Parents and guardians are reminded that enrollment for incoming kindergarten students is still open at both Bainbridge and Roachdale Elementary Schools. If your child will be starting kindergarten in the upcoming school year, now is a great time to complete the registration process. Early enrollment helps ensure a smooth transition for your child and allows schools to better prepare for the year ahead. For more information or to begin the enrollment process, please contact the school directly.

Bainbridge Elementary School - 765-522-6233

Roachdale Elementary School - 765-522-1732

In order to prepare for the coming 2025-26 school year, we are needing families to complete our Pre-Registration Form. Please help us by completing this form so that we are able to plan our student numbers for transportation and programming. It only needs to be completed 1 time per family. Incoming Kindergarten students will still need to attend Kindergarten Roundup, and all other students will still need their Forms in PowerSchool updated for the 2025-26 school year. This Pre-Registration form just provides us with an idea of our student numbers for next year.

Thank you for your help!

Link:https://forms.gle/5DVRKMQTAhxKLsqV8

1. NPCSC is proud to begin showcasing some of the planned improvements for our school campuses. All NP schools will receive needed upgrades and touch-ups over the course of the next few years. Some features of this project will be the renovation of our current AG spaces, HVAC at 3/4 buildings, furniture upgrades across the corporation, and the addition of improved athletic facilities. All improvements made in our upcoming projects are tax-neutral, meaning that Cougar Nations' tax rate will not be impacted.

This is just another example of the AWESOME opportunities that the students at NPHS are provided. Mrs. Annette Maier recently took her AP Chemistry class to Purdue University to the Brown Chemistry Lab at Purdue University to allow her students to participate in hands-on learning in a world-class lab setting. Thank you, Mrs. Maier!!

Check out this option available to Cougar Nation to show your support!

https://www.cdiprints.com/np-swag-2025

North Putnam High School will be offering a Class A CDL program beginning in the fall of 2025. Be on the lookout for more information concerning this incredible opportunity for our students!

As a part of the College and Career curriculum, NPMS students created personal resumés. This is always a great day for our students and community partners!

The 6th grade students had a unique learning experience coordinated by DePauw's Professor Beth Benedix (Founder of The CASTLE), Professor Tim Barr, and Ms. South. To wrap up recent Civics lessons in Social Studies, students were given challenges to discuss and problem solve in small groups. Students also took part in debating real-life scenarios. It was wonderful to see the students make connections with information they learned in class as they worked together and stood their ground on certain topics.

NPMS students were recently presented with certificates for their hard work in academics and excellence in the classroom. Keep up the GREAT work Cougars!

NPMS = Inaugural MS Ethics Bowl Champs!!! What is Ethics Bowl? A chance for MS students to tackle complex conversations and engage in discourse with others in a respectful and productive manner. Thank you Ms. Jessyca South for heading up this opportunity for our students!! Another huge shout-out goes to Mrs. Helen Dunn for bringing this opportunity to light for our students as well!

At the recent ISSMA contest, the NPMS choir showed their stuff and was able to come home with a Gold rating! Great work by our students and a huge THANK YOU goes our to Mrs. Kathryn Dory, NP Choral Director.

Chelsey Sullivan, a special education teacher at Roachdale Elementary, received the Indiana Teacher of the Year award from Teachers of Tomorrow. “What I love most about being an educator is the ability to create an environment where students can recognize their individual strengths and talents, Sullivan said. “Every child is unique, and so are their learning styles. I firmly believe that education should be tailored to meet the diverse needs of each student, allowing them to thrive in their own way,

The NP FFA department has been working diligently on the completion of one of the newest ventures for our students - a completely functional go-cart and racing team! Check out the link to below to see how our students and staff are progressing with this incredible project!

Our members recently had an incredible night and were honored for their hard work during our leadership contests. Even though it was a very late night, our members did great in their contests. We were honored for our Parliamentary Procedures, Welding, and Small Engines teams as well! Great job members!

Congratulations to North Putnam Head Swim Coach Wes Richardson on being named Western Indiana Conference Boys Swim Coach of the Year!!

North Putnam High School would like to welcome the newest member of our coaching staff, Coach Abigail Browning! Coach Browning comes to NP with experience at the travel and high school levels. We are excited to bring Coach Browning on board!

Due to plans relating to facilities upgrades, the NP Athletic Department would like to give our fans information relating to parking in our South Parking Lot.

Congratulations to our Bainbridge Elementary School Math Bowl team! These students recently took 1st place in their division! Thank you to our coaches, Mrs. Staci Parent and Mrs. Becky Cook for your guidance and support! It's a GREAT day to be a Cougar!!

Looking for more information? Contact - Mr. Adam Nicodemus - anicodemus@nputnam.k12.in.us

This new tool displays attendance data at the grade-, school- and corporation-level and shows different types of absences (excused or unexcused), as well as chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, users can view longitudinal data that can be disaggregated by student population.

Having this data at our fingertips will help both schools, as well as community partners to:

• Analyze student attendance data over time
• Identify any trends/patterns in the data or areas where data collection could be improved
• Work with a variety of stakeholders to identify root causes of poor attendance
• Review attendance policies and utilize data to inform short- and long-term policy decisions
• Set goals for improved attendance and/or data collection
• Evaluate the impact of current efforts to improve attendance

If you have not already, I encourage you to take a moment to check out the Attendance Insights data. Again, we are moving in the right direction because of your efforts and collaborative solutions, so thank YOU! Let’s keep it going!

MyRideK12 parent app

We have found out that the GPS route tracking has been not functioning correctly on the transportation app. We have disabled this feature to avoid further confusion. The app should still show you if the bus will be on time or not. Thank you all for your patience while we try to make the most out of

this app.

Transportation Information

We understand the frustration with our lack of drivers and the hardship that it places our families in at times. We have been actively trying to hire more bus drivers. We appreciate everyone’s continued cooperation and support while we continue our journey to make our school’s transportation the best it can be.

Looking to get involved as well as feature your business's logo on future publications? Contact NPCSC Superintendent, Dr. Dustin LeMay for more information - dlemay@nputnam.k12.in.us