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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Talent Tuesday: MGreen Productions
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — For this week's Talent Tuesday, WSAV was joined by a graduate of Jenkins High School who is paying tribute to teachers in a very special way. MiQuan Green is the President and owner of MGreen Productions. Green worked with Savannah-Chatham County Public School System to provide lunches for teachers all last week. He also has given seven students across the district a $500 Next Young Leader Scholarship. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Tina Tyus-Shaw speaks at Jenkins High's Decision Day
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — 'You have the power in you to do anything and go anywhere' was WSAV's Tina Tyus-Shaw's message to graduating seniors at Jenkins High School on Thursday. Shaw served as the keynote speaker at their Decision Day event. Positive vibes were everywhere as folks celebrated the seniors who are moving forward to college and the workforce after graduation. 'My seniors in particular. Can I hear this from you? We are always becoming,' Tyus-Shaw said. 'We are always becoming. Yes you are always becoming. So don't forget that. Take the path that will give you an opportunity to turn that new chapter and turn a page every day because you are always becoming.' Several seniors spoke about their futures. 'I'll be attending Georgia Military College where I'll be enlisted asa second lieutenant in the United States Army as an infantry officer, and I'll be getting my criminal justice degree,' said Connor Wilson Bote. 'I'm very proud of myself. You know I've come a long way, and I've changed. I grown quite a bit in my academics and socially as well,' said Derek Wengai, who is headed to Louisiana State University. Jenkins High School seniors received a certificate acknowledging the colleges to which they'll attend. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Science
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Georgia First Robotics Competition
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Over the weekend, students from around the region put their mechanical skills and scientific know-how to the test at the Georgia First Robotics Competition. Several Savannah are schools competed in Saturday's event at Hanner Field House on Georgia Southern University's Statesboro Campus, including Jenkins High, Benedictine, and Richmond Hill High. Students were given six to eight weeks to construct their robots and then put their creations on display against each other. The goal of the competition is to give students real world experience and help promote STEM education. Kieran Johnson, a senior at Jenkins High School, explains just hos hands on each student is. 'So everything on the robot is done by students, like all the metal. You see, we were the ones that cut that. All the fasteners were the ones that did that. And nothing comes from a kit. It's all, all the coding is done by our students and all the electrical is done by our students. So literally when you look at that robot, every student worked on every single part of it.' The robotics team from Jenkins High School was on the winning alliance for the event, and the teams from BC and Richmond Hil High School both made it to the playoffs. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
