prep

Are you looking for a good book to read? Working on a research paper? Have you ever wondered what books Keenan HS has in it media center?
Read more...

Keenan now has a collection of eBooks that is accessible anywhere you have Internet access. Contact Ms. Boyd in the media center for the username and password.

Teachers: eBooks can be viewed on your SMARTboard!

THE SWORD AND SHIELD goes online! Click here to keep up with school news using the online edition of The Sword and Shield.

The paper edition of The Sword and Shield is gone forever. The Raider community will be provided faster updates, frequent updates, color photos, more photos and better accuracy! But one thing hasn't changed--The Sword and Shield is still...

The Voice of W.J. Keenan High School

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2012-2013 Employees of the Year

Congratulations to Ms. Jessica Robison
2012-2013 Teacher of the Year and
one of five finalists for District Teacher of the Year!

  Congratulations to Coach James Johnson
   2012-2013 Classified Employee of the Year

2011-2012 Employees of the Year

Mary Haile	Sheila Lozano
Teacher of the Year	Classified Employee of the year

Welcome Visitors

Welcome to WJ Keenan High School

WELCOME to W. J. KEENAN

A Palmetto's Finest High School

A Flagship School of Promise

361 Pisgah Church Rd. Columbia, SC 29203 (803) 714-2500

Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence

"Together We Can; Together We Will!"

Upcoming Events

Fri, May 18 - Sun, May 20

16th Annual SC Book Festival

Admission is FREE @ Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Click here for up-to-date information and times.

Saturday, May 19

SC Teen Distracted Driving Pevention Leadership Summit

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

NOYS (National Organization for Youth Safety) presents "It Can Wait" at Eau Claire High School. Click here for additional information.

Wednesday, May 23

SIC Meeting

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Media Center

Thursday, May 24

Last Day of School

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Keenan's Graduation

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Friday, May 25

Teacher Workday/Staff Work Day

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Tuesday, June 5

ITS/Adminstrators Appreciation Breakfast

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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From the Principal

Welcome students, parents, teachers, and staff,

It is my pleasure and honor to serve as your principal of W.J. Keenan High School. Keenan has experienced success at many levels and in many areas over the years. It is my goal to assist and support students, parents, teachers, and staff in a fashion that will allow us to best serve each student that walks the halls of Keenan every day. I will work diligently to make certain Keenan is safe, orderly, and provides the best learning experience for our students. I am excited and anticipate a successful school year that will be marked by success.

W.J. Keenan will continue to improve, utilizing a focused approach of school reform through further implementation of High Schools That Work ( HSTW ). We will continue our focus on improving literacy across all grade levels, increase the rigor of instruction in all classes, provide support systems that allow all students to be successful and focused on providing the best instruction daily. Keenan has experienced remarkable growth in the End of Course ( EOCEP ) tested areas of US History, Physical Science, and Algebra I. In addition, HSAP scores in the area of ELA continue to increase and are at a 86.3% passage rate. You will see our significant gains reflected in our school report card for this year. At Keenan we understand that we still have room for growth and this provides us the opportunity to be even more successful.

Additionally, the academic and athletic programs at Keenan continue to improve and grow. Our JROTC Raider Battalion is second to none in leadership and commitment to excellence. Project REAL (Raider Engineering and Academic Success) and our agriculture program have a history of success and both are evolving to better prepare our students for careers in engineering and agricultural sciences. The marching Raider Rubber band is large and in charge, ready for another successful year. Athletically, our girls volleyball and basketball teams are ready for another successful season. Finally, our boys basketball team reigns as the class AA state champions for two consecutive years, and they are also preparing for another successful season.

Welcome back to the entire Raider Family and let's have a Great Year! Working to make certain that - EVERY STUDENT WILL SUCCEED!

Alvin D. Pressley, Principal

"Together We Can; Together We Will!"

Alvin Pressley