Chief Justice Milvain School at a Glance
- Student Well-Being is supported by building an overall sense of competence, confidence, and belonging as learners
- We utilise the Holistic Lifelong Learning Framework to understand ourselves and our world through the lens of Spirit, Heart, Body, and Mind
- Well-being lessons are supported by our Circle Friday programming and our use of cooperative learning structures
- Sharing circles are utilized throughout the school (whole school sharing, in classroom, and to problem solve)
- Literacy instruction is aligned with Alberta Education's definition as "the ability, confidence, and willingness to engage with language to acquire, construct, and communicate meaning in all aspects of daily living" and utilises the CBE K-12 Literacy Framework
- Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness and phonics is a focus in school-wide literacy programming
- Strategies to support English Language Learners is embedded in all task design and instruction
- Mathematics is encompasses multiple purposes: inspire students, foster postive mathematical identities, and empower students to engage in society with mathematical skills and understandings (NCTM, 2018; NCTM, 2020)
- Our school's work in mathematics is focused on developing student's understanding of number in order to support students to apply their mathematical skills effectively in novel situations
- Land-based learning is supported through school-wide practices such as Circle Friday programming, sit spots, and learning from the land at our outdoor classroom.
School Motto
Learning, Growing and Caring
Who Was Chief Justice Milvain?
The school was named after Chief Justice Milvain (1904-1993). The Honorable James Valentine Hogarth Milvain became a judge of the Alberta Supreme Court in 1959 and Chief Justice of this court in 1968. In 1979, he retired at the mandatory 75 years.
On May 29, 1979, he received the honorary doctorate of law degree from the University of Alberta. Chief Justice Milvain passed away in the fall of 1993, only a few months after attending the 10-year reunion of the school.
Our School's Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
We are committed to acknowledging and supporting the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 94 Calls to Action specific to education. Our school, along with all CBE schools, made a Truth and Reconciliation Commitment to Action, on June 21, we renewed our commitment.
View Our Truth and Reconciliation Commitment | 2025 - 2026
School Development Plan
Each year, our school prepares a development plan with input from teachers, school staff, students and parents. We review many sources of data, including report cards, provincial achievement test results and school surveys. Based on this information, we create our plan identifying targeted areas for growth. Our school development plan is not meant to represent all of the work that takes place in our school, but rather it focuses on specific areas for improvement.
View Our School Development Plan | 2024-2025
School Improvement Results Report
Our school also prepares a results plan, which looks at our previous school year. It shows our students’ achievement and progress in meeting the goals and outcomes as set out by the CBE and Alberta Education, outlines some of the highlights of our school development plan and gives an overview of our school. You can look on the CBE website for system-wide results.