Saginaw Township Community Schools

Saginaw Township Community Schools
Address
3465 North Center Road[1]
Saginaw
, Saginaw County, Michigan, 48603
United States
Coordinates43°27′22″N 84°01′02″W / 43.45616°N 84.01720°W / 43.45616; -84.01720 (District office)
District information
MottoEvery Student Every Day[1]
GradesPreKindergarten–12[1]
PresidentJanice L. Collison[1]
Vice-presidentMarianne C. Bird[1]
SuperintendentJamie Kraatz[2]
Schools8[3]
Budget$61,944,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3]
NCES District ID2630450[3]
Students and staff
Students4,548 (2024-2025)[3]
Teachers255.99 (on an FTE basis) (2024-2025)[3]
Staff793.96 FTE (2024-2025)[3]
Student–teacher ratio17.77 (2024-2025)[3]
Athletic conferenceSaginaw Valley League
Other information
Intermediate school districtSaginaw Intermediate School District
Websitewww.stcs.org

Saginaw Township Community Schools is a public school district in Saginaw County, Michigan. It serves all of Saginaw Township.[4]

History

Saginaw Township Community Schools began with the Black School, built in 1837. It was named after its unusual interior and exterior paint color. It was renamed Swarthout School in 1868 and Hemmeter School in 1893, after school board member William F. Hemmeter.[5] It was replaced with the current Hemmeter School in 1938.[6] Westdale Elementary and Sherwood Elementary (formerly Mackinac Middle School) were both built in 1956, with Weiss Elementary added around 1959. Mackinaw High School, then known as Plainfield Elementary, was built around 1961.[7]

Chippewa Middle School and White Pine Middle School were both dedicated on March 5, 1961.[8] MacArthur High School was dedicated on May 27, 1962.[9] Douglas MacArthur gave his permission for the school to be named after him.[8] During construction, the swimming pool building of MacArthur High School collapsed, killing a construction worker.[10]

In fall 1970, Eisenhower High School opened.[11] It was to be called Heritage High School until school board member George L. Olson suggested it be named for Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was "a close friend and aide to General MacArthur," he noted.[12] After 1988, the building became once again known as Heritage High School.[13]

Eisenhower High School was damaged in an arson fire on November 23, 1986. The building was temporarily closed and reconstructed while its students attended MacArthur High School on a split-schedule basis. By March 1987, an undamaged part of Eisenhower was retrofitted to accommodate students while the remainder continued to be reconstructed.[14]

Around 1988, the district won a state-wide class action lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing of asbestos products. The need to remediate asbestos in schools in the district resulted in the closure of some buildings and expensive removal projects at others.[15][16]

Heritage High School was formed in fall 1988 from the merger of Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower High Schools. The former Eisenhower High School became Heritage High School. Several other changes took place in the district that year:

  • Sherwood Elementary was closed and its program moved to Mackinaw Middle School, which was renamed Sherwood Elementary.
  • Arrowwood Elementary was closed and its program moved to Chippewa Middle School, which was renamed Arrowwood Elementary.
  • White Pine Middle School (renamed from Chippewa Middle School in 1986[17]) moved to the former MacArthur High School, which was renamed White Pine Middle School.[13]

The new "Heritage Hawks" branding uses one color from each of its parent schools; its official colors are now navy blue and Kelly green.[18]

Mackinaw High School uses the building formerly known as Plainfield Elementary, which closed in 2011.[19]

Hemmeter Elementary

Hemmeter is a magnet school for gifted and talented kindergarten through 5th grade students. The academic program includes accelerated core content, as well as music, art, and physical education. To be eligible to attend, students must place in the top ten percent nationally on tests of cognitive and academic ability.[20]

Schools

Schools in Saginaw Township Community Schools district[1][3]
School Address Notes
Heritage High School 3465 N Center Rd, Saginaw Grades 9-12. Built 1970.[11]
White Pine Middle School 505 North Center Road, Saginaw Grades 6-8. Formerly MacArthur High School.[13] Built 1962.[9]
Arrowwood Elementary 5410 Seidel, Saginaw Grades PreK and 3-5. Formerly White Pine Middle School.[13] Built 1961.[8]
Hemmeter Elementary 1890 Hemmeter, Saginaw Magnet school for gifted and talented. Grades K-5. Built 1938.[6]
Sherwood Elementary 3870 Shattuck, Saginaw Grades K-2. Formerly Mackinaw Middle School.[13] Built 1956.[7]
Weiss Elementary 4645 Weiss Street, Saginaw Grades 3-5. Built 1959.[7]
Westdale Elementary 705 S. Center Rd., Saginaw Grades K-2. Built 1956.[7]
Mackinaw High School 2775 Shattuck, Saginaw Alternative high school. Grades 9-12. Built 1961.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Saginaw Township Community Schools. "Saginaw Township Community Schools". Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  2. ^ Saginaw Township Community Schools. "Superintendent". Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Saginaw Township Community Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ^ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Saginaw County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  5. ^ "School derived name from first paint coat". Saginaw News. November 7, 1937. p. 3.
  6. ^ a b "Hemmeter school grant approved". Saginaw News. September 8, 1938. p. 1.
  7. ^ a b c d e Saginaw Township Community Schools. "STCS 2026 BOND PROPOSAL - $94M". Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  8. ^ a b c "Township plans to honor hero in school name". Saginaw News. February 23, 1961. p. B4.
  9. ^ a b "2 new suburban Saginaw high schools dedicated". Saginaw News. May 28, 1962. p. 13.
  10. ^ "Workers in daze after collapse of building". Saginaw News. July 11, 1961. p. 15.
  11. ^ a b "Raising the roof beams". Saginaw News. May 26, 1969. p. A3.
  12. ^ "It may be Eisenhower High School". Saginaw News. April 22, 1969. p. A4.
  13. ^ a b c d e Ransom, Tara (August 28, 1988). "Change brings some confusion on the first day". Saginaw News. p. B1.
  14. ^ Ransom, Tara (October 27, 1987). "Eisenhower arson fire remains unsolved". Saginaw News. p. 49.
  15. ^ Rudolf, Geri (October 5, 1988). "Asbestos settlement may mean money for school districts". Saginaw News. p. 9.
  16. ^ Knake, Lindsay (September 7, 2014). "Saginaw Township schools sold schools for $1 in the 1980s". MLive.
  17. ^ Heller, Andrew (September 2, 1986). "First day 'going very well' at 'new' junior high". Saginaw News. p. B1.
  18. ^ "Heritage High to turn blue and green". Saginaw News. March 8, 1988. p. 8.
  19. ^ "Plainfield Elementary School (Closed 2011) Profile". Public School Review. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  20. ^ Saginaw Township Community Schools. "Welcome to Hemmeter Elementary" (PDF). Retrieved February 15, 2026.
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