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Welcome to Merrimack, New Hampshire
 The Town of Merrimack has a rich and varied history. Home to the Pawtucket, Nashuaway and Penacook native American tribes long before the arrival of the English speaking colonial settlers. These tribes settled along Merrimack's river systems living by fishing, hunting and agriculture.
Originally incorporated on April 2, 1746, Merrimack grew to its present size of 33.8 square miles by a second incorporation occurring on June 5, 1750. Beginning with Merrimack's first European settlers to the present, the Town has seen a transition from agriculture, timber and grist mills to the world of computers and other high technology industries.
 Beginning in the 1970s and into the 90s, Merrimack has become an important industrial center in its own right. Today Merrimack is home to many leading manufactory high technology firms, which produce a wide range of commercial and industrial products, attracted here because of the favorable tax structure, solid business climate and overall quality of the labor market. During the 80's Merrimack was one of the fastest growing communities in the state of New Hampshire.
Although situated in the most populated area of south central New Hampshire, Merrimack still maintains its quiet rural atmosphere. It also forms a vital industrial, social, economic and transportation link between New Hampshire's two largest cities, Manchester to the north and Nashua to the South, which makes for an easy commute to a job or the area tourist attractions .The mountains, beaches, and Boston are all within an hours drive which adds to Merrimack's attractiveness for business and recreational purposes.
 The town has a special goal that it tries to uphold and that is "to maintain a well-planned, affordable, aesthetically pleasing community with a rural, residential atmosphere with open space uses, and an effectively managed municipal and school government."
Some of Merrimack's most notable historical sites include the 1847 Schoolhouse, the Turkey Hill Cemetery, and the "Old" Town Hall building that was dedicated on January 1, 1873, and still remains in use as town offices.
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Merrimack School System District Highlights
The Merrimack School District carried out extensive planning leading up to this year's public Kindergarten opening. A District Kindergarten Coordinator helped to research kindergarten models, identify best practices, and maintain open lines of communication with private area kindergartens and parents of incoming kindergarten students. She wrote a column entitled Kindergarten Korner, for local newspapers. She also served on a district planning committee, consisting of representatives from each elementary school and private kindergartens, school board members, and administrators. They met frequently throughout the year to plan curriculum, choose materials, carry out visits to other kindergartens, set up classrooms, organize open houses, and foster on-going conversations with the community. In addition, an administrative kindergarten committee met frequently to make decisions on transportation, budget, ordering of materials, and schedules. Aiming for consistency and continuity across the district, the Merrimack kindergarten teachers began meeting as a cohort in June, training in the selected programs, Everyday Math and Literacy Place and developing curriculum that will match district kindergarten philosophy and prepare students to be successful with elementary curriculum. This team will be meeting monthly throughout the year for further training and to develop assessment tools.
The Merrimack School District K-12 Math Curriculum is in its third year of implementation. Building on the 2004-2005 successful introduction of Everyday Math in grades one through four in the 2004-2005 school year, grades five and six will be fully engaged in Everyday Math this year. A thorough math textbook selection process identified the Glencoe series for grades seven through eight. Training and support for teachers and parents will be offered this year. Meanwhile, Merrimack High School will be researching and piloting new math textbooks to match the learning objectives of the standards-based district curriculum. Teachers from various levels will visit each other's classrooms to provide the smoother transition.
Educators across every level took the District In Need of Improvement designation very seriously as they worked through the Root Cause Analysis process to analyze weaknesses. This summer a team of twelve educators representing every building attended a week-long Habits of Professional Excellence (Hope) Institute in August where they worked with an expert in literacy to carry out deeper analysis and set priorities for a district improvement plan. Follow-up teams will research and develop a district-wide literacy plan, build an assessment program to track progress from kindergarten through grade twelve, and craft district documents articulating and highlighting the importance of reading in each student's educational experience.
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Merrimack Assessing Department
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Merrimack Fire Department
Merrimack Library
Merrimack Parks & Recreation
Merrimack Police Department
Merrimack Department of Public Works
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Merrimack Town Clerk
Merrimack Welfare Department
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