Ivanna Eudora Kean Class Of 2019 Students Earn More Than $2.8 Million In Scholarships

ST. THOMAS -- If one thing was clear following the graduation ceremony of the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School Class of 2019 on Saturday, is that the students -- 138 strong -- dominated their counterparts in territorial athletic, academic, entertainment and even beauty pageants that they competed in. Not only that, but for a class of just 138, the haul of more $2.8 million in scholarships is no small feat, and the students, many of whom expressed readiness to embark on the new journey of higher education, savored the three-hour ceremony, some crying, others excited -- all thankful that they were able to secure such an important achievement, earning one's high school diploma as they enter the world of adulthood, where self-reliance takes precedence and the extent of one's education, many times, determines their level of success. For the I.E.K.H.S. 2019 graduates, however, winning has been the norm: The class was the first to complete the school's on-campus College Board SAT...