Swanton High School

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Location
Swanton High School
601 North Main Street Swanton, Ohio, 43558 USA
Information
School district	Swanton Local School District
Principal	Mr. Steven Gfell
School type	Public high school
Grades	9-12
Campus	Rural
Motto	"The Home of Pride"
Mascot	Bulldog
Color(s)	Purple and white
Homepage	http://www.swanton.k12.oh.us/

Swanton High School is a public high school in Swanton, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Swanton Local School District.

1 School Details
2 Alma Mater
3 Fight Song
4 Athletics
5 Band
6 Choir
7 External links

[edit] School Details

Swanton High School's grades span from 9th-12th. During the 2005-2006 school year the building consisted of 145 freshmen, 127 sophomores, 142 juniors, and 127 seniors, totalling 541 students altogether. 495 of those students were Caucasian while 9 were Black, 15 Hispanic, and 6 were of other races. The student to teacher ratio was 24.7 during 2005-2006. In the 2002-2003 school year Swanton High moved into its long overdue new school building.

[edit] Alma Mater

"Swan-ton High we proud-ly hail thee, Purple and the white. Like a bea-con ev-er shin-ing, With a guid-ing light. Lead us on-ward through gol-den days, May each year pass-ing by- Bring glo-ry to our Al-ma Ma-ter Hail to Swan-ton High!"

[edit] Fight Song

"Cheer those bulldogs, watch them fight: Boost those Bulldogs, they're all right. We'll stand by the purple and white. Fight! Fight! Fight! Bulldogs of Swanton High School, Cheer that Bulldog varsity, Lead that team to victory, Fight, you Swanton Bulldogs, and Gain another victory!"

[edit] Athletics

Swanton High School's mascot is the Bulldog.

Their colors are purple and white. They are members of the Northwest Ohio Athletic League. The current athletic director is Tim Zieroff.

[edit] Band

Swanton High School is a member of class "B" in the Ohio Music Education Association. The band has been very successful in the past few years in both concert band and marching band. In the 2007-2008 school year the marching bulldogs went to state competition in Dayton, Ohio. Their colorguard received straight 1s for their ratings. A rating of one, meaning superior, is the best one can get out of 5.