A familiar face to the district is back in Johnston and will join the ranks of the Johnston High School building leadership team, effective with the 2019-20 school year. Nate Zittergruen has been selected as the new associate...
Johnston Odyssey of the Mind sent six teams to compete at the state tournament on Saturday, April 6. Four teams were selected to compete at the world tournament May 22-26 at Michigan State University. Johnston Odyssey of the...
Jessica Dowell, a world studies/history teacher at Johnston High School, has been named the 2019 recipient of the James Madison Foundation Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to one teacher per state per year, and covers the full cost...
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 high school graduation rate remains the highest in the nation with 91 percent....
With funding from the Polk Co. Board of Supervisors and the Johnston Community Schools Foundation, new theatre curtains were recently installed in the Wallace Elementary auditorium. The curtains that had previously cloaked the back stage area moved to...
The Johnston Community School District finance department has once again earned the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting. The district has long been a recipient of the ASBO International Certificate of...
Johnston Middle School has received a Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase SchoolsⓇ award for the 2018-2019 school year from the Flippen Group. Two years ago, Johnston Middle School began an initiative to transform the campus into an emotionally...
At the April 22, 2019 Board of Education meeting, Johnston board members approved the lease of all-new Apple iPads for students and staff in the district. More than 6,000 new personal learning devices will be given to students...
Congratulations to the Beaver Creek Elementary students who participated in the Special Olympics track and field event held in Indianola, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The students earned four blue ribbons and will be participating at the State...