A familiar face will move from Summit Middle School to the Administrative Resource Center this summer. Joy Wiebers has been hired as the Johnston Community School District’s Director of Student Support and Equity. She has been the principal...
Johnston students enrolled in biology recently paired a class unit with a service project – learning about cancer and compassion. Science teacher Rachel Jensen started a service project with her mother, a current cancer patient, to collect supplies...
Things are moving and shaking at the Youth Homes of Mid-America (YHMA). At least that’s what Interim Associate Principal Kim Antisdel said after accepting a donation of 27 new books for the YHMA library. Back in September of...
After Prom is fast approaching and there are still plenty of opportunities to get involved. After Prom is a free, safe, supervised, substance-free, night-long celebration offering food, drinks, games, prizes, and entertainment. It is for all Johnston High...
Graduation rates and dropout rates for students in the Johnston Community School District class of 2016 have been released by the Iowa Department of Education. The district saw the dropout rate of 0.23 percent or seven students in...
Johnston schools had a fantastic showing at the Iowa History Day – regional competition. On April 8, 28 high school students, 35 JMS students and 21 Summit students descended upon Grandview University to showcase their historical research in...
(submitted by Jeremy Fitzpatrick) The 2016-2017 season has been Johnston High School Speech and Debate Team’s greatest season in school history. Accomplishments of this season included: In October, two students won local speech contests (Tara Djukanovic twice and...
Tom Bartello has been selected as the new principal of Lawson Elementary in the Johnston Community School District. Bartello is currently the principal of Thomas Jefferson Elementary, a pre-kindergarten through fourth grade school in the Newton Community School...
Jan Miller-Hook, JCSD Chief Financial Officer, was awarded the Iowa Association of Business Officials (IASBO) 2017 IASBO Professional Leadership Award at the association’s annual conference, March 29-30, in Ames, Iowa. The Professional Leadership Award is the highest honor...
Many classrooms in the Johnston Community School District have participated in the nationwide “Hour of Code” movement for years. This year, a classroom at the Youth Homes of Mid-America (YHMA) also participated, creating a new learning opportunity for...