Centennial Elementary

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...

Teachers are gathered today in the Centennial library to learn more about Project Lead the Way and how they are going to roll it out to our kids. Project Lead the Way is a STEM (Science, Technology,...

New ELA Materials are in Full Swing this Year At the beginning of this school year, Southeast Polk adopted new language arts materials.  The last language arts adoption was over 10 years ago.  The new literacy materials...

The Southeast Polk Education foundation has completed their fall grant cycle.  Eight recipients within the Southeast Polk School District have received grants totaling $29,025.  The Education Foundation was fortunate to receive an outpouring of support throughout the...

In Ms. Aldrich’s  4th grade class, students made a model of the brain out of clay. They also had to identify each region of the brain and include it’s function. The students noticed that the surface of...

We kicked off December’s Hour Of Code today with Tangrams in kindergarten. We will do “real” coding next week with Kodable. They were so excited today!

Reading Under the Stars Please plan on joining us for a fun filled evening under the stars on November 14th from 6:30-7:30 in the Centennial Gym. It will be a great evening of reading and fun! If...

Mrs. Peterson’s Kindergarten Class had a little magic today culminating their unit on our 5 senses. Popcorn is the perfect way to experience all 5 of your senses and have a lot of fun doing so!

Centennial fifth grade students participated in the Meals from the Heartland Hunger Fight again this year. Students from Mrs. Freel, Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Peterson’s class all worked together to package meals that will feed over 11,500...

Centennial 5th grade students assisted our kindergarten students in learning the library check-out process. They also read together and learned how to take care of a book! What a fun learning experience in the library today!

Live Your Dream! Be a Star! Centennial students were welcomed back to school with a movie star flair! They entered the building with the red carpet rolled out, music playing and bubbles everywhere. Later in the morning...