DOE calls Twin Rivers Elementary exceptional
Twin Rivers Elementary School in Bode has been rated in the top 2 percent in the state, according to the Iowa Department of Education. TR Principal Don Hasenkamp credits innovation and a willingness to embrace new technology and methods on the part of the teaching staff as the reason for the successful rating.
By Phil Monson
A report card issued by the Iowa State Department of Education has placed the Twin Rivers Elementary School in the top two percent of all elementary schools statewide.
The report issued recently was presented to the Twin Rivers School Board in their regular monthly meeting last week (Jan. 12) in Bode. School Superintendent Greg Darling and Principal Don Hasenkamp presented the performance rating to the board.
“It is a great honor to receive such a glowing report card, but it’s something schools must repeat annually, so there is always work to do and improvements to make before the next school year,” Hasenkamp said.
“The district received an exceptional rating. A great measure of the hard work and dedication of our staff in putting in and doing the work necessary for the students to perform this well,” Darling said. “It is special for a school our size to do so well.”
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