Millwood High School, founded 1951,[1][2] is a public high school in Millwood, Pennsylvania. It appears to be a run-down facility that has become neglected in the town.
Throughout Series
The worn down public high school of Millwood, Pennsylvania welcomes back its 16-year-old pregnant student Imogen Adams following the tragic loss of her mother. Imogen and her only friend Tabby Haworthe groan at the reminder of it being Spirit Week, as Karen Beasley promotes her campaign for Spirit Queen. Also back to school is summer delinquent Noa Olivar, who makes daily reports to Nurse Simmons for a drug urine test. Throughout the school day, Imogen, Tabby, Noa, Mouse Honrada, and Faran Bryant receive messages from an unknown sender. Imogen sees a masked creeper in overalls staring at her from across the quad as she's in class.
Tensions are high in the school now that Imogen is back and the school's impending production of Swan Lake looms over the ballet students. Things boil over on Tuesday, when Principal Clanton warns Imogen that her presence is triggering some of the students. Imogen boldly confronts whom she deems responsible, Karen, in the cafeteria. She proclaims her decision to run for Spirit Queen, earning the vote of some of her impressed peers. The school dims for the night, with Faran practicing late. She sees someone watching her, a masked creeper, and tries to catch them but they escape before she can. After she leaves, the creeper returns to his lair in the boiler room. The school janitor is suspicious and follows the creeper, finding an assortment of paraphernalia on his work bench. Before he can call 911, the creeper slashes his throat with a box cutter.
The next day, someone defaces Karen's posters while hanging pro-Imogen signs in their place. Karen also finds a mutilated rat in her bag, razor blades in her dance shoes, and Noa's urine test comes back positive for marijuana usage. Clanton and Karen blame Imogen and Tabby for the posters, Mouse for the rodent, and Faran for the razor blade. Subsequently, the five girls are sentenced to detention, where they fall under the belief that Karen framed them. Together, they concoct revenge.[2]
Despite the setbacks, Imogen continues her campaign for Spirit Queen with Tabby's help. They disperse fliers for a special screening at The Orpheum, where they ultimately disperse an embarrassing video of Karen for the entire student body to see. Karen gets her revenge by plotting with her twin sister Kelly, for the perfect Carrie-themed revenge at the Spirit Week Dance. The dance goes horribly awry when the masked creeper arrives and thwarts Karen's plan by throwing her off a balcony during the crowning ceremony. To the students below, except Imogen, Karen seems to have jumped to her death.[3]
The school conducts a memorial assembly honoring Karen Beasley, describing her as a beloved member of the community. The town sheriff, who is also Karen's father, believes Karen killed herself as a result of the bullying the five girls committed. Principal Clanton announces the disciplinary hearing that will determine whether or not the girls can be expelled for what they did. The hearing takes place on Friday, but all of the charges regarding Karen's death were dropped in light of Kelly Beasley's testimony about the plan to Carrie Imogen. He warns that while expulsion is off the table, other punishments aren't.[4]
With the school back to a semblance of normalcy, Tabby breaks into Millwood High late one night with Chip Langsberry, Greg Mantzoukas, and Faran Bryant to direct her short film project for Mr. Smithee.[5] The night before Halloween, Faran tells Madame Giry her suspicions about Kelly's identity, believing that she is really Karen. Giry balks at the claim and tells Faran of Kelly's cutting disorder that explains her eerily similar scar that Karen had.[6] As Kelly practices for her now-leading role in Swan Lake, the masked creeper now known as A attacks her, wrecking the auditorium where she practices. He spares her life when she breaks down in admittance of being Kelly, not Karen. She drops out of Swan Lake and Faran is recast as the lead role. The production goes off without a hitch.[7]
Millwood High hosts a blood drive over Thanksgiving week, in which Kelly, Imogen, Tabby, Noa, and Faran volunteer. Nearly every kid in school gives blood. The jocks exempt themselves out of fear their blood might be tested for P.E.Ds.[8]
On December 15th, Imogen, Tabby, Noa, Faran, and Mouse are lured to Millwood High School for The Trial A has for their mothers over their actions towards Angela Waters in 1999.[9]
Attendants
Class of 2024
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Class of 2000
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Faculty and Staff
Current
- Principal Smithee - Film Teacher, Principal (2023)
- Mr. Gardner - Computer Science Teacher
- Simmons - School Nurse
- Mrs. Gibbons - Summer School Teacher
- Mrs. Murray - Summer School Teacher
Former
- Marshall Clanton - Principal (formerly)
- Jason - Janitor (formerly; prior his death)
- Madame Giry - Dance Instructor (formerly; prior her death)
School Layout
Curriculum
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Extra-Curricular Activities
- Y2K Survivors Club
- Student Council
- Drama Club
- Spectrum Club
- Science Club
- Poetry Club
- Social Studies Honors Club
- Track and Field
- Softball Team
- Volleyball Team
- Rugby Team
- Basketball Team
- Baseball Team
- Swim Team
- Ballet Team
- Mathletes Team
- Debate Team
- Band Team
- Varsity Football Team
- Varsity Cheerleading
- JV Football Team
School Events
- Spirit Week Dance
- Production of Swan Lake
- Millwood High School Blood Drive
- The Trial (Unofficial School Event)
Notes and Trivia
- The school mascot is the Steppenwolves.
- The school was founded in 1951.[2]
Behind the Scenes
- The exterior of the school was filmed using a real high school, while the interior rooms were made on sets.
- The names used in the Season 2 summer school class blocks were names of real crew members who worked on the series. Michael Grassi is a writer and producer, Sara Saedi wrote 2x03, Stasia Demick is a script coordinator, Jeffrey Jay is a writer, Colin Wang Petersdorf is a showrunners assistant, Katie Avery is in the writers room, Danielle Iman is a producer and wrote 1x06, Delondra Mesa directed 2x03, and Alyson Weaver Nicholas is a staff writer.
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References
- ↑ The background image on the Millwood High laptop Mouse uses in "Chapter Twelve: Summer Lovin" features the established date of the school.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Chapter One: Spirit Week"
- ↑ "Chapter Two: The Spirit Queen"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Seen in Millwood High School yearbook of the class of 2000 in "Chapter Three: Aftermath".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Chapter Four: The (Fe)Male Gaze"
- ↑ "Chapter Five: The Night He Came Home"
- ↑ "Chapter Six: Scars"
- ↑ "Chapter Eight: Bad Blood"
- ↑ "Chapter Ten: Final Girls"
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 "Chapter Twelve: Summer Lovin"