At the April Board of Education meeting, members voted to designate Friday, May 27, 2022, as our last day of school for the 2021-22 school year. In accordance with Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) regulations, the Board is able to waive an inclement weather make up day, as we have an extra day built into our academic calendar.

Friday, May 27, 2022 will be our last day of school, and will be a 3-hour early dismissal. PCHS Seniors last day is May 13, 2022.

Children who have turned five years of age before August 1, 2022, are eligible for kindergarten for the 2022-23 school year. If you were unable to attend the Kindergarten Kickoffs held in March, please complete the form below, or call or visit your child's school to begin the enrollment process.

PCHS Summer School enrollment and Driver's Education interest forms are now open via the links below. Click here for more information on PCHS Summer School and Driver's Ed.

At the annual reorganization meeting held this morning, Board Secretary, Vicki Diggs administered the oath of office to new board members, Mike Matousek and Shawn Chiddix, and members elected Doug Doll as Board President and Buffy Smith as Board Vice President.

Click here to read about all of our board members.

We will provide brief updates on the District's improvement actions as they relate to our Comprehensive Strategic Improvement Plan, and will also seek additional input from stakeholders on specific opportunities for improvement in each of our school buildings and strategic focus areas. If you would like to attend, RSVPs must be made by May 1, by completing the form linked here.

The Board has approved the hiring of Dr. Anna Bohn, who will serve as Pathfinder Elementary's next principal, and Jeff Green, who will serve as Northland Career Center's director starting the 2022-23 school year. Click here to read more.

The Attendance Area Boundary Committee has worked to develop attendance areas for our four elementaries (Barry, Compass, Pathfinder, and Siegrist) and two middle schools (Platte City Middle School and Platte Purchase Middle School) for the start of the 2023-24 school year.

District residents are asked to review this information and complete the feedback form linked here by May 3, 2022.

For the Pirate Pride portion of the April meeting, the Board recognized several students, including:

Each month, PCR-3 recognizes staff members who are living our vision, mission, and values, by presenting the "SCHIVIR Me Timbers" award. SCHIVIR is an acronym for our values: Student Focus, Collaboration, High Expectations, Integrity, Visionary Leadership, Innovation, and Results Orientation.

At the April board meeting, we recognized staff members from both March and April. Ashley Richardson, Instructional Coach at Siegrist Elementary, was recognized for her collaboration. From Principal Johna Sutton: "Ashley is a gifted collaborator serving staff and students, and her dedication and passion is driven by a deep understanding of the power of relationships."

Lisa Murphy, Nurse at Compass Elementary, was recognized for her student focus. From Executive Director of Pupil Services Jen Beutel: "She is the calm for students, staff, and families when they have concerns about health and general well-being. She holds the trust of the Compass community and carries that as an honor."

Each month, project managers for our 2021 Bond Program projects, provide an update on construction projects taking place throughout the District. At the April meeting, Matt St. Louis with Newkirk Novak Construction Partners, reviewed construction progress on the PCHS Rebuild Phase One project, and Darren Lee with McCown Gordon, reviewed construction progress on Platte Purchase Middle School project.

The Platte County High School Phase One Project has had great momentum and is on schedule for a December 2022 finish. Permanent power is on and system startups are scheduled. In the classroom wing, crews are working on windows, painting, tile, and resinous flooring. In the next month we will see the elevator installation, ceiling grid, lights, and interior window installation. Work is underway in the commons on insulation and drywall, exterior windows, as well as overhead rough in. Upcoming work includes paint, tile, and metal panels. Over the past month. the locker rooms/weight room roof has been installed, along with underground rough in, concrete slab and interior masonry walls. Windows and overhead mechanical/electrical/plumbing rough in are next. The new gymnasium is wrapping up interior steel erection, while concrete bleachers and track pours are underway.

At the Platte Purchase Middle School Project, final grading and rock base for the building pad has been completed and the footings and foundations have started. Site utilities continue with the onsite sanitary sewer now complete, and the storm sewer installation in progress. Underground site electrical conduits are also being installed. Mass grading will continue for the remainder of the site.

Brett Kisker, Northland CAPS Regional Executive Director, along with LJ Scott and Grace Donnelli, two PCHS students participating in Northland CAPS, presented an update of the program to the Board of Education. Northland CAPS (Center for Advanced Professional Studies) provides high school juniors and seniors in the Northland with a professional, innovative, and entrepreneurial education through full immersion experiences across various satellite business partner locations. The program offers seven strands of study: Business Accelerator, Digital Media & Design, Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing, Global Business & Logistics, Medicine & Healthcare, Senior Associates, and Technology Solutions. Since 2013, 236 PCHS students have participated. For more information, visit www.northlandcaps.org.

Dr. Rob Gardner, Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources and Operations, shared with the Board a Key Process Update of the District's Human Resources.

In line with the District's efforts to attract, develop, and retain a high quality staff, Dr. Gardner reviewed demographic information of our current workforce, recruitment data, and staff retention results. In addition, Dr. Gardner highlighted several areas for opportunities for improvement:

April 27: PLC Day, 2-hour early dismissal

April 29: Pirates ROCK End-of-Year Celebration, 5-7pm, Barry-Platte Park

May 11: PLC Day, 2-hour early dismissal

May 19: Board of Education Meeting, 6:30pm, (reconvene from closed session which begins at 5:30pm)

May 22: NCC Graduation, PCHS Graduation

May 27: Last Day of School, 3-hour early dismissal

Thank you to all our Pirates ROCK Star business partners who support character education in our schools! And thank you to our District-wide Pirates ROCK Star partner, Tradition Home Group.

Vision: Building Learners of Tomorrow...

Mission: To prepare individual learners for success in life, 

Values: Student Focus, Collaboration, High Expectations, Integrity, Visionary Leadership, Innovation, Results Orientation