Millwood High School

Millwood High School (MWHS)
Address
141 Millwood Drive
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, B4E 0A1, Canada
Information
School board Halifax Regional School Board
Principal Harvey Beaton
Vice principal Stephen Gallahager
Leslie Broomhead
School type High school
Grades 10-12
Language English French immersion
Motto "Excellence Together"
Mascot Knight
Team name Millwood Knights
Colours Dark Blue, Red and Silver             
Founded 1986 in split shifts; 1989 in own building
Enrolment 665 (September 2011)
Homepage http://www.millwood.ednet.ns.ca/

Millwood High School is a public secondary school in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia that offers a post-secondary preparation program for students in grades ten through twelve. It is a part of the Halifax Regional School Board, and one of 17 high schools in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The current administration is as follows: Harvey Beaton, Principal; Steven Gallahager and Leslie Broomhead, Vice Principals. Guidance Counsellors are Lori Brown and Andrew Gosney.

History

Until 1986, Sackville High School was the only secondary school in the Sackville River valley. Due to the increase in accessibility to employment and services in nearby Halifax, which was facilitated by the construction of provincial Highways 101 and 102 through the town in the 1970s, Sackville experienced a rapid growth in population. To accommodate this increase in population, Millwood High School was established in 1986 and originally served the expanding communities of Lower, Middle, and Upper Sackville, Beaverbank, and Lucasville. The school originally had two feeder schools named Sackville Heights Junior High and Harold T. Barrett Junior High, until 2000 when Harold T. Barrett Junior High students were diverted to the newly opened Lockview High School in nearby Fall River, Nova Scotia. As a result, Millwood High saw a substantial decrease in population, which ultimately had a negative impact on many academic offerings and previously flourishing extracurricular activities. Though Millwood has suffered from these changes, many student groups and teams, notably the Millwood Hockey and Curling teams, continue to enjoy success, having advanced to provincial competition on numerous occasions. The soccer team has enjoyed success in recent years, progressing to the Division II final two years in a row, winning in 2010/2011. Today, Millwood employs approximately forty teachers, supplemented by two guidance counsellors, and its administration, and serves a student population of about 665.

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