JOHNSTON, Ia. (March 7, 2024) — Johnston will be represented by four teams at the 2024 Iowa High School Mock Trial Tournament, March 28-29 in Des Moines. The teams advancing are: The Mockingjays led by Captain Audrey Allen...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (March 3, 2024) — Johnston Academic Decathlon team has come home with substantial awards from the state tournament! Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School hosted the two-day event, where each student competes in 10 different events: speech,...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 13, 2024) — Jill Van Woerkom has been named the permanent Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning for the Johnston Community School District, pending Feb. 19 approval by the school board. Van Woerkom has served...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 12, 2024) — Five Johnston High School students were today named among 15,000 finalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The Johnston finalists are Peyton Brown, Owen Ferguson, Siddarth Rajkumar, Maanit Sheth and...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 9, 2024) — The Johnston Community School District is pleased to announce that our Developmental Kindergarten (DK) program will be moving to a new location within our district. In fall 2024, the DK program will transition...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 31, 2024) — In an auditorium packed with Johnston High School seniors who will soon be first-time voters, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate today presented JHS with the Carrie Chapman Catt Award. The award,...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 29, 2024) — The Johnston Community School District’s registration for the 2024-25 school year begins next week. Please register your student before spring break this year! Preschool for 2- and 3-year-olds Registration for 2- and 3-year-olds...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 28, 2024) — Johnston’s Academic Decathlon had a stellar showing at the Regional tournament on January 25 and 26, taking home a total of 40 individual ribbons, four Overall Individual awards, and the Regional championship....
The proposed 2024-2025 Academic Calendar is the agreed-upon result of many discussions and negotiations over the past two years between school district and building administrators, teachers, staff, the school board and others about what’s best for both families and...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 22, 2024) — The Johnston Board of Education on Monday night tabled the vote on the 2024-2025 Academic Calendar, noting they’d like additional time for communication about the proposal. See the action at 59:47 on...