Students & Parents
Student Information
Academics
Important Links
Clubs
Clubs/Activities
A list of current clubs will come out in the Fall along with a permission form to participate in the club. Below are some of the clubs SMS offered this past year.
- Outdoor Club
- 8th Grade Writing Club
- Student Council
- Jazz Band
- Select Choir
- Honors Orchestra
- Robotics
- Art Club
- Travel Abroad Club
- Archery Club
- Yearbook Club
- Speech and Debate
- Fiber Sewing
- Native American Club
Staff and Team Google Sites
6th Grade Teams
Garnet - Jessica Amende, Sheri Juroszek, Justin Mollgaard
Sapphire - Liz Spyke, Jessica Ellis, Michelle Borden, Adam Behrendt
Topaz - CarolRae Cambianica, Sam Allred, MIchelle Borden, Adam Behrendt
7th Grade Teams
Emerald - Angie Flanagan, Jeremiah Johnson, Melissa Belote, Riley Moore
Lava - Jennifer Simms, Carrie Peterson, Melissa Belote, Riley Moore
Mystic - Rory O'Connor, Kelly Haskins, Katie Lenihan
8th Grade Teams
Denali - Landon Lundy, Maggie Guttormson, Jay Colombo, Jordan Petersen
Yosemite - Lauren Mitchell, Samee Bradeen, Jay Colombo, Jordan Petersen
Zion - Chris Warren, Kelly Hayden, Tad Drake
Electives -Patrick Higgins, Michaela Delaney, Gordon Chamberlain, Chris Ottey, Tim Rooney, Charles Laymon
SMS Music Dept. - Nathan Wilcox, Jill Keegan, Charlotte Colliver Piper Butler
Librarians: Brenda Wilson and Carrie Fabris
ML/EL: Jennifer Wirth
Middle School Sports
Athletics enjoy great popularity at Sacajawea. In our intramural/interscholasticprograms, we emphasize participation, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Winning and losing are means for learning about commitment, friendship, cooperation, competition, limits, and stress. The middle schools offer:
Fall:
- Sixth grade: Intramural coed volleyball
- Seventh and eighth grade: Girls' volleyball, boys' football
- Sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys and girls: tennis
Winter:
- Sixth grade: Intramural boys' basketball and girls' basketball, wrestling
- Seventh and eighth: Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, and wrestling
Spring:
- Sixth grade: Coed intramural track and field
- Seventh and eighth grade: Boys' track and field, girls' track and field
Please click HERE to go to the district activities webpage for registration information.
Parent Information
Academics
Enrollment
Welcome!
Bozeman School District has two middle schools, Sacajawea MS and Chief Joseph MS. Please check the boundary area map. If you have a question regarding your attendance area, please call (406) 522-6005.
If you are in need of assistance, you may contact Graciela Keffer at graciela.keffer@bsd7.org or call (406) 522-6422. We are happy to answer any questions you might have about Sacajawea Middle School.
IF YOUR CHILD WAS PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED IN BOZEMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT ANY TIME, DO NOT COMPLETE A NEW ONLINE ENROLLMENT. PLEASE EMAIL GRACIELA KEFFER AT GRACIELA.KEFFER@BSD7.ORG TO RE-ENROLL.
5TH GRADERS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE BOZEMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE PROMOTED TO THEIR ATTENDANCE AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLEASE DO NOT COMPLETE A NEW TO DISTRICT ENROLLMENT REQUEST.
Required steps for Enrollment in Bozeman School District 7:
1. Complete a Pre-Registration form for each student to be enrolled. Accounts for students are created in PowerSchool SIS (Student Information System) based on these submissions. You should receive emails from powerschool2@bsd7.org and you will likely need to check your spam/junk folder to find those emails. The first email confirms the submission. Subsequent email(s) from the requested school's registrar will have instructions for creating a Parent Portal Account for PowerSchool.
2. Create one Parent Portal Account. A registrar will link that one account to all your students. The registrar can also create the Parent Portal Account for you, if you have trouble creating your own account.
3. Complete the Enrollment forms below for each student. Those forms can be found in the PowerSchool Parent Portal under Forms > Enrollment.
- Demographics
- Previous Records Release and Academic History
- Required Documents
4. Complete the Annual Student Forms below for each student. Those forms will need to be filled out every year. They can be found in the Parent Portal Account under Forms > General Forms: Annual Student Forms.
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Contacts and Legal Guardians
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Health
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Permissions
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Responsible Use of Technology
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Review, Acknowledgment and Consent
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Title I Compact (only for Title I schools)
Immunization Requirements
Mandatory school immunizations are required at all grade levels in accordance with MCA 37.114.702. All students must provide documentation of required immunizations unless they have a conditional attendance form or possess a medical or religious exemption as outlined in MCA 20-5-4054. Here is the link to: Required Immunizations for Preschool-12th Grade
Please notice that students need to have another dose of Tdap, prior to starting 7th grade.
The following paperwork MUST be provided to our registrar before enrollment can be completed:
- Certified Birth Certificate
- Immunization Record or Exemption Form - students will need to have received a tetanus booster with pertussis (Tdap) before entering seventh grade.
- Proof of Residency - examples: utility bill, lease agreement, buy/sell agreement, voter registration
Documents can be sent via email to graciela.keffer@bsd7.org, dropped off at SMS Main Office or mailed to - SMS Attn: Registrar, 3525 South Third Ave., Bozeman MT 59715
2025-2026 School Year
5th Grade Parent Night Presentation 2024
Elective Course Descriptions:
7th GRADE ELECTIVES 2025-26
8th GRADE ELECTIVES 2025-26
2025-2026 Course Registration Forms:
6th Grade Course Registration 2024-2025
Important Documents
Middle School Personalized Learning & Standards Based Grading Brochure
A Parent's Guide to Understanding Standards-Based Grading
Standards-Based Grading at the Middle Level
Greater Gallatin Community Resource Guide
"Attendance Matters" from the Montana Office of Public Instruction
Tips for Parents and Teachers: Talking to Children in Times of Crisis
Useful Links
Program Overview
Academic Requirements
Each student must take five core courses each trimester: communication arts (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and spelling), mathematics, science, social studies, and health enhancement (physical education and health topics).
Exploratory Classes
As a part of the academic program, students in 7th and 8th grade select exploratory classes to fill out their program. Over fifty elective classes provide an education in and exposure to the visual and performing arts, the work place, cultures across the globe, and the trades.
Middle School Libraries
Our libraries facilitate student learning throughout their middle school experience. Through academic support for core and elective subjects, technology support for individuals and research groups, reading programs, literature exploration, and a variety of academic skills development, middle school students are provided with the opportunities to be successful.
The library houses an extensive collection of titles to meet the needs and interests of middle school patrons. The online catalog provides students with the means to access material required for research, literary exploration, hobbies, and high interest topics. The library catalog homepage is a link to a variety of online sources: databases used for research, Moodle, PowerSchool, citation sources, and Interactives.
The library and staff are available for students and teachers to meet the academic, technological, social, and literary demands of middle school and prepare students for thehigh school and beyond.
Technology
The middle schools are dedicated to implementing technological tools and innovations in the classroom and the operations of the school. Staff may enter student attendance data, calculate and input grades directly to student report cards, access student schedules and other information, and send and receive e-mail. Both schools maintain web sites, and many teachers post classroom activities and upcoming events on a regular basis.
Each student is assigned a Chromebook for use in the classroom as well as to do homework. Our school has one computer lab, two portable computer stations, and many workstations in the library. Macintosh computers reside in the lab and classrooms, along with multiple laser printers, ink jet printers, optical scanners, and digital cameras. There is a laserdisc player and a video microscope in science classrooms. Every student has access to a TI-83+ graphing calculator for use in math classes.