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The student news site of North Platte High School

The Bulldogger
The student news site of North Platte High School

The Bulldogger
Ainsley Nichols

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor

Class of 2019. Here for a good time.

Twitter: @ainsnichols

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I was here for a good time...

I was here for a good time…

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
April 26, 2019
A report on reality

A report on reality

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
March 29, 2019
Senior Jenna Hoover hopes to combine her love of interior design and YouTube.

YouTube by design

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
January 25, 2019
This picture is the one that comes to mind when I think of my mom.

Growing up with grief

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
December 20, 2018
Trial date set in murder case

Trial date set in murder case

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
December 4, 2018
Seniors Alecea Comer (left) and Aniston Manzano unload cans during the “senior parade” at the NPHS canned food drive on Nov. 16.

A significant role

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
November 30, 2018
Bond set in North Platte murder trial

Bond set in North Platte murder trial

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
November 8, 2018
Former NPHS student charged with homicide

Former NPHS student charged with homicide

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 26, 2018
Students fill out the sign out sheet at the front of North Platte High School. Senior Daphanie Ham thinks the sign out system is inconvenient. “It’s ridiculosly unorganized,” she said. However, the administration remains optimistic. “It takes a little bit of time to get these things in place,” superintendent Ron Hanson said.

Safer security

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
September 28, 2018
Being a starter for the Lady Dawgs puts more responsibility on Orr’s shoulders. “She knows that carries extra weight and that she has to do the extra work. If the best players on the team aren’t doing all the extra little things, why would anyone else?” Coach Barner said.

Swingin’ sophomore starter

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
September 28, 2018
Around the World: The Final Edition

Around the World: The Final Edition

Ainsley Nichols and Anam Vaziri
May 11, 2018
New beginnings

New beginnings

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
May 11, 2018
Through our eyes: A week in DC

Through our eyes: A week in DC

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
April 20, 2018
The Bulldogger surveyed NPHS teachers and asked them if they would be comfortable having a weapon at school

Up in arms about arming teachers

Jakob Fisher and Ainsley Nichols
March 23, 2018
Howard is riding Western style, which Howard says is a, “form of work. Think of cowboys, ranches, the western lifestyle.”

Rodeo queens and cowgirl things

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
February 16, 2018

Teachers give relationship advice

Quincey Epley and Ainsley Nichols
February 14, 2018
Shattering the social status

Shattering the social status

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
January 26, 2018
Is terror our new normal?

Is terror our new normal?

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
December 15, 2017
"One of the best decisions I’ve made was to take student council." Livingston said.

Outstanding Stu Co

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
December 15, 2017
Stricter bathroom breaks at NPHS

Stricter bathroom breaks at NPHS

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
November 17, 2017
Meet the New Assistant Principal

Meet the New Assistant Principal

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 12, 2017
September Teacher of the Month

September Teacher of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 12, 2017
September Bulldogs of the Month

September Bulldogs of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 12, 2017
After Hurricane Irma passed over Florida, this abandoned ship full of mannequins, named Cuki, washed ashore on Melbourne Beach. It is believed it came from the Florida Keys and made its way up the east coast.

Spinning out of control

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 12, 2017
Freshman Baylee Steele has been golfing competitively for around three years, but she began golfing in elementary school. “I first picked up a club in second or third grade, but I didn’t realize how much I liked it until sixth grade,” she said.

Steele-ing the Show

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
September 15, 2017
August Teacher of the Month

August Teacher of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
September 15, 2017

May Teacher of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
May 12, 2017

May Bulldogs of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
May 12, 2017

April Teacher of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
April 7, 2017

Time for the Thimes

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
April 7, 2017

March Teacher of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
April 7, 2017
Prom Details

Prom Details

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
March 29, 2017
During his town hall meeting in North Platte on Feb. 18, Senator Groene touched on LB 595. "I'm just trying to protect the classroom," Groene said.

State Senator Speaks to his Hometown

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
March 1, 2017
Restraint complaints

Restraint complaints

Haley McKain, Bryce Lee, Syble Heffernan, Ainsley Nichols, Josie Koubek, and Alisha Starner
March 1, 2017

March Bulldogs of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
March 1, 2017

New food pantry at NPHS

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
February 3, 2017
Along with hunting and reading, Italian exchange student Tommaso Mostarda also enjoys art. “I’m involved in art club right now. I’m pretty good at drawing,” he said.

Casa temporanea

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
December 2, 2016

Happy Holidays from around the world!

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
December 2, 2016
“Music changed my life,” said Cahill as he practiced his alto saxophone, the instrument he qualified for All-State with. He also plays an additional 13 instruments.

The Sound of Music

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
November 4, 2016
For Pedersen, it’s been easy to make friends, though they differ from his friends back home. “It’s a different kind of country and it’s a different kind of friends,” he said.

Midlertidig hjem

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
November 4, 2016
“Yeah, I don’t think it’s that different but it’s different. You know what I mean?” Bremer said about her new home.

Vorübergehendes zuhause

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 7, 2016

October Teacher of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 7, 2016

October Bulldogs of the Month

Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor
October 7, 2016
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