Recent News

The Wizard of Oz Come experience this non-traditional, COVID-friendly adaptation of the great American classic, The Wizard of Oz! Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. Tickets are only available on the RAM Mall. Tickets...

The Red Ribbon Campaign is the largest drug-abuse prevention campaign in the United States. Red Ribbon Week is a great way to make children aware of the dangers of drug use. This year’s theme is: BE HAPPY. BE BRAVE. BE...

The following email was sent to all students, parents, and guardians on Oct. 22. Students, parents, and guardians, Good morning! I want to provide all students and families with some information regarding the upcoming transition to the Hybrid #1...

National School Bus Safety Week, held annually during the third week of October, is an active and evolving public education program. It is an excellent way for parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and...

This semester, Southeast Polk High School students enrolled in the course Rise have been hard at work planning and completing projects for local businesses. Rise is in its second year at SEP High School as part of...

Clay Elementary has been selected as an Ambassador site for the 5210 and Healthiest State Initiative! Taylor Bowie, Clay Elementary’s P.E. teacher, organized today’s Annual Healthiest State Initiative Walk. It looked a little different than it has...

Altoona Elementary Principal, Steve Stotts, choked up when he shared with the Southeast Polk School Board how proud he is of the Altoona staff and students winning the National Blue Ribbon School award. And rightfully so! This...

The fall parent-teacher conferences for both junior high and high school students are scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, from 12:30-7:30 pm and on the following Monday, October 19, from 4:00-8:00 pm.  We will not conduct our traditional...

We want to share our SEP Awards website with our community for students who were underclassmen during Spring 2020.  Normally, an Honors Assembly would have been held to recognize the many students who earned an Academic Letter,...

“No matter who you are talking to, be kind and have an open mind because you don’t know what they have gone through.” These are words of advice from Southeast Polk Senior and Student Council Vice President,...

Southeast Polk Community School District has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by the Des Moines Register for the sixth year in a row.  The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party...

At the September 17 Southeast Polk School Board meeting, the board approved to continue on the same learning path that we have been using since the beginning of the school year until October 30, 2020. This learning...