The Bulldogger

Testing the school

Drug testing at NPHS is not effective

Sierra Winder, News Editor • February 22, 2019

My heart raced as assistant principal John Byrn pulled me out of my business law class and down to the makeshift drug testing lab in a teacher workroom. It felt like I was about to be in some serious trouble,...

Assembly on Drugs

April 23, 2018

To face what is being called a national crisis the school was called into an assembly on Monday, April 23. Courtney Lovell spoke on behalf of the organisation, Speakers for Change on her experiences. Covering...

U.A. to play

Quincey Epley, Editor-in-Chief • December 4, 2015

Students who participate in any high school activity may be subject to random drug tests in the future. North Platte High School administration discussed the idea with student representatives at the student...

Behind the scenes of a school-wide drug search

Season Wagner, Staff Writer • December 4, 2015

While you’re sitting at your desk trying to focus on finishing your geometry worksheet, something interrupts your train of thought. The intercom blasts telling teachers that the school is under lock-down....