St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School
| St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School | |
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| Address | |
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1080 Linbrook Road Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2L1 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°27′53″N 79°40′06″W / 43.46475°N 79.66829°WCoordinates: 43°27′53″N 79°40′06″W / 43.46475°N 79.66829°W |
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| School type | Independent |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Principal | Nancy Richards, M.Ed |
| Grades | Pre K-12 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Navy, Red, and White |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: April 14, 2009 | |
St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School (also known as SMLS) is an independent all-girls school in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The Junior School, with about 300 students, includes girls from Pre-School to grade five. The new Middle Level with 100 student includes grade 6, 7, and 8. The Senior school also has 300 students and goes from grade 9 to grade 12.
St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School was founded by a community of Sisters, who had traveled to Canada from various parts of England. It was first opened in Toronto as St. Mildred's College, in September 1908. In 1923, Appleby College Headmaster, John Guest, requested for Ruth Lightbourn, who was staying at her parents' house, to watch over his two daughters. Parents continued to ask for Miss Lightbourn's help with their children, and soon enough there was no space left for her to do her job. She continued teaching young children from well-to-do families, in an expanded area, for thirty-seven years later.
In 1964, the Lightbourn School Board of Governors asked the Sisters of the Church to manage their school, and five years later Lightbourn School was expanded, and united as St. Mildred's Lightbourn School. The School was turned over by the Sisters to the Board of Governors in 1986.
Given its age and history, St. Mildred's - Lightbourn has a very rich cultural environment with students divided into different houses upon arrival. The houses are Brant Massey, Grenfell Alexander and Cartier Vanier, whose symbols are a red and black beaver, a blue green flying moose and a green and black frog respectively. The senior school mascot is currently a spartan after a movement to change the mascot from a pink bowed alligator wearing the school kilt called "Millie the Milligator." While Millie might have been banished from the senior school, she is still used frequently with the junior school students. There are many school songs associated with SMLS, the most well known and popular of which are Jubilate Deo and Blest are the Pure in Heart.
"The Junior School program, which spans pre-school to Grade 5, is designed to suit the individual learning styles and developmental stages of girls during these critical years. The Junior School students are on an educational journey of self-discovery that inspires their intellectual curiosity, promotes their personal growth, guides their social development and supports their emotional well-being. Led by dedicated, caring, and knowledgeable teachers and staff who focus on creating exciting, innovative and girl-centric programming, the Junior School develops in our students a life-long love of learning." --Head of Junior School, Irene McRae
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