Best Buddies Middle Schools pairs students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in one-to-one friendships with middle school students without intellectual and developmental disabilities. In today’s middle schools, students with intellectual and developmental disabilities often enter the same building and walk the same hallways as their peers, but they are left out of social activities.
In addition to the benefit of developing new friendships, Best Buddies Middle School programs also give students unique opportunities for leadership. With the support of school faculty and Best Buddies staff, students lead and direct the chapters in their schools.
For more information about Best Buddies Middle Schools, contact Best Buddies Illinois.
Illinois Middle School Chapters
Creekside Middle School
Deer Path Middle School / Sally Potter School
Emerson Middle School
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
Ogden International School
Percy Julian Middle School
Reed-Custer Middle School
Sycamore Middle School
Washington Middle School
