The Missouri School Board Association recently held their Fall Regional Meeting at North Platte! The meeting addressed the challenges that lay ahead in school funding. Special recognition should go out to the North Platte School Board and custodial staff for organizing and decorating a first class meeting that hosted school boards from all over Northwest Missouri! A special thank you to Johnna Mae's as well as Sherri Ambler for helping cater the meal!

The North Platte School District is celebrating homecoming this week with the opening of new facilities! The turf field, track, concession stand, and new bathrooms will be in use this week for homecoming! The April passing of Proposition K.I.D.S. has allowed for the construction of these facilities as well as the installation of new roof and HVAC projects around North Platte campuses that are completed! A huge thank you is owed to Meridian Roofing, SGI, and AAIM for the completion of the Roof and HVAC projects around campus. A huge congratulations is also owed to Midwestern Synthetic Turf Professionals, King City Lumber, and Panther Electric for their work in with the turf field, track, and concession stand. Some finishing touches will still be needed in the next week or two on the track including the striping of lanes and numbers on the track. However, the surfaces of both the field and track are ready to be used this week for homecoming! Attached in this message is a photo of some rules we need all students, staff, and community members to follow in using the turf and track. They include: no sharp objects, no food items, no pets, no vehicles or bicycles, no sunflower seeds, and athletic shoes or molded cleats only. Help us in maintaining this new facility. All North Platte alumni will get in free to North Platte home activities this week by presenting their letter jacket at the gate. Come join us Friday for all the homecoming festivities as we celebrate, together!

NPE and NPI students have been working hard this past week. Remember, this week is Homecoming. We will have dress up days all week and attend the parade on Friday!

Our JH had a Pep Rally today to celebrate the start of a great school year, along with the start of all of our JH fall sport seasons! Congratulations to our 8th grade for winning our ping pong ball challenge with Mrs. Burgess, Coach Atteberry, and Mrs. Colburn!

Introducing our 2026 Homecoming Candidates!
Our candidates for prince/king are Gaven Vest, Brecken Cartwright, Lane Richardson, James Speight, Logan Manville, and Ben Horsley. Candidates for princess/queen are Jill Jones, Rainey Dauer, Lily Starr, Belle DeBord, Taylor Sipes, and Emily Goodlet

Please check out the attached image for this year's mini cheer performance that will be held on 10/16/26 during our home football game vs. Mid-Buchanan.

The first ever North Platte golf match is underway at Paradise Pointe! Each of the girls got off to a good start off the first tee! Good luck, Panthers!

Streaming for volleyball, football and basketball will no longer be on YouTube. You can catch your Panthers on the go by going to Hudl Fan and searching for North Platte. Another option is to click the following link https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mo/dearborn/organization/21173/north-platte-high-school If you or a business would like to advertise on this new streaming platform, please contact Mr. Kemper at braydn.kemper@nppanthers.org Tonight, check out the volleyball home opener against Nodaway Valley. Start time is 5:30 for Varsity. Go Panthers!

It was an amazing first week for NPE and NPI kids! We had everything from fun getting to know you activities, to reading and math, to our first weekly shout outs. Here is a peek at some of the great things happening at NP!

Tonight's football game is at Savannah High School! All North Platte passes will be accepted. The full cheer squad and band are traveling as well! Come out to see them perform at halftime! The game will be broadcasted on the Savannah Hudl Fan page, NP Sports Network, and KKTN Radio 92.3. https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mo/savannah/organization/5871/savannah-high-school/watch?b=QnJvYWRjYXN0NDMwMTQxMg%3D%3D http://s3.voscast.com:10747/stream?fbclid=IwVERDUAT-fFBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUNX_g277H5oghxcWE8fvW0F9I8noMmV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4qBIJbxAJbbDZPYpotAXkTxSEgXoU_MP-U5qQOUIbyBX0jWAkHPviJyGfg4A_aem_cpf8RxtusN43C8sdr0GCSw Go Panthers!

We had a fun and full night on the NP campus tonight! Seniors painting their parking spots, our OPAA! Food service provider hosting a cookout for our students, staff, and families, and a football team meal hosted by our community! A great night of welcoming everyone back to school, and one of my favorites watching our seniors and their families paint their parking spots together.

North Platte Family,
Please check out the image below if you would like to submit an entry to be part of our 2026 Homecoming Parade on 9/18/26. Contact Tammy French (tammy.french@nppanthers.org) if you are interested. Lineup is at 1:00 pm and our parade begins at 1:30 pm.

Our volleyball team started their season off by playing in the Mid-Buch Jamboree. Their first official games are this Saturday in the KCI Tournament at Mid-Buchanan.

Seniors and Senior Families,
Please see below for a reminder and information about this Thursday (8/27/26). For the cookout, food will be served from outside of our Ag Shop from 4:30-6:30 pm.

Welcome Back Panthers! We had a great first day, and are excited to what the 26/27 school year has in store for us at NP!

North Platte has added color coding to bus routes for the 2026-2027 school year! If you have any questions, please contact the office in which your student goes to school.

Seniors have gathered for Senior Sunrise to begin the 2026-2027 school year!

Panther Family,
Linked below is our most recent edition of our Panther Pulse Newsletter in preparation for our return to school on Monday.

https://canva.link/v8rotd17tbhfqf7

We hope everyone has a restful weekend and look forward to seeing our students back for 26/27 on this coming Monday!

With Panther Pride,
Mr. Colburn and Mr. Fedrizzi

A huge congratulations to North Platte 3rd grade teacher, Becky Pendleton! Her classroom was the winner of a $500 grant from the Missouri Retired Teacher's Program Public School Grant Fund! Mrs. Pendleton wrote the grant for supplies in hands on math learning with a specific focus on improving multiplication skills! Thank you to MRTA and Mrs. Pendleton for your dedication to North Platte students!