Millwood High School

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Millwood High School
Location
141 Millwood Drive

Middle Sackville
,
Nova Scotia
,
B4E 0A1

Canada
Coordinates44°47′25.8″N 63°42′29.7″W / 44.790500°N 63.708250°W / 44.790500; -63.708250
Information
School typePublic High school
Founded1986 (split shifts); building opened 1989
School boardHalifax Regional Centre for Education
PrincipalStephen Corkum[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment897 (2023–24)[2]
LanguageEnglish; French immersion[1]
Colours    Navy, red and silver
MascotKnight
Team nameKnights
Websitemlh.hrce.ca

Millwood High School is a public high school in Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of the Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) and serves grades 9–12 within the Millwood Family of Schools, which includes Harry R. Hamilton Elementary, Millwood Elementary, Sackville Heights Elementary and Sackville Heights Junior High.[3][4]

History

Plans for a second high school to relieve crowding in the Sackville area led to the creation of Millwood High School in 1986, initially operating on split shifts at nearby Sackville High while Millwood’s facility was constructed. The school moved into its own building in 1989.[5] By 2025, HRCE’s Long-Range Outlook and SchoolsPlus documentation continued to reference the “Millwood Family of Schools,” reflecting ongoing community planning around enrollment and programming.[6][7]

Campus

The school is located at 141 Millwood Drive in Middle Sackville, on a suburban campus that includes a gymnasium and outdoor fields used by school teams and community sport associations.[3]

Academics

Millwood offers the provincial English program alongside French Immersion pathways (e.g., Science 10 (F), Histoire planétaire 12F) and co-op learning options, as set out in the school’s annual course selection guide.[1] Advanced Placement (AP) opportunities are available within HRCE, and Millwood has offered AP English Literature at the Grade 12 level in recent years.[1][8]

Arts

Millwood maintains active arts programming and participates in HRCE’s Halifax Regional Arts initiatives supporting fine arts across families of schools.[9] The school stages annual musical theatre productions; for example, in 2025 Millwood presented Footloose with student casts and crews.[10]

Athletics

Millwood’s teams compete as the Knights in a wide range of Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation sports, including badminton, baseball, basketball, cross country, curling, football, golf, hockey, rugby, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.[11] The school also fields boys’ and girls’ hockey teams that participate in the Metro High School Hockey League.[12][13]

Student life

Student Council activities and school events are regularly reported through School Advisory Council (SAC) minutes and school communications.[14]

Feeder schools

Millwood is the senior high for the Millwood Family of Schools, whose member schools are Harry R. Hamilton Elementary, Millwood Elementary, Sackville Heights Elementary and Sackville Heights Junior High.[4]

Enrolment

As of the 2023–24 school year, provincial data report a total enrolment of 897 students at Millwood High.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Millwood High School Course Selection Guide 2025–26" (PDF). mlh.hrce.ca. Millwood High School (HRCE). 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Enrolment by School – 2023–24". Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Millwood High". hrce.ca. Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Schools Sorted by Family – Millwood". hrce.ca. Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  5. ^ "The History of Sackville Schools". Fultz House Museum (archival page). Fultz House Museum, Lower Sackville. Retrieved 9 October 2025. Millwood High operated out of Sackville High on split shifts for two years while the new school was built.
  6. ^ "HRCE Long-Range Outlook (Data received: 15 December 2021)" (PDF). hrce.ca. Halifax Regional Centre for Education. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  7. ^ "SchoolsPlus Facilitator List (Updated June 22, 2023)" (PDF). hrce.ca. Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Advanced Placement (AP)". hrce.ca. Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Year in Review 2018–2019" (PDF). hrce.ca. Halifax Regional Centre for Education. 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Footloose – Millwood High Musical". mlh.hrce.ca. Millwood High School (HRCE). 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Athletics". mlh.hrce.ca. Millwood High School (HRCE). 2024–2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Millwood Knights – Boys AA". Metro High School Hockey League. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  13. ^ "Millwood Knights – Girls". Metro High School Hockey League. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  14. ^ "School Advisory Council – Minutes (examples 2019–2023)" (PDF). mlh.hrce.ca. Millwood High School (HRCE). Retrieved 9 October 2025.
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