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The Bulldogger

The student news site of North Platte High School

The Bulldogger

The student news site of North Platte High School

The Bulldogger

Stolen senior year: how COVID-19 wiped out rites of passage.

Stolen senior year

Priscila Mondragõn, Managing Editor March 20, 2020

The class of 2020 has been waiting 13 years to walk across the graduation stage. Yet, the COVID-19 virus threatens to steal that moment from seniors worldwide.  Last night, North Platte Public Schools...

So glad to be gone

Quincey Epley, Editor-in-Chief April 26, 2019

I’m not going to pretend that high school was the best time of my life, or that I am going to miss it after I graduate. I also don’t want to make it seem like it was the worst thing that has ever...

Graduates of the class of 2018 eagerly await their turn to get their diploma. File

An early goodbye to Bulldog country

Maria Garcia September 28, 2018

Out of the 276 students who received their diploma last year, 15% completed their graduation requirements prior to December 2017. Early graduation is a process offered by the school that allows seniors...

See ya later, alligator

See ya later, alligator

Haley McKain, Co-Editor in Chief May 11, 2018

If we’re being honest, high school was not my favorite. People always say that we’re going to miss this, but I really don’t think that I will, with a few exceptions. I can’t totally discredit the...

High school musical

Jakob Fisher, Editorial Cartoonist May 11, 2018

Graduation is a time to remember and many like to commemorate the occasion by choosing a class song. But is there some sort of quota to meet? Every time I think about it, I feel puzzled. First of all...

Graduation sashes at NPHS?

Graduation sashes at NPHS?

Haley McKain, Co-Editor in Chief October 12, 2017

North Platte High School will not be adding sashes to their graduation gowns this year. At NPHS, graduation attire can cost anywhere from $30-50. Recently, a survey was sent out to all seniors that asked...

Senior Josh Lindenberger cleans out a beaker after practicing his lab skills in chemistry class.

Life in the lab

Syble Heffernan, Editor in Chief May 12, 2017

If you’re a high school kid with a job, odds are when you leave school you’re heading off to a fast food restaurant, the movie theater, a check-out counter, or a lifeguard chair. For senior Josh Lindenberger,...

Sophomore Brandon Sickler gets a meal during his lunch period.

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Quincey Epley, Editor-in-Chief March 4, 2016

Major changes are being made at North Platte High School. The changes include closing the campus, altering graduation requirements, and modifying summer school. Principal James Ayres said next year...

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