Recent News

Culture Day 2024 provided Willowbrook students with a window to the world!  Compliments of the Willowbrook PTA, and organized by Willowbrook’s ELL teacher Amy Olesen, students were dancing, playing music, speaking and learning about clothing and traditions...

Recently, several of our students took center court to hold our first-ever SEP Unified Basketball Game during the halftime of our SEP Boys’ Varsity Basketball Game. It was an unbelievable experience for all involved! The Unified Athletes ...

She thought it was a long shot, but Liz Moore, 1st grade teacher at Altoona Elementary tried for a special grant for her classroom anyway. It was worth it!  Imagine her surprise when Greater Iowa Credit Union’s...

It may not be the beginning of the school year, but we still have open positions! If you are looking for full-time, part-time, or substitute positions, join our Ram Fam! To see all open positions and to...

During the 2023-2024 school year the Southeast Polk Junior High will be providing surveys to students to better understand the views students have about the climate at the SEP Junior High.  Linked below is the survey that...

We are thrilled to announce that Mike Dailey, the Southeast Polk Jr. High Principal, has been named the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) 2023-2024 National Administrator of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding education administrators who exhibit...

At last night’s school board meeting, we thanked Tom Naeve for his 8 years of service on the board. Board Secretary Kevin Baccam swore in our elected school board members Kelly Simmons, Chad Crabb, Lori Slings and Brett Handy.  Brett was then elected...

We know it’s coming – Iowa Winter! In this episode of All Things SEP, Dr. Dirk Halupnik checks in with Director of Buildings and Grounds, Gary Haines, to talk about how we handle inclement weather at SEP....

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 6:00 a.m. to noon, the entrance to the frontage road between the SEP Transportation Office and the SEP Jr. High will be closed due to construction. Please use the entrance from...

Notice to Bidders In accordance with the passing of SF 2170 by the Iowa Legislature, the Notice to Bidders process in Iowa Code 26.3 for informing the bidding community of the District’s intent to solicit competitive bids...

By 2028, 3 million unfilled skilled trades careers will be left unfilled as 33% of this workforce retires.* Southeast Polk is working now to combat this future gap with our Work Based Learning (WBL) Program through the...

Check out the third episode of All Things SEP, the official podcast of Southeast Polk Community School District. In this episode, Superintendent Dr. Dirk Halupnik talks with Darell Butcher, our SEP College and Career Readiness (CCR) Coordinator....