Mrs. Bachtel

My name is Rachel Bachtel and I am the teacher librarian at Hopewell Elementary School. This is my 20th year of teaching and my seventh year as the teacher librarian at Hopewell. I previously taught for 13 years at North Scott, where I taught first grade, second grade and kindergarten. I received my B.A. in Elementary Education from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois and obtained my masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa. My husband Jason and I live in Eldridge with our three boys Collin, Eric, Ian and our chocolate lab Winchester. We are a proud military family. My husband Jason is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa National Guard.