Today, National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced this year’s National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding Finalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program....
The National History Day virtual state competition was held on May 1. Congratulations to the following Johnston students for qualifying for the National virtual competition which will be held June 14th-20th. Johnston National Qualifiers: Paige Thacker, JMS: Senior...
(As posted by the Iowa High School Athletic Association on April 29, 2020) Iowa’s top academic students have been chosen for the 2020 Governor’s Scholar Program. The Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, and its title...
Matthew Ding, a senior at Johnston High School, has been named a finalist in the prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars program. He is one of 620 students nationwide to advance from the semifinalist round. The program starts with a...
The 2020 U.S. News and World Report Best High School rankings have been released and Johnston High School has been named third among Des Moines metro-area high schools, ninth in the state, and 1,949th in the nation. The...
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement after new figures released by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics show Iowa’s 2019 high school graduation rate has reached a record high of 91.6...
Congratulations to all Johnston students who participated in the Virtual Merle Hay District Contest for Iowa History Day. Students spent many months outside of school researching about topics that met the theme of “Breaking Barriers in History,” and...
Johnston’s Academic Decathlon team competed in the State Competition at Waterloo East High School, March 6-7. Besides having a lot of fun, the team finished in the top six, earning five individual medals and the third best overall...
Johnston students had quite a weekend! Congratulations to our student athletes and performers for their achievements over the weekend of February 21. *All attempts are made to be as accurate and inclusive as possible. State Wrestling Owen Helgeson...
Johnston’s Lawson Elementary and Beaver Creek Elementary have been awarded the Honor Plus Level of Recognition from the Iowa Department of Education for their respective implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in the 2018-19 school year!...