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Swan Valley High School is a public high school located in Thomas Township, Michigan and part of the Swan Valley School District. They are part of the Tri-Valley Central Conference. Swan Valley has been part of the Mid-Michigan B, TVC East, TVC West, and the TVC Central conferences since its start in 1971. Swan Valley's original mascot was the Panthers which soon changed to the Vikings. When the new high school was built the mascot needed to be changed because there was already a high school in the area that were panthers. The sports teams of Swan Valley were then divided up between the Vikings and the Valkyries to show individual support for both male and female teams. Later the sports teams were simply called the Vikings and the Lady Vikes.
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Swan Valley High School is a public high school located in Thomas Township, Michigan and part of the Swan Valley School District. They are part of the Tri-Valley Central Conference. Swan Valley has been part of the Mid-Michigan B, all division of the Tri-Valley conferences since its start in 1971. Swan Valley's original mascot was the Panthers which soon changed to the Vikings. When the new high school was built the mascot needed to be changed because there was already a high school in the area that were panthers. The sports teams of Swan Valley were then divided up between the Vikings and the Valkyries to show individual support for both male and female teams. Later the sports teams were simply called the Vikings and the Lady Vikes.
Overview
On June 13, 1966 voters approved the formation of a unified school district. Rumor has it that while the Board was contemplating a name for the new school
district, one of the members spotted a Swan on a nearby pond and suggested the Swan Valley School District title. Soon after, voters also approved a $3.9 million bond for the construction of a new elementary (Robert B. Havens which was completed in 1971) and a new high school on 87 acres of land where those buildings sit today.
Ground was broken for Swan Valley High School in July 1971 led by board president Dick Middlebrook and Assistant superintendent Marvin Johnson. The
first high school graduation was in 1974 and there have been nearly 7000 alumni since that time.[1] Swan Valley High School is a highly rated public high school in Thomas Township, MI, on the outskirts of Saginaw,MI. In the 2022-2023 academic year, Swan Valley is listed among the top 10 schools in the Saginaw area..[2][3]The School district is ranked top three in the Saginaw area.
Academics
Swan Valley offers some advancement placement (AP) courses that can be taken for college credit that include: World History, Calculus AB, Computer Science, Literature & Composition. For those students who qualify through the IEPC process, the high school offers special education programming. Each student is assigned a case load teacher who monitors his or her progress through graduation.[4] The average ACT score for the school is 25 has an average SAT score of 1160.[5] Swan Valley purchased iPads for every student shortly after the 2014-2015 school year began. The iPads are combined with an education concept known as one-to-one learning, a program fairly new to the state of Michigan as a whole[6] The school is set up on Tri-mesters
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 573 students enrolled at Swan Valley in 2021 was:[7]
Native American/Alaskan - 1.0%; Asian/Pacific islanders - 0%
; Black - 2.2%; Hispanic - 12.9%; White - 80.6%; Multiracial - 3.6%
Athletics
The Swan Valley Vikings are currently part of the Tri-Valley Conference Central Division. Its currently a Class-B school
- Baseball
- State champions - 2001
- Basketball (Girls and Boys)
- Bowling (girls and boys)
- Boys State Champions 2016
- Girls State Champions 2008
- Competitive cheer
- Cross country (girls and boys)
- Football[8]
- State championships runner ups - 2017
- Golf (girls and boys)
- Ice hockey
- Soccer (girls and boys)
- Softball [9]
- State champions - 1986
- State Runner ups- 1994, 2002, 2012, 2013
- Track and field (girls and boys)
- Volleyball
- Wrestling (boys)
Notable Alumni[10]
Daryl Szarenski (1986) - Three time Olympic qualifier - Pistol
Dr. Donald R. Gilbert 1998
Jeffrey A. Castillo 1999
Edwin C. Flattery 2000
Susan Whaley-Brady 2001
John Owen Hamilton 2002
Sharyl Ann Majorski-Briggs 2003
Luann Freier Marx 2004
Dr. Tari Lynch-Caris 2005
Margo Houston-Barocko 2006
Colonel Merrily D. Madero 2007
Pete Cicinelli (2008) - Head Physical Therapist 2021 World Series Champions Atlanta Braves
Stephen Sowuleski 2008
Heidi Erlenbeck 2009
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Weiss 2010
Tracy A. Weber, PhD. 2011
J. Coffey 2012
Keith Martin 2013
Honorable Laura Frawley 2014
Mike Cousins 2015
Lieutenant Erica Ziel 2016
Lauren Huebner (2016) - 2019 Division II Heptathlon National Champion
Jay Fosgitt 2017
Tom Kluck 2018
Theo Keith 2019 - Two time Grammy winning political reporter
Lynda Thayer 2020
Mark Garabelli 2021
Bethany Campbell Charlton 2022
References
- ^ "Communicator Article September 2022". Communicator Article September 2022.
- ^ "2023 Best School Districts in the Saginaw Area".
- ^ "2023 Best Public High Schools in the Saginaw Area".
- ^ "Courses offierings" (PDF).
- ^ "Swan Valley Academics".
- ^ "An iPad for every student: Swan Valley schools says technology sparks leap forward in learning MLIVE".
- ^ "NCES".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Swan Valley Football".
- ^ "After 43 years, Swan Valley softball coach Tom Kennelly 'wouldn't trade any of it' MLIVE".
- ^ "Distinguished Alum List of Recipients Swan Valley High School" (PDF).