Mark Twain Elementary - 1620 Lincoln Rd.
Phone: (563) 359-8263 | Fax: (563) 359-2735
Office Hours: 7:30 am - 4 pm
Breakfast: 8:05 am
Student Day: 8:35 am - 3:25 pm | Preschool: 8:45 am - 1:45 pm
Weekly Wednesday Early Release: 2 pm (Preschool 12 pm)
Mark Twain Elementary is a three-section school serving approximately 420 preschool through 5th grade students.
Our elementary curriculum emphasizes literacy, communication, reasoning, and problem solving. Other subjects, including physical education, health, art, and music, are taught to all students K-5. Orchestra is available to students as early as grade 4, and band as early as grade 5.
The school offers a program dedicated to teaching a defined core of knowledge and skills in reading, math and science.
District Mission
Educational excellence is the foundation of the Bettendorf Community School District. Working in partnership with the family and community, we will instill and nurture in all students the knowledge, skills, creativity, and confidence to pursue their dreams and to succeed in a global society.
Bell Schedule
| 8:25 am | Students may enter building |
| 8:30 am | School starts |
| 11:40 am | Grade 4 recess ends |
| 11:50 1m | Grade 1 recess ends |
| 12:05 pm | Kindergarten recess ends |
| 12:20 pm | Grade 2 recess ends |
| 12:20 pm | Grade 3 recess ends |
| 1 pm | Grade 5 recess ends |
| 3:20 pm | School dismisses |
Lunch & Recess
| Grade | Lunch | Recess | Return to Class |
| K | 11:40 am | 12:05 pm | 12:30 pm |
| 1 | 11 am | 11:25 am | 11:50 am |
| 2 | 12:20 pm | 12:45 pm | 12:44 pm |
| 3 | 11:55 am | 12:20 pm | 12:20 pm |
| 4 | 11:15 am | 11:40 am | 11:40 am |
| 5 | 12:35 pm | 1 pm | 1:25 pm |