1. Cloquet
Churchill Elementary
2. Grand Rapids
Middle Area Learning Center
Grand Rapids Public Schools
3. Deer River
King Elementary
4. Brainerd
Brainerd Public Schools
5. Verndale
Verndale Secondary School
6. Fergus Falls
Prairie Wetlands Learning Center
Fergus Falls Public Schools
7. Ashby
Ashby Public School
8. Bemidji
Central Elementary School
Bemidji Area Schools
9. Waubun
Waubun Secondary School
10. Laporte
Laporte Public School
11. Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Middle School
12. Redwood Falls
Redwood Area School District
13. Morgan
Cedar Mountain Secondary School
14. Marshall
Marshall High School
15. Tracy
Tracy Secondary
16. Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove Middle School
Pine Hill Elementary
17. Northfield
Northfield Middle School
Northfield High School
18. Mounds View & 19. New Brighton
Mounds View Public Schools
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