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This past academic year, led by Upper School ELA Teacher Jodi Kulina, our fifth and sixth graders penned original poems. Their poetry...

By Head of School Joellen Shannon The musician, poet, and Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan once said, “life isn’t about finding yourself or...

By Lisa Gilbert My partner and I chose to send our 12-year-old son, Morgan, to Sussex School this year and plan for him to continue...

By Nicole Wolcott I grew up in Montana and graduated from the University of Montana in 2000. So, when the pandemic descended ruthlessly...

By Leigha (Wilbur) Weinberg ‘92 & Chloe (Redmond) Warner ‘91 Sussex is 50 years old. That’s 50 years of a whole lot of Danish stuff...

By Joellen Shannon Fifty years ago in 1971, Sussex School was born. It was a year of bell bottoms, tunics, and pantsuits. Marvin Gaye...

Joe is Sussex School’s newest 5th–8th Grade Social Studies teacher. For the past six years, he has taught humanities in Massachusetts,...

Bridger is Sussex School’s newest 5th–8th Grade STEM Teacher. Bridger is originally from Wyoming. He comes to Sussex School most recently...

T-minus10 days until the start of school! If you have a middle school student, you may be wondering how to help them get out of summer...

The world around us has conditioned us to think that our kiddos need a solid academic foundation BEFORE they start school. But we are here t

Check out this great article in The Missoulian about how Sussex students learn the importance of service work by participating in our...

Congratulations to 5th-grader, Ben Bryant, for qualifying for the Montana State Geography Bee on March 29! Ben will be competing with 100...

What a wonderful article about Sussex's 6th-grade class using the outdoors to incorporate Science, Math, Technology and safety!...

Continuing our long tradition of success in Montana MATHCOUNTS competitions, Sussex School competed in the Western Montana Chapter event...

Check our work in the outdoors studying osprey and flight.

One of our Sussex School alumnus, Stellan Bechtold, winner of the Montana Cook Scholarship, has been named a U.S. Presidential Scholar...

At Sussex we engage in intentional outdoor programs as part of the educational experience. Intentional outdoor programs are a key part of...

Sussex School founder Bente Winston celebrates the 45th anniversary of educating with an interview with the Missoulian newspaper. Read...

The 6th graders got the chance to work with the Montana Conservation Corps to help construct new trail at Milltown State Park near...