Lin-Wood Public School
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Lin-Wood Public School in Lincoln
, New Hampshire is a public primary and secondary school located in the White Mountains
of New Hampshire, serving the communities of Lincoln and Woodstock. (Hence the name Lin-Wood, from Lincoln and Woodstock.)
The school is operated by the Lincoln Woodstock Cooperative School District
, the only "single school" SAU (School Administrative Unit) in the state. The school has students from Kindergarten through 12th grade in its elementary, middle and high schools, which are located on one campus. Grades K-5 are housed in a building first opened for the 1991–92 school year, while grades 6–12 attend classes in a building originally built in 1963 to house the first cooperative Linwood High School (SAU 68).
Lin-wood had 96 students as of 2005 in grades 9–12.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Lincoln is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the second-largest town by area in New Hampshire. The population was 1,662 at the 2010 census. The town is home to the New Hampshire Highland Games and to a portion of Franconia Notch State Park. Set in the White Mountains,...
, New Hampshire is a public primary and secondary school located in the White Mountains
White Mountains (New Hampshire)
The White Mountains are a mountain range covering about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the United States. Part of the Appalachian Mountains, they are considered the most rugged mountains in New England...
of New Hampshire, serving the communities of Lincoln and Woodstock. (Hence the name Lin-Wood, from Lincoln and Woodstock.)
The school is operated by the Lincoln Woodstock Cooperative School District
Lincoln Woodstock Cooperative School District
The Lincoln Woodstock Cooperative School District is a comprehensive community public school district in Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States, that serves students from kindergarten through 12th grade. It is the only single-school K-12 district in the state....
, the only "single school" SAU (School Administrative Unit) in the state. The school has students from Kindergarten through 12th grade in its elementary, middle and high schools, which are located on one campus. Grades K-5 are housed in a building first opened for the 1991–92 school year, while grades 6–12 attend classes in a building originally built in 1963 to house the first cooperative Linwood High School (SAU 68).
Awards
The Middle School was named New Hampshire's Northeast Regional Middle School of Excellence by the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Awards Program in 1995, 1996 and 1997.Athletics
The school has teams in baseball, softball, and boys and girls basketball, soccer, cross country and skiing. It also has a cheer squad. In 1996 the men's ski team were division IV champions. The girls and boys varsity soccer teams both won class S championships in 2003. The baseball team was the class S runner-up in 2006. In 2008 the girls ski team were division IV champions and the boys were runner-up. In January 2011 the boys and girls ski teams were both first-place winners in the national ski race.Academics
The May 2006 NHEIAP educational assessment report showed the school's high-school aged children performed above state averages in both math and reading.Lin-wood had 96 students as of 2005 in grades 9–12.
- White (95.4%)
- Asian (3.7%)
- African-American (0.9%)