Swan Valley School District


Swan Valley School District is a public school district near Saginaw, Michigan. It serves parts of Shields and parts of the townships of James, Swan Creek, and Thomas.
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History

Shields School, the oldest school in Swan Valley School District, opened in February 1952. Thomas Township School District No. 4, the district that built it, merged with several other districts over the next fourteen years, becoming Swan Valley School District in 1966.
Shields Junior High School opened in 1957. A campus was planned on Van Wormer Road. A high school and Havens Elementary would be added to the site of the existing Shields Junior High school. Construction on Havens Elementary began in May 1970.
The high school was established with grades nine and ten in fall 1971 within Shields Junior High. The district sent juniors and seniors to Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw Public Schools until the new high school was completed. The first Swan Valley High principal, Daniel D. Craig, resigned after three hours because he regretted leaving his job as a teacher at Freeland High School. The new high school building opened in fall 1972.
A 2021 bond issue funded a 600-seat performing arts center at the high school.