Mitchelville Elementary

Monday afternoon, January 28, Mitchellville Elementary students and staff accepted a $500 check to help support the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program at their school.   PBIS is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On Friday, November 10, 2017 students and staff across the district honored veterans in recognition of Veterans Day.   At Runnells Elementary they recognized veterans with a breakfast and a new hall of honor in the entryway.   Four...

The Southeast Polk Community School District has named Blake Kielman as the new Mitchellville Elementary Principal. Kielman’s contract was approved by the Southeast Polk Board of Education during their regular meeting on August 17, 2017, and he...