Swan Valley School District

We are exactly one month away from Rally in the Valley, the Swan Valley Athletic Association's biggest fundraiser of the year for Swan Valley Athletics! Attending the event is a great way to support Swan Valley Athletics and have a good time. The event will be held on Saturday, November 5th at 6:00 p.m. at the Horizon Conference Center! Tickets are $80 each. If you are an SVAA member, tickets are $5 off with a limit of 2 per family. Tickets may be purchased in each Swan Valley School District office or through VENMO. There are also sponsorship options! Please see the fliers for more details!

Please join us for Meet the Candidates Night!

Saginaw ISD & SVSD

Saginaw ISD

S. Miller from Gratiot to O'Hern to Van Wormer to Herbert will be closed at 4:25 for the Swan Valley High School homecoming parade. Please plan your travels accordingly.

Sneak peek of the football field in the Vikings stadium to honor of our 50th Celebration! Go VIKINGS! 🏈💜🤍

HOMECOMING & 50th CELEBRATION TODAY IS THE DAY! Friday, September 30, 2022 is jammed packed with Viking fun! The parade has a new start time and will begin at 4:30 PM. The parade will begin at Roberts Park on Miller Road, proceed to O'Hern Road to Van Wormer and pass through the SV Middle School parking lot.. We will have a children's area with games and activities in the MS/Havens Parking lot along with Tom's Coffee Truck and Kona Ice of Saginaw, pictures with the Queen's Court and our Viking mascot will be roaming the area from 5:15-6:00. Student government will be selling Poms for $2.00 at this event. Before the game, we will have an alumni check-in table at the entrance to the ticket gate where SV Alumni will fill out a raffle with name and graduation year. We will enter all names into a raffle box and then at halftime, we will announce three special prizes exclusive to alumni only! We also will have an alumni star table where alumni will write their name and graduation year, and then hang it on the alumni wall to celebrate the last five decades. This is all in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Swan Valley School District. Prior to the game, come out and watch our Vikings Band perform our National Anthem. At 7:00pm, the football game begins. Watch our Viking football team take on Birch Run. During Halftime, we will crown our 2023 Queen and King. Directly after the game, we will have FIREWORKS to end out the celebration. Come on home and help us celebrate! Notification of Fireworks Letter Here is the link to Homecoming page: https://www.swanvalleyschools.com/o/svhs/page/homecoming

Saginaw ISD

T'was the night before Homecoming and all through the district, not a creature was stirring not even a Viking. Ha! VIKINGS sleep with one eye open!!! 

CALLING ALL SV ALUMNI! Friday, September 30, 2022 is jammed packed with Viking fun!  The parade has a new start time and will begin at 4:30 PM.  The parade will begin at Roberts Park on Miller Road, proceed to O'Hern Road to Van Wormer and pass through the SV Middle School parking lot.  We would love to have you join us by WALKING IN THE PARADE.  If you choose to walk in the parade, please be at Robert’s Park by 4:00 pm. There is no sign up to walk.  We have a planned spot for Alumni with a banner.  Find Stacey Hughes Robinson by the school bus as she will be your point of contact. After the parade (at the Middle School), we will have a school bus waiting to take you back to Robert’s Park to pick up your cars.  Wear your purple and white, put on your walking shoes, bring some candy if you would like to throw it out to the crowd and REPRESENT your class!   Hope to see you there!

Saginaw ISD

As part of our 50th Anniversary Celebration, we will top of the night with a fireworks show after the Homecoming football game. Yesterday and today, students hand delivered "Notification of Fireworks" letters to our residents who live around our district. Please spread the word so all are aware and come out and join us!

HaPpY Homecoming Week! Celebrating 50 Years as a School District. Today we would like to dedicate to all Staff and Alumni from the class of 1974-1979!

Lady Vikes Football! Come help us kick off Swan Valley’s 50th Celebration Homecoming week, as we debut our first Lady’s Vikes Football game on September 25th at 7:00 PM at the VIking Stadium!

We hope that you will join us tomorrow at the Thomas Township Fire Department. It looks like the rain should hold off till later in the day. We will have tons of fun activities for the kids. The kids will be able to jump on the bounce house, spray the fire hose, and do a firefighter obstacle course, they will also get to tour the fire trucks. With a special guest appearance from the MBS fire department, and the Saginaw Special Rescue team with their fire trucks. We are excited to welcome the Kona Ice and MI Streets food truck back this year. With a few new trucks, Maria's food truck and Tom's coffee truck. So bring the whole family and come hungry. At 7:00 pm watch the Lady Vikes Football teams compete at the Swan Valley High School stadium. Let Homecoming week and our 50th Celebration begin!

HOMECOMING & 50th CELEBRATION Get ready to kick-off our Homecoming week and 50th anniversary celebration of the Swan Valley School District! KICK-OFF EVENT is Sunday, September 25, 2022. Start your day by attending the Family Pancake Breakfast at Thomas Township Fire Department 8:00am-11:00am. End your night by watching the Lady Vikes Football Game at 7:00 PM @ Viking Football Stadium. The cost is $2.00 at the stadium gate. Watch the girls play and the boys cheer! Varsity Football coaches will Ref the games and our concessions will be open for full service. Friday, Friday, September 30, 2022 is jammed packed with Viking fun! The parade has a new start time and will begin at 4:30 PM. The parade will begin at Roberts Park on Miller Road, proceed to O'Hern Road to Van Wormer and pass through the SV Middle School parking lot. We will have a children's area with games and activities in the MS/Havens Parking lot along with Tom's Coffee Truck and Kona Ice of Saginaw, pictures with the Queen's Court and our Viking mascot will be roaming the area from 5:15-6:00. Before the game, we will have an alumni check-in table at the entrance to the ticket gate where SV Alumni will fill out a raffle with name and graduation year. We will enter all names into a raffle box and then at halftime, we will announce three special prizes exclusive to alumni only! We also will have an alumni star table where alumni will write their name and graduation year, and then hang it on the alumni wall to celebrate the last five decades. This is all in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Swan Valley School District. At 7:00, the football game begins. Watch our Viking football team take on Birch Run. Directly after the game, we will have FIREWORKS to end out the celebration. Come on home and help us celebrate! To Enter into the Parade and other information: Here is the link to Homecoming page: https://www.swanvalleyschools.com/o/svhs/page/homecoming

Upcoming Fall Fun on October 13th, 2022 It’s the Great Lakes- Apple Crunch time at Swan Valley School District! We are joining schools, early care centers, colleges, hospitals, and other organizations across the Great Lakes Region states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio in the eighth annual Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch. Participants celebrate National Farm to School Month and local farmers by crunching into Michigan grown apples on Thursday, October 13th! Lunch menus will highlight locally grown apples. MS and HS students can try our delicious Crunchy Apple Salad featuring local apples tossed with cabbage, carrots, sunflower seeds, and dried cherries covered in a homemade dressing. We encourage students to wear apple colors (red, green, and yellow)! This collective crunch encourages healthy eating and supports farm to school and local food initiatives throughout the Great Lakes Region. Please check out our November foodservice newsletter for more information and nutrition education. For more information, or to crunch with us, please contact Melissa Pavlik at foodservice@swanvalley.k12.mi.us. For more information about the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch, visit cias.wisc.edu/our-events/applecrunch/.

Welcome Back Swan Valley Families! We certainly hope you're off to a great start. As always, we want to hear from you! The best way for us to do that is to have you join our Parent Advisory Council. We meet on Monday mornings at 9 a.m. four to five times per year. Our first meeting will be Monday, October 11th @ Swan Valley Middle School. If you're interested in attending please let your building principal know via email. Have a great day!

Want to support Swan Valley Athletics and have a good time? Come to Rally in the Valley on Saturday, November 5th at 6:00 p.m. at the Horizon Conference Center! Tickets are $80 each. If you are an SVAA member, tickets are $5 off with a limit of 2 per family. Tickets may be purchased in each Swan Valley School District office or through VENMO. There are also sponsorship options! Please see the fliers for more details!

Congratulations to the 2022 Homecoming Court! Come join us as we have an exciting Homecoming Week planned for our 50th Celebration to honor our school district. Check out our Homecoming Page on the website with all the details for activities through the week, parade entry form and multiple activities for Homecoming Day on Friday, September 30th! Page found on this link: https://www.swanvalleyschools.com/o/svhs/page/homecoming