Recent News

Our Southeast Polk High School students have so many amazing opportunities! Because of our strong partnership with Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), we are able to offer students opportunities to earn college certificate program credit at...

Online Registration for our youngest learners opens on Monday, February 5, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. A couple of reminders: 4-year-old preschool is available to students in the SEP district Students must be 4 years old on or...

Southeast Polk RISE Seniors Parker Strawn, Cael Julander, Ali Brunner, and Ms. Chelsey Sadler are used to being the hosts of their own student-produced podcast, On the Rise. But this week they’re Dr. Dirk Halupnik’s guests on...

The Great Kindness Challenge (GKC) is a powerful and uplifting week where students around the world are challenged to complete as many acts of kindness as they can. Centennial Elementary accepted and rocked this challenge! Their goal was...

Eating local means fresher food for our students and supporting Iowa/Midwest farmers. It’s a win-win! Thanks to all who help our students eat healthier! Southeast Polk Food and Nutrition received two Local Food Grants this year! We’ve...

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...