Editing Hampton Falls, New Hampshire (section)

===Lincoln Akerman School===

[[File:lasschoolfront.jpg|thumb|right|Lincoln Akerman School]]

'''Lincoln H. Akerman School''' ({{Coord|42|54|59|N|70|52|01|W|type:edu|display=inline}}) is a kindergarten through 8th grade [[elementary school]] and [[middle school]]. The school was constructed in 1949 and named after Lincoln Akerman (1916–1942), a local World War II hero and member of the prominent New Hampshire Akerman family.

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]], future best-selling author of ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', taught Spanish to the school's 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.

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]].<ref name="Lincoln Akerman sees higher language, math scores">{{Cite web|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/2003news/hampton/09192003/news/51010.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041231093818/http://www.seacoastonline.com/2003news/hampton/09192003/news/51010.htm|url-status=dead|title=Hampton Union Local News: Lincoln Akerman sees higher language, math scores<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=December 31, 2004|accessdate=July 18, 2021}}</ref>

The current [[Principal (school)|principal]] is Beth Raucci, who has held that position since 2018.<ref name="LAS Staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.sau21.org/las/index.php/our-staff/certified-staff |title=Certified Staff |publisher=Lincoln Akerman School |access-date=February 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415233205/http://www.sau21.org/las/index.php/our-staff/certified-staff |archive-date=April 15, 2013 }}</ref>