Northview Elementary School

Founded in 1960, Northview Elementary is a part of Independent School District 196, which operates more than 15 elementary schools. The school serves more than 650 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. It offers a program called Character Counts, which provides an opportunity to students in grades one through five to participate in character clubs that focus on character traits of respect, trustworthiness, citizenship, fairness, responsibility and care. Its students participate in discover classes that are designed to embellish thinking skills, creativity, curriculum goals and problem solving skills. The school implements the Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences into each of its offered courses. Northview Elementary is located in Eagan, Minn.

Woodland Elementary School is a part of Independent School District 196, which operates several elementary, middle and high schools. Woodland Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through grade five. It supports a variety of extracurricular programs in art, music, band, and computer and physical education. The school operates various student organizations, including a student council, fine arts committee and Math Olympiad team. In addition, Woodland Elementary School conducts sessions in gifted and talented education and offers the English as a Second Language program. It provides medical care, reading recovery, guidance counseling services, and physical, occupational and speech therapies to students. Woodland Elementary School is located in Eagan, Minn.