| Jenkins High School Herschel Vespasian Jenkins High School |
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| 1800 East Derenne Avenue Savannah, Georgia, Chatham, 31405 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1956 |
| School board | Savannah-Chatham County School Board |
| School district | Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools |
| Principal | William "Lang" Brannen |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| School Color(s) | Crimson and Silver |
| Nickname | Warriors |
| Accreditation(s) | 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. 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.
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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 where students take four courses over a semester and 4 other courses for the next semester. Senior students are also eligible for 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. Project Lead the Way (PLTW) was a program designed to instill technological learning into schools. The program was briefly interrupted during the 2006-07 school year, but the program was reinstated and continues to serve as the engineering-related school of the Savannah-Chatham County School System.
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 with approximately 300 students enrolled.
The principal of Jenkins High School as of January 8, 2007, is William "Lang" Brannen.
The school is named for the late local philanthropist Herschel Vespasian Jenkins. The building was a "Florida-style" school. Typically, these schools were characterized by a low-ceiling building with outdoor corridors. A classroom was equipped with long glass windows the length of the room, two outlets, and fluorescent lighting. What the building lacked, in such a hot climate, was air-conditioning.
In the late 1980s the school was expanded with several new buildings, including a new social studies building, expanded science building, a new technology building and a new gymnasium. The old gymnasium was then renovated into an auditorium. The existing buildings were enclosed, insulated, and air-conditioned. New windows and electrical systems were installed. As well, a gabled roof was added, new laminated flooring was laid, walls were painted, and new suspended ceilings were hung. The renovation was complete by the 1990-91 school year.
Jenkins was named a Blue Ribbon School and a School of Excellence in 1997 and 1998 respectively.
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