Keenan Media Center Updates
Back to School Issue, September 2014
Hello and Welcome Back!
We've been extra busy at school getting the new teachers, staff and students settled in as well as welcoming back our returning teachers, faculty and staff.
We are all anxiously awaiting the laptop distribution for 9th grade students that will be taking place very soon in conjunction with the Digital Learning Environment (DLE) Initiative. The DLE is gearing up with the addition of more powerful and additional wi-fi access points all over the building and in classrooms, the release of wi-fi codes by Information Technology (IT), and students now being able to use their cell phones in designated areas of the building.
For information on the DLE Initiative, please visit Keenan's homepage at http://keenan.richlandone.org/.
The media center staff would like to give a big "shout out" to our new teachers and staff:
Mihaela Babuta
Charu Bakshi
Jamella Boykin
Geralon Boyles
Elizabeth Glaser
Arthur Goforth
Kenneth Keitt
Saran McLean-Hasinger
Tra Neisha Mumford
Charles Proctor
Nikki Shepard
Sahara Walters-White
And a warm welcome to our new Technology Educator, Zebulun Dinkins.
Ms. James and I welcome you all to the Keenan Raider family and to Keenan High School where Raiders Rule! We continuously strive to do our best to make the media center warm and inviting to everyone who enters its doors. If we ever fail to make you feel welcome, please let us know.
We are all anxiously awaiting the laptop distribution for 9th grade students that will be taking place very soon in conjunction with the Digital Learning Environment (DLE) Initiative. The DLE is gearing up with the addition of more powerful and additional wi-fi access points all over the building and in classrooms, the release of wi-fi codes by Information Technology (IT), and students now being able to use their cell phones in designated areas of the building.
For information on the DLE Initiative, please visit Keenan's homepage at http://keenan.richlandone.org/.
The media center staff would like to give a big "shout out" to our new teachers and staff:
Mihaela Babuta
Charu Bakshi
Jamella Boykin
Geralon Boyles
Elizabeth Glaser
Arthur Goforth
Kenneth Keitt
Saran McLean-Hasinger
Tra Neisha Mumford
Charles Proctor
Nikki Shepard
Sahara Walters-White
And a warm welcome to our new Technology Educator, Zebulun Dinkins.
Ms. James and I welcome you all to the Keenan Raider family and to Keenan High School where Raiders Rule! We continuously strive to do our best to make the media center warm and inviting to everyone who enters its doors. If we ever fail to make you feel welcome, please let us know.
Informal Summer Reading Assignment Survey
As in past years, students return to school without having completed their summer reading assignment by the deadline. Out of curiosity, Ms. James and I decided to do an informal survey to found out why students had failed to complete their summer reading. Below are some of the comments we received:
- I had to do my E2020 and I was too tired after that
- It was summer
- I couldn't get to the library
- Some students don't have access to the public library because of their disability
- Some students are not able to read independently and understand the books assigned
- I didn't know we had to read a book
- I never received anything about it
- I did not know about the assignment
- I came in from another district
- I moved here from out of state
- My child came from a middle school that is not one of Keenan's feeder schools
- I was number four on the waiting list for the book at the public library
Upcoming Events
Event Information
Crayons Quitting Day!
Keenan teacher cadets will read the book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt to the students at JP Thomas ES via video conference. This will be the first of our monthly video conferences with JP Thomas.
Don’t forget: #supportthecrayons!
Don’t forget: #supportthecrayons!
When?
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2014, 10:00 AM
Where?
Keenan's Video Conference Room
Event Information
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Recruitment Drive
This annual event will be held in the video conference rooom. The first 30 juniors and seniors to sign up in Guidance will get to attend.
When?
Thursday, Oct 2, 2014, 09:00 AM
Where?
W.J. Keenan High School, Pisgah Church Road, Columbia, SC, United States
Event Information
Reading Rocks
When?
Saturday, Oct 4, 2014, 09:00 AM
Where?
W G Sanders Middle School, Pine Belt Road, Columbia, SC, United States
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Event Information
PSAT Testing Day
When?
Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014, 08:00 AM
Where?
W.J. Keenan High School, Pisgah Church Road, Columbia, SC, United States
Event Information
SC High Schools Application Day
When?
Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014, 08:00 AM
Where?
W.J. Keenan High School, Pisgah Church Road, Columbia, SC, United States
Event Information
2014 Walk for Life/Race for Life: One Morning, One Mission
Come join the Keenan Raiders as they Take Steps Against Breast Cancer
Click here to join the Keenan Raiders team or to make a donation
Click here to join the Keenan Raiders team or to make a donation
When?
Saturday, Oct 18, 2014, 08:00 AM
Where?
Finlay Park, Columbia, SC, United States
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RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Event Information
Jumpstart's Read for the Record
As part of the 2014 Jumpstart Read for the Record campaign, Keenan's teacher cadets and JP Thomas ES will join in with millions of other children and adults as they read Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells.
When?
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014, 10:00 AM
Where?
Everywhere USA (Keenan's Video Conference Room)
Event Information
Gathering 2014
When?
Sunday, Nov 2, 2014, 12:00 PM
Where?
Hotel Monteleone, Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, United States
W. J. Keenan HS Media Center
Brenda L Boyd, Information Technology Specialist
Pamela James, Media Assistant
Zebulun Dinkins, Technology Educator
Alvin D. Pressley, Principal
Pamela James, Media Assistant
Zebulun Dinkins, Technology Educator
Alvin D. Pressley, Principal
Email: breboyd@richlandone.org
Website: keenan.richlandone.org
Location: 361 Pisgah Church Road, Columbia, SC, United States
Phone: (803) 714-2527
Twitter: @wjkeenan