Clay Elementary

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...

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...

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 Lowe’s Heroes volunteer program began more than 10 years ago. The program encourages their employees to team together, adopt a volunteer project with a local nonprofit organization or K-12 public school, and make a difference. Last...

This is the title of the collaborative art piece Clay students created for Art on the Lake. Our 1st through 5th grade artists each designed a raindrop for this collaboration as a reflection of themselves. These raindrops...

Clay Elementary families and staff celebrated the school’s 10th anniversary on Friday, September 15. Thanks to PTA fundraising efforts, students started the school year with a new playground which was dedicated during the celebration.  Lea Morris, principal,...

Staff Changes Clay Elementary welcomes the following staff changes for the 2017-2018 school year: Mrs. Baity, special education teacher Mrs. Bartels, 1st grade teacher Mr. Criswell, band teacher Mrs. Gaffney, long-term substitute teacher for Mrs. Rasmusson Mrs....