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Join us for Collaborative Community Conversations
09/18/2026
Superintendent Dr. Drew White invites parents and community members to join him for Collaborative Community Conversations. These informal gatherings are an opportunity to learn about our District’s goals, share your perspectives, and help us improve the educational experience for every student. We want to listen, learn, and connect.
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PCHS Vocalists Top All-District Choir
09/18/2026
Congratulations to the 29 PCHS vocalists who auditioned and were selected for the NWMCDA All-District Choir on September 12. The public is invited to see them perform on Saturday, October 24 at 5pm at PCHS's Wilson Auditorium.
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Know a Pirate Who's "CRUSHING IT"? Nominate Them for Orange Crush!
09/15/2026
Platte County School District is starting a new tradition to recognize the employees who make a difference every day. Orange Crush celebrates Pirates who are “CRUSHING IT” in the ways they support our students, staff, schools and community.
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Platte County School District Announces 2026 Teacher and Service Person of the Year
05/15/2026
​Platte County School District is proud to announce its 2026 Teacher of the Year and Service Person of the Year recipients: Blaire Zessin, Reading Teacher at Barry Elementary, and Erica Hopper, Marketing and Recruitment Specialist at Northland Career Center.
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New Administrators, Deputy Superintendent Announced
04/15/2026
PCR-3 welcomes the following new administrators and appointments to the District leadership team.
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Strategic Plan Update 2025-30
02/07/2025
Platte County School District engaged parents/community members, students, and staff to gather input, information, and perspectives to help shape the District’s new strategic plan for 2025-30.
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Northland Career Center Receives $30M State-Appropriated Matching Grant for New Facility
05/26/2022
Over the course of the past four years, Northland Career Center (NCC) in partnership with PCR-3, has been developing a vision and plan to create a new, state-of-the-art, career center at a centralized location for its Northland consortium. Leaders have engaged various strategic partners to develop and market a future building concept. This concept became a more concrete idea in April 2021, after a presentation to the Missouri House Subcommittee on Federal Stimulus Funds. In May of 2022, the Missouri State Legislature invested in this workforce initiative by appropriating $30M of its FY 2023 budget to support NCC’s cause to build and grow a Northland workforce in Clay and Platte Counties.
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