"[1] Linden is a magnet school for Gifted Education and for Communications, Humanities, and Multi-Media.

The mathematics and science curricula are enhanced by integration of technology into all areas of teaching and learning.

[2] The teaching of self-esteem at Linden was debated in a 2002 Boston Herald article.

[3] The school's 2001 participation in a research and clean-up effort of the local Town Line Brook watershed through the Saugus River Watershed Council was also profiled in The Boston Globe.

These changes took place at the start of the 2012 school year, and the Linden School was changed to the Linden STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) Academy, which focuses on project-based learning.