Missisquoi Valley Union is a middle and high school, grades 7-12, located in Swanton, Vermont. MVU's campus contains two main buildings. The school serves the communities of Swanton, Highgate, and Franklin. Students from Sheldon and Alburgh are given the choice to attend MVU or another surrounding school. There were 902 students and 94 teachers for the 2014-2015 school year. MVU is located just off exit 21 of I-89.InfrastructureMisssiquoi Valley Union's main/original building was constructed in an open design format with five circular self-contained "pods" to house the more than 1000 expected students. On campus there are four soccer fields, two baseball fields, three softball fields a track and a football field. There is also an agricultural building that houses cows, pigs, sheep, donkey, etc. that are raised by the students. The beef is used for lunch at the school. In the building there is a gym that is used for basketball. There is also the Trahan Theater that is used to host the schools annual Skit Nite and Musical. It is also used for concerts, award ceremonies and assemblies. The gym is also used for assemblies.AthleticsThe school mascot is the Thunderbird and blue and white are the school colors. The school competes in the following sports at the Division 1 or 2 level (Except for football, which is Division 3):Fall SportsField HockeyGirls SoccerBoys SoccerFootballCross CountryWinter SportsBoys BasketballBasketballCheerleadingDance TeamGirls Ice HockeyBoys Ice HockeyIndoor Track
