Welcome Back, Rams: The 26-27 School Year Begins

Published On: August 25, 2026
Children outdoors playing a running game on a track, smiling and reaching forward as they move past colorful blocks under a blue sky.

Welcome Back, Rams: The 26-27 School Year Begins

Three kids pose outdoors in front of a building, holding a large red heart shape with the text “Be You! Be Awesome!”
The halls are full again.

Across Southeast Polk, students arrived Monday ready to begin a new school year — meeting up with friends, settling into classrooms, and starting another year of learning together.A student jumping rope during recess.

For some, it was a first day at a new school. For others, a familiar walk through familiar doors. For everyone, it was the beginning of what comes next.

Welcome back, Rams. Here’s to a great year ahead.