Jenkins High School

Jenkins High School Herschel Vespasian Jenkins High School
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Address
1800 East Derenne Avenue Savannah , Georgia 31406 United States
Coordinates	32°01′21″N 81°04′58″W
Information
Type	Public
Opened	1956 (rebuilt 2021)
School board	Savannah-Chatham County School Board
School district	Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools
Principal	Heather Handy
Teaching staff	70.90 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Student to teacher ratio	14.84
Campus size	1,052 (2018-19)
Color(s)	crimson and silver
Nickname	Warriors
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission
Yearbook	The Sequoyah
Website	Jenkins High School

Herschel V. Jenkins High School is a public high school located in Savannah, Georgia, United States. A part of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia Accrediting Commission.

Academics

Student enrollment is nearly 1,900 in grades 9-12, from the school's neighborhood attendance district, as well as from elsewhere in Chatham County through the Honors Academy for Academic Excellence.

Jenkins operates on a block schedule in which students take four courses over one semester, and four other courses over the next semester.

Senior students are eligible for the Joint Enrollment Program which partners with Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah Technical College, and Savannah State University. Joint Enrollment students take college core courses with free tuition. In addition, Jenkins offers AP courses, honors/advanced courses, and Project Lead the Way courses. PLTW was a program designed to instill technological learning into schools. The program was briefly interrupted during the 2006–07 school year, but was reinstated and continues to serve as the engineering-related school of the Savannah-Chatham County School System.

Honors Academy for Academic Excellence and Engineering Academy

The primary focus of this program is to provide higher-level courses to advanced students. Any student in Chatham County who meets program criteria is eligible to enroll at Jenkins. Approximately 300 students are enrolled.

History

The school is named for the late, local philanthropist Herschel Vespasian Jenkins.

Jenkins was named a Blue Ribbon School in 1997 and a School of Excellence in 1998.

Beginning in the summer of 2019, the first of several phases to replace the school building in its entirety began. The new facility opened in August 2021. Hussey, Gay, Bell served as the design team for the project.

Student activities

Academic competitions

• Academic Decathlon
• Academic Quiz Bowl
• Math Team
• Mock Trial Team
• Robotics Team
• Science Olympiad

Athletics

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cheerleading
• Cross country
• Football
• Golf *
• Sailing *
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Track
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

Clubs and organizations

• Chess Club
• Chorus
• Class Clowns Improv Troupe
• Concert Band
• Crimson Symphonic Sound Machine Marching Band
• Drama Club
• Dungeons And Dragons Club
• French Club
• Future Business Leaders of America
• J.G.G. Career Association
• Kappa League
• Key Club International
• Marine Science Club *
• Model United Nations
• National Art Honor Society
• National Honor Society
• Navy ROTC
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Parent Teacher Student Association
• Peer Helpers *
• Rifle *
• School Council
• Senior/Junior Class Officers
• Sequoyah Staff
• Support Our Scholars Booster Club
• Student Leadership Program
• Technology Student Association
• Vocational Opportunities Club *
• Warriors for Christ

^* Inactive group.

External links

• Jenkins High School official site