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City of Kansas City Commits $25 Million to New Northland Workforce Development Center
05/16/2025
The City of Kansas City has committed $25 million to the Northland Workforce Development Center (NWDC), bringing the $74 million project closer to reality. The new facility will replace the aging Northland Career Center in Platte City, expanding career and technical education for students and adults across Platte and Clay Counties.
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2025 Teacher and Service Person of the Year
05/08/2025
With a surprise addition to an all-school assembly and a special interruption of a staff meeting, Platte County School District announced its Teacher and Service Person of the Year in May. This year's Teacher of the Year is Cherie Thatcher, Special Education Teacher at Barry Elementary; and Service Person of the Year is Jon Brady, Permanent Substitute at Northland Career Center.
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Platte County School District Takes Home Honors at Northland Excellence in Education Banquet; Siegrist Elementary’s Rachel Minter Named Christa McAuliffe Winner
04/24/2025
Platte County R-3 School District represented well at the 39th annual Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce (NRCC) Excellence in Education Banquet, held at the KCI Expo Center on April 23, with Siegrist Elementary's Rachel Minter taking home the evening's top honor, the Christa McAuliffe award.
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PCHS Summer School Enrollment/Driver's Ed Interest
04/14/2025
PCHS Summer School enrollment and Driver's Education interest forms are now open.
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Great Beginning Preschool Enrollment Now Open
04/01/2025
Click here to enroll in the Great Beginnings Preschool progam!
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Summer School 2025 - K-8 Enrollment Now Open!
03/03/2025
The Platte County R-3 School District is excited to host Summer School May 30-June 27, 2025.
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New Administrators/Superintendent Announced
02/21/2025
Platte County School District Announces Dr. Drew White as our next Superintendent, starting the 2026-27 school year as well as Morgan Scheib, PCHS Assistant Principal starting the 2025-26 school year.
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PCR-3 Inducts Three to Hall of Fame; Celebrates 15 Student Signees
02/07/2025
In combination with Platte County High School’s “Winter Athletic/Activities Signing Ceremony” on January 29, the Platte County School District inducted three members to its Pirate Hall of Fame: Morgan (Johnson) Ayers, Raymond Mahowski (posthumously), and Lenora Miles.
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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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PCHS Featured on the Today Show's "Friday Morning Lights"
11/20/2024
The Today Show featured Platte County High School on November 8 for their final "Friday Morning Lights" segment of the season. PCHS's head football coach Bill Utz was interviewed by NBC's local affiliate (KSHB's Taylor Hemness), and PCHS's football team, band, cheerleaders, color guard, and dance team, along with a crowd of Pirate fans showed up bright and early to be featured.
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2024 Teacher and Service Person of the Year
05/16/2024
With a surprise addition to an all-school assembly and a special interruption of a staff meeting, and Platte County School District announced its Teacher and Service Person of the Year this month. This year's Teacher of the Year is Danille Collins, Special Education Teacher at Compass Elementary; and Service Person of the Year is Candi Rawlings, Student Services Specialist at Northland Career Center.
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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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