Recent News

The Southeast Polk Best Buddies Leadership Team celebrated and advocated at Inclusion Day on the Hill Monday, March 4 at the Iowa State Capitol.  Best Buddies Iowa advocated at the Iowa State Capitol and spoke with locally...

Getting More Students to Begin their Day with Breakfast “Start Your Engines” Campaign Encourages Southeast Polk Families to Choose Breakfast at School Southeast Polk Schools will celebrate National School Breakfast Week during March 4-8, 2019. Busy weekday...

Mrs. Koehn’s Kindergarten Class visited animal habitats virtually! They had so much fun and so much to write about after their visits! IMG 8294

Southeast Polk Receives National Recognition for Commitment to Empowering Students Named a distinguished district for STEM and career learning program Southeast Polk has been recognized as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished District for providing broad...

Thank you to Polk County for their $15,000 donation to Mitchellville Elementary for new playground equipment.  The grant from Polk County will allow the school to expand their playground equipment by adding 2 triple hoop/drop shots, 2...

The Southeast Polk Rams Wrestling Team continued their tradition of excellence this past weekend with a Dual Championship State Title and three individual state champions. They celebrated a Class 3A state dual title win over Waverly-Shell Rock on...

National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated...

Monday afternoon, January 28, Mitchellville Elementary students and staff accepted a $500 check to help support the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program at their school.   PBIS is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and...

Southeast Polk High School Mathematics Teacher Joel Conn was appointed to the Executive Board for ICTM, Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Conn is currently serving as the Regional Director for the Heartland AEA region.  The mission...

The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council and Kemin Industries have announced the recipients of the 2019 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award sponsored by Kemin Industries. The South Central STEM region’s honoree is Matthew Eddy, agricultural teacher at Southeast...

Mark your calendars for the East Polk County event of the year! Southeast Polk Dollars for Scholars and the Southeast Polk Education Foundation are excited to announce our partnership to bring you the Black and Gold Gala...

Nationwide Honors Southeast Polk’s Matthew Eddy as Ag Educator of the Year Finalist Matthew Eddy, agricultural teacher at Southeast Polk High School, is one of seven finalists in Iowa that has been nominated for Nationwide Insurance’s Golden...