Swartz Creek Community Schools
| Swartz Creek Community School District | |
|---|---|
 Location of Swartz Creek School District within Genesee County, Michigan | |
| Location | |
| United States | |
| District information | |
| Established | 1840 (1st Organization) 1842 (3rd Organization) 1947 (Consolidation) |
| President | Brian Mitchell |
| Vice-president | Nick Chiros |
| Superintendent | Jeff Hall |
| Asst. superintendent(s) | Adam Hartley (Instruction), Fletcher Spears (Personnel/Business) |
| Other information | |
| Intermediate District | Genesee |
| Website | swartzcreek |
Swartz Creek Community School District is a public school district in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and in the Genesee Intermediate School District. The School District serves the City of Swartz Creek, parts of Flint, Flint Charter Township, Gaines Township, Clayton Township, Argentine Township and Village of Lennon even over into Shiawassee County.
Buildings
| Building | Type | Built | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Crapo School | Alternative High & pre-school | 1929 | Swartz Creek |
| Swartz Creek High | secondary | 1958 | Swartz Creek |
| Swartz Creek Middle | secondary | 1967 | Swartz Creek |
| Gaines | elementary | 1880 | Village of Gaines |
| Syring | elementary | 1959 | Swartz Creek |
| Morrish | elementary | 1964 | Mundy Township |
| Elms Road | elementary | 1966 | Swartz Creek |
| Dieck (Van Vleet Road) | elementary | 1969 | Clayton Township |
Sports
| Swartz Creek Community School | |
|---|---|
| School | Swartz Creek High |
| Conference | Flint Metro League |
| Athletic director | Sue Calvo |
| Location | Swartz Creek, Michigan |
| Varsity teams | football, cross country, basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, Swimming, Lacrosse, Track, Golf, and of course, Ice Hockey |
| Nickname | Dragons |
| Colors | Red, White, and Black |
| Website | Swartz Creek Athletics |
| Class | A |
|---|---|
| Year Joined/Rejoined | 1968/2006 |
| League | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| County C | 1950 | 1960 |
| County B | 1960 | 1968 |
| Flint Metro | 1968 | 1976 |
| Big 9 | 1976 | 2006 |
| Flint Metro | 2006 | present |
At the Little Red School House No.2 back in the late 19th century, Swartz Creek Schools started its sports tradition starting with a championship girls baseball team followed by a winning boys baseball team. In the 1940s, the football team earned the county championship trophy awarded by the Flint Journal, which nicknamed the Swartz Creek Teams as the "Dragons", after which the yearbook was called the dragon. Swartz Creek belong to the County B League then joined the Flint Metro League upon its founding in 1968[2] until the 1976 when they joined the Big Nine Conference. The Cross Country squad had extraordinary success racking 15 Big Nine Conference championships, many Greater Flint Area Champions, Regional Champions, multiple state meet appearances with runners up in 1982 and State Championship in 1986. Given the even large schools in the Big 9 that were some times classified as AA making teams uncompetitive in league play, Swartz Creek returned to the Flint Metro League in 2006.[2]
References
- ^ Michigan High School Football: Swartz Creek Dragons
- ^ a b Tunnicliff, Greg. "Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
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