A Piece of the Berlin Wall at the Hoover Museum

A Piece of the Berlin Wall at the Hoover Museum
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A warm, sunny November day only two days before Thanksgiving -- well now, that's something to be thankful for. Southeast Polk students headed out, on this day, to the Hoover Museum and Library and to Kalona, Iowa, on a luxurious charter bus! And what was accomplished?

This bus load of students, staff, and parents learned about
Iowa's economy
Iowa's history
Iowa's people
Iowa's culture and traditions
Iowa's beautiful farm lands and prairies
Global issues and connections
and more....

It was as though, we traveled through time, stopping briefly into the past, present, and future! New friendships were made. Everyone had a good time. These students warmed the hearts of the people they came in contact with, as well. Southeast Polk students, you rock!

Toilet Paper Wiped Off Local Grocer's Shelves

Homecoming SE Polk style
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This certainly took a lot of that 'ole fluffy white necessary stuff! And what an artistic flow of paper. Two weeks later, the campus is still littered with bits and pieces.

In a funny kind of way, school spirit is pictured here. The project happened way past the bedtime of most humans or past mine. It took some strong arms to throw these little shot puts. But it was CLEAN fun!

Now it's a faded memory. The grocer's shelves have been restocked. And on to other events...other football games, school work, school drama. That's what it's all about. But the picture really says, we have a strong, upright and respectable student body that's there to help out through the thick and the thin!

GO RAMS!