Independence Elementary

Buffalo Community Middle School is a public institution that offers educational and extracurricular programs to students in grades six through eight. The school has a student strength of more than 1,200 students and offers subjects, such as baseball, softball, tennis, golf, and track and field. Additionally, the school also offers the academic triathlon, chamber choir, drama, jazz band, knowledge bowl, number power, science club, sixth grade singers, speech and student council. It also offers intramurals, such as bowling, pingpong, weight training, skateboarding, water polo and sand volleyball. The school is affiliated with the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools and is located in Buffalo, Minn.

Isanti Middle School serves more than 450 students in grades six through eight. Located in Isanti, Minn., the school is a part of Cambridge-Isanti Public Schools Independent School District 911. It offers after-school tutoring in reading and math. In addition, Isanti Middle School has a library and media center that offers an accelerated reader program. The school organizes math and spelling bee competitions for students in grades four and five. It operates fine arts, computer applications, and health and physical education departments. Isanti Middle School supplies incentive stickers, glue sticks, pencils, erasers, color markers and crayons for students in kindergarten through grade three.

Chisago Lakes Middle School, located in Lindstrom, Minn., offers various academic programs, field trips and athletic activities for the students in grades six through eight. The school is affiliated with the Chisago Lakes School District. It offers a wide range of subjects, including language arts, writing, grammar, science, mathematics, social studies and geography. In addition, it offers American history and studies, industrial technology, art, media arts, communications, vocal and instrumental music, foreign language, computer skills and health and physical education. The school provides food and transportation services as well for the students. Chisago Lakes Middle School also offers a variety of sports activities that include baseball, basketball, volleyball, softball, football, soccer, golf, tennis, swimming and diving, gymnastics, wrestling, skiing, cross country and track and field.