News Mar 1, 2018 Grading: Traditional and Standards-Referenced Southeast Polk Grading and Reporting Teaching and learning at Southeast Polk is based on identified standards. Rather than a reflection of student behavior, how much work is turned in, or unrelated task completion, grades are a reflection of... Read More
News Feb 6, 2018 A Closer Look at School Counseling at Southeast Polk with Lori Rhodes National School Counseling Week – February 5-9 Lori Rhodes has spent 34 years in education, 24 of those years have been spent as a school counselor at Southeast Polk. Rhodes is the school counselor at Delaware Elementary... Read More
News Jan 12, 2018 Modeling with Mathematics at Southeast Polk In order to prepare students for college and career opportunities, math teachers incorporate various problem-solving tasks. No longer is math just a series of formulas to be memorized. It is an engaging process that encourages students to... Read More
News Dec 21, 2017 Students and Staff Seeing Benefits of New Language Arts Materials for Grades K-5 New ELA Materials are in Full Swing this Year At the beginning of this school year, Southeast Polk adopted new language arts materials. The last language arts adoption was over 10 years ago. The new literacy materials... Read More
News Nov 10, 2017 Students and Staff Honor Veterans On Friday, November 10, 2017 students and staff across the district honored veterans in recognition of Veterans Day. At Runnells Elementary they recognized veterans with a breakfast and a new hall of honor in the entryway. Four... Read More
News Aug 22, 2017 Blake Kielman Named Mitchellville Elementary Principal The Southeast Polk Community School District has named Blake Kielman as the new Mitchellville Elementary Principal. Kielman’s contract was approved by the Southeast Polk Board of Education during their regular meeting on August 17, 2017, and he... Read More