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!...
(Submitted by Julie Probst) The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) is pleased to announce the results of the twenty-second Annual High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM). A total of 791 teams, with up to four...
The Johnston High School Math Club participated in a competition at the University of Northern Iowa on Saturday, Feb. 1. The team places second overall and individuals Mathew Ding and Pranav Sharma placed as well. The team is...
Congratulations to the Johnston High School Competition Cheer Team for their recent achievement at the NCA High School Cheerleading National Competition, February 1-2, 2020, in Dallas, Texas. JHS competed in the Advanced Small Game Performance division with 11...
(Submitted by the Iowa Department of Education) Eighty-six students from Iowa have been named 2020 candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Two of those students are from Johnston High School. Congratulations to JHS seniors Matthew Ding and...