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Milliken Mills High School is a high school in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada. Milliken Mills High School is one out of the 33 high schools in the York Region District School Board and is situated in ward 8 of Markham, Ontario. The high school is located on the border of the Milliken Mills West and the Milliken Mills East neighbourhoods and is located next to Milliken Mills Community Center.
Its service boundary area stretches north from Steeles Avenue, west to Warden Avenue, south from the 14th Avenue, and east to McCowan Road. Milliken Mills High School is a multicultural school at the level of both students and staff with over 30 cultural groups.
As of June 2013, the school is equipped with over 300 computer workstations.
History
Milliken Mills High School's construction was not scheduled to finish until January 1989 because of a construction worker strike. Milliken Mills High School's students were sent to Unionville High School in September 1988 for the first semester of the school year. Unionville High students went to school from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, and the Milliken Mills students went to school from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Milliken Mills was fully operational in Spring, 1989.
In 2002, an additional building was added to Milliken Mills High School which provided an additional 12 classrooms, teacher workrooms, and seminar space.
IB Programme
Milliken Mills High School is 1 out of the 5 secondary schools in the York Region District School Board that offer the IB Diploma Programme alongside Maple High School, Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School, Bayview Secondary School, and Alexander Mackenzie High School.
Students that are in 8th grade and in York Region can apply for the pre-IB program at Milliken Mills High School. As of November 2022, the application process includes a mathematics, English, and French assessments in addition to the submission of a personal portfolio and the final 7th grade report card. The applications for the 2023-2024 pre-IB school year opened on October 14 and close on November 7.
= IB Programme Fees
=As of August 2023, a one time payable fee is required for admission to the IB Program at Milliken Mills High School. These fees cover operating costs including affiliation fees, registration fees, teacher training fees, resources and extra course materials, and external examination fees.
For the 2023 – 2024 school year, the program fee for 9th grade is CAN$257.50 and CAN$360.50 for 10th grade. The program fee for 11th and 12th grade is CAN$1236 per year.
Enrolment
Feeder schools
Aldergrove Public School
Highgate Public School
Milliken Mills Public School
Randall Public School
Wilclay Public School
Notable alumni
Andre De Grasse, sprinter
George Kottaras, professional baseball player
Corey Muirhead, basketball player with the BK Pardubice of the Czech National Basketball League
See also
Education in Ontario
List of secondary schools in Ontario
Milliken, Ontario
Norman Milliken
References
External links
Media related to Milliken Mills High School at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
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