Jenkins Journal

Herschel V. Jenkins High School

"Herschel V. Jenkins believed that education was the key to improving lives, the cornerstone of a strong community, and the path to a better world."

1800 E Derenne Ave,│ Savannah, GA 31406

Tel:(912) 395-6300

Dr. Justin Durham, Principal

Justin.Durham@sccpss.com

Mr. Alfred Williams, Assistant Principal

Alfred.Williams@sccpss.com

Mrs. Faria Polite, Assistant Principal

Faria.Polite@sccpss.com

Mrs. Kristen Wilson, Assistant Principal

Kristen.Wison@sccpss.com

Ms. Kaney Ballance, Dean of Students

Kaney.Ballance@sccpss.com

The Winter GMAS testing session begins on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.

Parents: Please ensure that you student is getting to school on time. School begins each day at 7:30. If you are arriving to school at 7:30 am, your student will be late.

Best practice: students who are being dropped off should arrive at school no later than 7:00 am. The low traffic times are from 6:30-6:50 am.

Please remember that there are only 15 school days remaining in the semester.

Victor is a Junior and will be representing Jenkins for the third time at the GHSA State Swimming Championship. Last year Victor finished 6th in his 50 yard Freestyle and 15th in his 100 back and was the only male swimmer that qualified for the District and represented Jenkins. He was selected for the 2024 All Greater Savannah Swim Team where he was recognized as a nominee for Swimmer of the Year at the Coastal Empire High School Sports Awards.

This season Victor has been to 2 meets representing Jenkins. In the first meet he qualified for the 100 free and 100 back and at the second meet he qualified for the 50 free and 100 fly. Victor is the only male from the District that has qualified this year.

Herschel V. Jenkins would also like to recognizes: Eryn Hilson and Brooklyn Baldwin for the girls and Ki’Juanus Wright and Isaiah Sanders for the boys for all of their hard work this season.

Eeshani Malkar was selected as Best Actress during the Regional One Act Play for her role as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

The GHSA State flag football brackets have been set for Thursday, December 5, 2023. The playoffs will be held in Savannah, Ga. And hosted by Jenkins High School. The stadium that we will be using is Savannah High School Stadium: 400 Pennsylvania Ave., Savannah, Ga. 31404.

Game 1- 5:00pm-#4-Dutchtown High School vs. #1-Jenkins High School

Game 2- 6:00pm-#3-Whitwater High School vs. #2-Jackson County High School

Game 3- 7:15pm-Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2

Our school mission is to ignite a passion for learning and teaching at high levels. Herschel V. Jenkins High Schools will provide a world-class educational that produces students of character prepared for the future. To ensure we communicate the necessary information to our stakeholders, I would encourage parents/guardians to contact me @ Justin.Durham@sccpss.com to share ways to improve our communication. We will correspond every Sunday via Bright Arrow (Parent and student email), JHS Facebook, the JHS webpage, and the SCCPSS webpage. Please let us know if you are not receiving this correspondence at (912) 395-6300​ .

Email: Justin.Durham@sccpss.com

Website: https://spwww.sccpss.com/schools/jenkins/Pages/default.aspx
Location: 1800 E Derenne Ave, Savannah, GA 31406
Phone: (912) 395-6300​
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