Millbrook High School (North Carolina)

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Millbrook High School (North Carolina)
2201 Spring Forest Road

Raleigh, North Carolina
27615

United States
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Type Public
Established1922(102 years ago) (1922)
School district Wake County Public School System
CEEB code 342620
PrincipalBrian Saunders
Staff127.97 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Enrollment2,421 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.92 [1]
ScheduleA/B Block, 8 classes
Hours in school dayMonday–Friday
7:25 A.M–2:20 P.M
Color(s)Navy and white
  
MascotWiley the Wildcat
Team nameWildcats
Rival Jesse O. Sanderson High School
NewspaperCat Talk
YearbookThe Laurel
Website https://www.wcpss.net/millbrookhs

Millbrook Magnet High School, commonly known as Millbrook High School (MHS), is a public magnet high school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of thirty-two high schools in the Wake County Public School System. In 2006, Millbrook finished the renovation of its campus which includes a new three-level building, a courtyard for students, and a larger cafeteria making MHS one of the largest and up to date facilities in the area. In 2009, Millbrook High School was granted International Baccalaureate status by the North Carolina Board of Education. [2] The school was named a Magnet School of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America in 2020 and 2024 for its innovative curriculum, strong community building, and success in removing barriers to student success. [3]

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History

Principals:

Millbrook's first academic building, circa 1947 Building in 1947.png
Millbrook's first academic building, circa 1947

Academics

IB Programme

Millbrook is an International Baccalaureate world school. The program is a two-stage academic course that brings together highly motivated and engaged students and teachers in classrooms that dig deep into content critical thinking, and the impact of perspective on student understanding.

Middle Years Programme

All Millbrook students are automatically enrolled in the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) at the start of their freshman year. It was created to prepare students for the academic rigor of the IB Diploma Programme, but students may receive benefits regardless of their intentions to continue in the IB curriculum. [15] The most notable aspect of the program is the Personal Project which students complete in their sophomore year English class. This year-long assignment invites students to explore an area of personal interest, document their progress, and present their final product to an audience of teachers and peers. [16]

Diploma Programme

The IB Diploma Programme is a voluntary course of study that educates students with interdisciplinary practices and prepares them for the rigor and self-discipline of higher education. [17] The curriculum includes the extended essay, a 4000-word student-directed research project on a subject of their choice. [18] Those interested in participating in the IB Diploma Programme are encouraged to start taking a second language class as soon as possible for the program. [19]

IB Courses Offered

  • IB Anthropology
  • IB Biology l & ll
  • IB Chemistry
  • IB Chinese l & ll
  • IB Computer Science
  • IB Dance l & ll
  • IB Environmental Science
  • IB French l & ll
  • IB History of the Americas
  • IB History SL
  • IB Language and Literature l & ll
  • IB Latin l & ll
  • IB Math Applications and Interpretation l & ll
  • IB Music l & ll
  • IB Physics l & ll
  • IB Spanish l & ll
  • IB Theatre l & ll
  • IB Theory of Knowledge l & ll
  • IB Visual Arts l & ll
  • IB World Religions

AP Courses Offered

  • AP 2D Art & Design
  • AP Biology
  • AP Calc AB
  • AP Calc AB/BC
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Computer Science
  • AP English Language
  • AP English Literature
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP United States Government and Politics
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP Physics
  • AP Pre-Calculus
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Spanish
  • AP Statistics
  • AP United States History
  • AP World History

Schedules

Millbrook operates on A/B day schedule, where, unlike traditional semester-long classes, students alternate between a set of four 90-minute long classes one day, and another four the next. This divides an eight-period day over two school days. Due to the modified schedule, all finals are taken at the end of year school year, instead of in the middle like traditional semester courses.

Athletics

Millbrook's athletics department houses 40 athletic teams [20] including varsity, junior varsity, and freshman levels, who all compete in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The school is classified into 4A, the highest division, due to their large population. Its historical rival is Jesse O. Sanderson High School.

Sports Teams [21]

Club Sports

State Champion Years [22]

Arts

Choir

The current choir director is Mr. Eddie Adams, who has been teaching at Millbrook High School for more than a decade. [23] Several different choir classes are offered and many of the higher level groups are award-winning. [24] These are the current choir classes being offered:

Band

Millbrook offers 3 types of band classes: Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Percussion Ensemble.

Extracurriculars offered

  • Marching Band: Starts in the Fall, they compete at various competitions throughout the season, and they perform at Millbrook Football games, providing music for Color Guard to perform to. In the past 2 years, have won Grand Champ a total of 5 times.
  • Winter Guard: Just like Color Guard, but they perform without the marching band. They attend their own competitions, and use equipment such as flag, rifle, and sabre. In the 2022-2023 season, they won first place at Championships in their class.
  • Jazz Band: Consists of Saxophone, Brass Instruments, Drum Set, and Bass Guitar. They are a small group that practices after school twice a week. They perform in the school's musical each year, providing background music. They also perform in their own concert with the rest of the band groups, and do special Christmas Performances during Spirit Week in the winter. They attend many Jazz Festivals and participate in MPA.

Theater

The Theater department offers students numerous course levels in Academic, Honors, and IB Levels. The courses are offered as follows:

  1. Theatre Beginning (Honors)
  2. Theatre Intermediate (Honors)
  3. Theatre Proficient (Honors) / IB Theatre I (HL & SL)
  4. Theatre Advanced (Honors) / IB Theatre II (HL & SL)

Throughout the year, students get prompts to act out, while practicing memorization and projection skills. Proficient and Advanced get to perform class plays in the middle of each school year. This is an evening event that parents, friends, and other students can attend.

Tech Theatre

Tech Theatre offers different level courses as well, but they learn technological skills behind performances on the stage, such as lighting and sound. Tech Theatre also helps to prepare for Millbrook's Fall Play and Spring Musical. The courses offered are as follows:

  • Tech Theatre Beginning (Honors)
  • Tech Theatre Intermediate (Honors)
  • Tech Theatre Proficient (Honors)
  • Tech Theatre Advanced (Honors)

Dance

Millbrook offers up to 4 courses for Dance. Each year, the classes perform in a winter and spring concert. The courses are offered as follows:

  1. Dance Beginning (Honors)
  2. Dance Intermediate (Honors)
  3. Dance Advanced (Honors)
  4. Dance Proficient (Honors) [Also called Company]

Dance Team

A small group of students who try out each year to perform in football games, pep rallies, basketball games. Occasionally perform at other athletic games if they are asked to. Starting in the 2025 season, Dance Team is expected to compete in various competitions. They have special jerseys that they wear for each performance, and exclusively do routines in the style of hip hop for athletic events, but are well versed in all genres of dance. Dance Team also does cheers in the bleachers alongside Marching Band and Winter Guard at Football games.

Visual Arts

Millbrook High Schools offers many course levels for both visual arts and sculpture/ceramics. Typically, students progress in each course every year, and move up to the next class level. The course levels are as follows:

  1. Visual Arts Beginning (Honors) / Sculpture/Ceramics VAS Beginning (Honors)
  2. Visual Arts Intermediate (Honors) / Sculpture/Ceramics VAS Intermediate (Honors)
  3. Visual Arts Proficient (Honors) / Sculpture/Ceramics VAS Proficient (Honors)
  4. Visual Arts Advanced (Honors) [AP Art] / Sculpture/Ceramics VAS Advanced (Honors)

Clubs & Organizations [14]

Student Led

  1. Art Club
  2. Best Buds
  3. Black Student Union
  4. Chinese Club
  5. Crochet Club
  6. Culture Club
  7. GearCats FIRST Robotics Competition Team
  8. Key Club
  9. K-Pop Club
  10. Latin Club
  11. Millbrook Pride Dance Team
  12. Multimedia Gaming
  13. Muslim Student Alliance
  14. Pickleball Club
  15. Psychology Club
  16. Service Club
  17. Science Olympiad
  18. Women's Health Outreach Advocates

Organizations

  1. FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)
  2. Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  3. Future Farmers of America (FFA)
  4. Millbrook Executive Board (MEB)

Honor Societies

  1. National Achievers Society
  2. National Art Honors Society
  3. Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Society)
  4. National English Society
  5. French Honors Society
  6. National Latin Honors Society
  7. Music Honor Society
  8. Science National Honors Society
  9. Spanish Honors Society

Demographics

As of the 2023-2024 school year: [25]

2,421 total students

127 certified teachers

Notable alumni

NameClass YearNotability
Robert L. Barker 1951North Carolina Senator
George A. Fisher Jr.1960Former United States Army officer
Dean Debnam 1972President and CEO, Public Policy Polling [26] [ circular reference ]
Everett Lindsay 1988?NFL offensive lineman
Paul Shuey 1988 MLB pitcher
Bucky Brooks 1989Former NFL player who is a sportswriter covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated
Craig Keith 1989NFL tight end [27]
David Merritt 1989Former NFL player and current NFL coach
Evan Brown 2005Professional soccer player [28]
Martha Nichols 2005American choreographer and dancer
Ferrety Sousa 2008Professional soccer player [29]
Keith Marshall 2012NFL running back
Brian Miller 2013MLB outfielder
Rickey Thompson 2014American actor, comedian, and internet personality [30]
James Smith-Williams 2015NFL defensive lineman [31]
Chris Clemons 2015 NBA player [32]
Larry Rountree III 2017NFL running back for the Los Angeles Chargers
Tyler Snead 2018CFL wide receiver for the Montreal Alouettes

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