Centennial Elementary

Mrs. Koehn’s Kindergarten Class visited animal habitats virtually! They had so much fun and so much to write about after their visits! IMG 8294

National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated...

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...

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...

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!

Centennial Elementary students are gearing up to raise money for a new playground at the school’s second annual Walkathon Friday, May 11. Organizers have set a fundraising goal of $50,000 for this year’s walkathon. The inaugural walkathon,...

Congratulations to Centennial School Counselor Kara Buerger Wins Iowa PBIS Person of the Year! Kara Buerger, a counselor at Centennial Elementary School has been named Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Person of the Year! Mrs. Buerger...

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...

Centennial 4th grade students have been studying Newton’s three laws of motion. They had a great time learning about inertia, momentum, acceleration, forces and collisions. In the egg drop experiment, students had to construct a device that...

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...

The Southeast Polk Community school district will receive $49,900 from Facebook as part of their Community Action Grants Program for 2018.   Over the past three years, Facebook has awarded more than $300,000 in grants. The recipients have...

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...