Johnston Middle School ninth grader Braeden Gierstorf got a surprise during his Thursday morning Small Engines class. Just a few weeks ago, Gierstorf, along with 300 other teens from across Iowa, attended the Associated Builders and Contractors of...
On December 7, the Johnston High School Math Team competed at the Iowa City City High math competition. Three students qualified for the State Math Competition: Owen Smith, Kunal Singhal, and Matthew He. Congratulations to the students and...
(Submitted by the Iowa Dept. of Education) DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Department of Public Health, and the Iowa Department of Education launched a new vaping awareness and prevention campaign aimed at informing teens about...
(Submitted by the Johnston Lions Club) In late November, 14 trained volunteers from the Johnston Lions Club photo screened 246 children at the Johnston Early Learning Academy in Johnston as part of the KidSight program. The KidSight program...
Last week, three out of the four JMS mock trial teams qualified for state competition, which was held Nov. 19-21 in Des Moines. Team Dragon finished in 15th place and Firestorm took 17th place overall on Wednesday. Team...
The JHS Math Club went to their first competition on November 9th at Waverly-Shell Rock High School. Two students placed: Aaron Guo (2nd in the Target round for 10th graders) and Anna Larson (3rd in the Target round...
Today’s scheduled mass notification test WILL NOT take place, as we already “tested” the system on Monday with the weather delay. Thank you!
On Monday, Nov. 11, students from Summit Middle School and Johnston Middle School made up four of the 46 teams that competed in the regional mock trial competition at Franklin Junior High Event Center. All four of the...