Big Sky High School is an American

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Missoula Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula Cou ...

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, United States, opened in 1980. The school made Missoula the first city in Montana to have four secondary schools. It is a part of the Missoula County Public Schools.

Extracurricular activities

;Band Bands at Big Sky include Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Pep Band, and Big Sky Eagle Marching Band. All students in concert bands are required to participate in the marching band. The marching band performs at two football games per year and at the

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homecoming parade. They have traveled to perform in places such as

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and the

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in California. In 2014, the band travelled to

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, to perform at the 29th annual Pacific Basin Music Festival along with the choir. ;Choir The school has four different choirs: a beginning men's choir, a beginning women's choir (Chorale), an advanced women's choir (Treble Choir), and a mixed advanced choir (Aesirian Choir). There is also an audition-only extracurricular choir called Sky Blues. ;Drama The drama department has produced over one hundred full-length productions since the school's opening in 1980. They work closely with Way Off Broadway Theater Company. The department has an annual Fall Cabaret Show, where students write or direct the performances. The department also has the Spring Dance Concert. ;Speech and debate In the 2014-2015 season the Big Sky speech and debate team grew to be the fourth-largest in the state, in spite of the school having the smallest enrollment in its class. ;Athletics *Boys' basketball *Boys' soccer *Cross country *Football *Girls' basketball *Girls' soccer *Golf *Softball *Swimming *Tennis *Track and field *Volleyball *Wrestling *Tennis

Notable alumni

Chance McKinney Chance McKinney is a country music artist from Seattle, Washington. In 2009, while working as a math teacher at Kamiak High School, he entered and won Country Music Television's Music City Madness competition for unsigned artists. Early life Ch ...

, country singer *

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, WNBA forward for

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(daughter of

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) *

Larry Krystkowiak Larry Brett Krystkowiak ( ; born September 23, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player, and former head coach of the Utah Utes men's basketball team. Early life He was born in Missoula, Montana, to Bernard and Helen Krystkowia ...

, former

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player, former

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men's basketball coach *

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, former NFL Linebacker

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* {{authority control 1980 establishments in Montana Educational institutions established in 1980 Public high schools in Montana Schools in Missoula County, Montana