A Harrison D2 assistant principal is being honored with a national award for her leadership in turning around the academic program.
Renee Dahl just won the 2026 National Outstanding Assistant Principal Award for her work at Monterey Elementary School. According to the Colorado Association of School Executives, Dahl has done a tremendous job improving the school’s status since she started in 2020, when the school was in turnaround status.
Dahl is credited with implementing a math instructional shift that has led to a 50 percent increase in the average number of students meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations in the classroom…