- Swan Valley High School
Infobox School
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name=Swan Valley High School
type=Public
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established=1971
grades=9-12
enrollment=618
faculty=44
principal=Mat McRae
mascot=Vikings
colors=Purple and whitedistrict=
Swan Valley School District
website= [http://www.swanvalley.k12.mi.us www.swanvalley.k12.mi.us]Swan Valley High School is a public high school located in
Saginaw, Michigan , USA. Swan Valley's original mascot was the Panthers which soon changed to theVikings . The sports teams of Swan Valley were then divided up between the Vikings and theValkyries to show individual support for both male and female teams. Later the sports teams were simply called the Vikings and the Lady Vikes.ports
Swan Valley High School offers several Men's and Women's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity sports, including:
* Football
* Basketball
* Cross Country
* Soccer
* Bowling
* Golf
* Ice Hockey
* Track & Field
* Volleyball
* Wrestling
* Baseball
* SoftballSince 1972 Swan Valley's varsity football team has accumulated a record of 225 wins and 118 losses (65.6% winning percentage). In the 2006 season the Varsity football team won the conference, district, and regional championships. They also earned a final four appearance and had 2 all-state selections. That same year the girls basketball team won the district championship, the wrestling team won the conference championship and sent 4 to the state meet with BJ Suitor going undefeted for the year, the girls softball team won the district and regional championships, also with 2 all-state selections, and the boys track team won the regional championship. They came in 4th at the team state meet and 3rd at individual state meet netting 10 all-state runners. Three Seniors were awarded Academic All-State honors. In 2008 the girls varsity bowling team won the state championship.
Clubs
Swan Valley High School offers some clubs and organizations for the student body to be involved in. These include Band, Drama, Media Center, Scientific Sorcerers (as of 2006 this club has been discontinued until further notice), Student Council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Business Professionals of America, National Honor Society, International Club, Student Store, Quiz Bowl, and Breakfast Club which is a morning workout club intended to keep athletes in shape during the winter.
Awards
Swan Valley High School has been recently awarded the Michigan Blue Ribbon Exemplary School Award 2005-2006. Blue Ribbon Schools are models of both excellence and equity. To be recognized, a school must demonstrate a strong commitment to educational excellence for all students. The program recognizes schools that have demonstrated success in achieving these values as well as schools that have overcome obstacles and can provide evidence of five years of sustained student achievement.
ee also
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List of schools in Saginaw, Michigan
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