Husmann Elementary School

Friendship Junior High School, located in Des Plaines, Ill., is a part of Community Consolidated School District 59. It enrolls more than 700 students, and offers classes from grade six through eight. It provides an educational environment where students can discover and use their full potential, while studying at their own rate. The curriculum includes all the basic subjects, including English, math, computers, social science, health education, fine and applied arts, Spanish and science. A school psychologist is available whose work involves in preventing and addressing social, behavioral, academic and other learning problems. Friendship Junior High School offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including sports, such as baseball, basketball and football.

Algonquin Middle School offers classes from grades sixth through eighth. The school enrolls more than 540 students, and is operated by the Community Unit School District 300. Its curriculum includes arts, computers, business, industrial arts, English, family and consumer sciences, foreign languages, health education, math, music, vocational and physical education, science, art and craft, and social studies. It offers an integrated school improvement plan that aims to provide a positive learning environment for all students, staff, parents and community members. It has art and beta clubs, student council, yearbook, and various intramural sports. Its Battle of the Books program encourages students to read books and the team competes with other teams from District 300 middle schools. Students are quizzed on their comprehension of the books. The school has a parent-teacher association as well, and offers meal and transportation services. The middle school serves McHenry County, and is located in Algonquin, Ill.