Parents of returning 1st through 12th grade students: If you haven't already done so, please complete online re-enrollment forms and electronic proof of residency as soon as possible. This will be completed in a new user-friendly student information system called PowerSchool. Click here to first create a PowerSchool account, then follow the steps to complete the New Student Registration 2023-2024 forms for each returning student. Approximately 1,800 student forms have yet to be completed. If you need assistance, please contact the District office at 858-5420.

Along with McCownGordon Construction and Hollis+Miller Architects, PCR-3 will host a ribbon cutting and open house at Platte Purchase Middle School on Thursday, August 10 from 5:30-8:30pm. This event is open to the community and tours and refreshments will be provided following the ribbon cutting at 5:30pm. Platte Purchase Middle School students will also complete any remaining registration items on this evening.

Come join our community, our team, our family, our tradition!

We have several opportunities still available for the 2023-24 school year. Check out this video from our staff, sharing what makes Platte County School District special and what a new staff member will love about PCR-3, then visit our current openings page linked here to apply.

The Before and After School Program available to families in the Platte County R-3 School District is Y Club. With Y Club before and after school, children in kindergarten through 5th grade will benefit from homework enrichment, physical activity, and small and large group activities with a focus on building community and youth voice and leadership. Full-time and part-time Y Club is available at each of our elementary buildings (Barry, Compass, Pathfinder, and Siegrist), along with Y Club on days when school is out of session for inclement weather, seasonal breaks, and other days off (enrollment permitting). Operating hours are each weekday from 6:30 a.m. until school begins, and again after school until 6:00 p.m. Registration is now open. Click here to register.

If you have any questions about the Y Club program, please contact YMCA at (816) 360-3390.

For the Pirate Pride portion of the June meeting, the Board recognized the PCHS Theatre department. This spring, PCHS Theatre students received 12 Blue Star nominations for their fall musical The Addams Family - the most in PCHS history. Among the nominations, PCHS’s musical was tapped for the first time as a finalist for Outstanding Overall Production; and therefore, cast and crew performed at the Blue Star Awards ceremony at Starlight on May 17. PCHS Theatre came home with the Blue Star award for Outstanding Hair & Makeup Design. Modeled after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the 21st-annual Blue Star Awards honor excellence in high school musical theatre in the Kansas City region.

Each month, project managers for our 2021 Bond Program projects, provide an update on construction projects taking place throughout the District. At the June meeting, project managers with McCown Gordon, reviewed construction progress on Platte Purchase Middle School project.

At the Platte Purchase Middle School Project, interior construction finishes are ongoing and nearly 75% complete. Final casework, ceiling tile, and light fixtures are being installed in the classroom areas, and plumbing fixtures and final coats of paint are being applied throughout the project. Resinous flooring has been installed in the restrooms and science rooms. Kitchen equipment has all been wired, plumbed, and started up. The gym floor will soon have final striping, metal lockers have been installed, and flooring install is ongoing. Work on site continues with the north courtyard concrete and surrounding sidewalks, and asphalt at the track has been completed.

At the June meeting, the Board approved revisions to Board policies GCBDA, Professional Staff Short-Term Leaves and GDBDA, Support Staff Leaves as part of the District’s strategic goal to attract, retain, and develop a high quality staff. The revisions result in enhanced benefits for our employees and potentially reduces the need for substitutes. Learn more about the staff benefit enhancements here.

Each year the District analyzes its school meal program in a variety of areas, including the financial impact on our operating budget. It is PCR-3's intent to operate the school meal program on a "break-even basis;" the District views the school meal program as a self-sustaining service and not a source of revenue. The recommended price changes were based on paid lunch equity formulas from the USDA, historical PCR-3 meal prices, meal price comparisons of surrounding school districts, and supply chain and food service operating cost increases.

The Board of Education approved the 2023-24 tentative budget as submitted. The budget is a fluid document published by the District to provide the Board and the community with insight into the budget process from the early stages of development to eventual approval.

The 2023-24 budget includes the following highlights:

Our focus is on continuing high quality learning experiences, caring and supportive learning environments for staff and students, with ongoing school safety enhancements. The budget was created with the best information available at the time of development, and will be completed when the tax rate is set in September.

Angie Hughes, CPA, Executive Director of Business Services, submitted to the Board a Key Process Update of the District's Business Services Department.

As part of the District's efforts to proactively and responsibly manage District finances to support student success, Mrs. Hughes highlighted the following focus areas for the 2023-24 school year:

Several athletic camps are still available this summer for our students. Please see the fliers/registration forms linked below for remaining camps. Note that the grade will be the grade your child is entering in the 2023-24 school year.

June 1-29: Summer School

June 19: No School, Juneteenth

July 20: Board of Education Meeting, 6:30pm, (reconvene from closed session which begins at 5:30pm)

August 17: Board of Education Meeting, 6:30pm, (reconvene from closed session which begins at 5:30pm)

August 22: First Day of School

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