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Caribou Middle School is located at 21 Glenn Street. The school's
staff of teachers and educational aides serve a school population
of 420 students in grades 5 - 8. Caribou Middle School is a member
of the New England League of Middle Schools and has recently been
selected by the Maine State Department of Education to represent
Maine in the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Program.
Team teaching is used in the common-core areas of language
arts, science, mathematics and social studies. Teachers of these
core subjects interact with exploratory areas to build inter-disciplinary
units. Exploratory areas include: technology education, consumer
sciences, health education, physical education, French, music,
art, guidance and computer technology.
Qualified students receive instruction through such programs
as Special Education, Chapter I Reading and Math, Higher Order
Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.), Gifted and Talented, Migratory, and
Speech.
Caribou Middle School's student body is governed by the Student
Organization which consists of 19 elected representatives and
serves as the official body for expression of student opinion.
Students elected to this body are usually active in school affairs
and demonstrate desirable qualities of leadership
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