Recent News

LIFE IS YOUR JOURNEY. TRAVEL DRUG FREE. This week Southeast Polk students and staff across the district celebrated Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is a national alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign...

Watgen Becomes Member of Iowa Talented and Gifted Association Board of Directors Penny Watgen, Southeast Polk Talented and Gifted Educator was elected to the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association (ITAG) Board of Directors on October 16, 2018, for...

National Teen Driver Safety Week October 21-27, 2018 At Southeast Polk, we realize the need to continue to create awareness and understanding among our student drivers about motor vehicle safety.  In 2017, Iowa lost 22 young drivers...

National School Bus Safety Week is an active and evolving public education program and an excellent way for parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested parties to join forces and address the...

On September 18th, the Southeast Polk FFA Chapter found success in the South Central District CDE (Career Development Event) Day at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Osceola. 70 SEP members competed in 8 different events, over 1050...

20 Southeast Polk Students Attended the 2018 National Council on Youth Leadership Conference at Drake University More than 250 high school seniors from 24 area high schools attend the National Council on Youth Leadership’s 26th annual Youth...

SEP Students named as Semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit® Scholarship Program Southeast Polk Seniors Jackson Birdwell and Jacob Beattie have been named semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 16,000 academically talented high...

Four Years in a Row! Southeast Polk has been awarded a 2018 Top Workplaces honor by The Des Moines Register. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner...

Thank you families for the great support this first full week of school! Students have come to school ready to learn and are so excited to be back! What a great start to the school year!

Here Comes the Bus is a new program that allows parents/guardians to track their child’s school bus. Southeast Polk Community School District launches Here Comes the Bus, a user friendly tool allowing parents and authorized caregivers to...

Weight Room Training Software The Polk County Board of Supervisors were proud to support a grant to the Southeast Polk High School that will be critical in accommodating the growing number of student-athletes. The grant was used to...

Dear Mitchellville Elementary Families, I am thrilled to be starting year two as the Mitchellville Elementary Principal. Together the staff and I have been diligently working to prepare for the return of students. I believe summer has...