Lincoln Akerman School

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Coordinates: 42°54′59″N 70°52′01″W / 42.91639, -70.86694

Location
Lincoln H. Akerman School

Hampton Falls, NH, USA
Information
Religion	None
Principal	Judith A. Deshaies
Enrollment	259
Type	Full-time public school, grades K through 8
Mascot	Tiger
Color(s)	Black and Orange
Established	1949
Homepage	School website

Lincoln H. Akerman School, also known just as Lincoln Akerman, is a kindergarten through 8^th grade elementary school and middle school in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, on the Eastern seaboard of the United States. As of May 2006, 259 students are attending the school.

1 History
2 Principals
3 Education
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History

The original elementary school in the area was the East School, which had been founded around the time of the Civil War, but burned down in 1947 when its furnace exploded. While a new school was being built, students had to travel to the next town of Seabrook, New Hampshire to attend school.

The new school was finally completed in 1949, and named after Lincoln Akerman (1916-1942), a local war hero and member of the prominent New Hampshire Akerman family.^{[citation needed]} Akerman was the first Hampton Falls soldier reported to lose his life in World War II. Another famous Akerman from the area was Amos T. Akerman (1821-1880), United States Attorney General from 1870-1871.

In 1993, Kindergarten was added to the school, though it is not required in the state of New Hampshire.

In the mid-1990s Dan Brown, best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code, taught Spanish to the school's 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.

[edit] Principals

As of 2006, the current principal is Judith A. Deshaies, who has held that position since 1995. The previous principal was Richard B. Sanborn, who is presently vice-principal.^[1] ^[2] Including Deshaies, there have been eight principals at this school since its founding.

[edit] Education

In 2003, Lincoln Akerman was cited in The Hampton Union for, according to the New Hampshire Educational Improvement and Assessment Program (NHEIAP), being notable for having scores that were "significantly above the state average" and climbing. Specific subjects cited were Social Studies, Language Arts, and Math.^[3]

Students from the school are known to excel in geography, and frequently make the National Geographic Bee State Level, though, as of 2006, none have yet qualified for the national level.

A maple sugaring class has been held annually since 1993 by local celebrity Jim Cutting. Every year, his fifth-grade class collects sap and brings it to the "Sugar Shack", which was built in 2002 to accommodate the growing amount of sap each year. This event is popular enough that it is regularly covered in the local newspaper, and was once featured on television.

After finishing eighth grade, Lincoln Akerman students generally continue on to either public Winnacunnet High School or private Phillips Exeter Academy.