It’s the time of year for spring cleaning and this past week, Johnston High School Student Council members teamed up with the North Polk and Roland-Story student councils to clean up areas of Jester Park, located just north...
The 2021 U.S. News and World Report Best High School rankings have been released and Johnston High School has been named sixth among Des Moines metro-area high schools, 22nd in the state, and 3,636th in the nation. The...
(As posted by the Iowa High School Athletic Association on April 26, 2021) Iowa’s top academic students have been chosen for the 2021 Governor’s Scholar Program. The Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, and its title...
With international travel slowly returning to normal, students in grades 9-12 will the opportunity to study abroad in the summer of 2022 with a JCSD trip to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain! JCSD Spanish Teacher Peggy Fox will be...
The following information was sent to the district from the Polk Co. Health Department and is being shared on their behalf. Do you have a student 16 years and older? Students love being able to stay involved in...
In the 2020-21 school year, Johnston students were invited to join their peers in the Dallas Center-Grimes FFA student organizations. After competing in the sub-district and district competitions earlier this spring, 21FFA members of the DCG Chapter, including...
Mr. Louis Fountain has been hired as the new Johnston Community School District Director of Equity, Inclusion & Belonging. Fountain has made his career in establishing, implementing, restoring, and sustaining systems to give underrepresented youth, families, and communities...
(Evanston, Illinois) Today, National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) released the names of the first group of winners in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 1,000 distinguished high school seniors have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards...
The following message was sent to district staff and families on behalf of Superintendent Laura Kacer on April 13, 2021. As the weather warms up and COVID-19 vaccines become more plentiful, it’s a natural reaction to let our...
Looking for opportunities to support The Dragon Scholarship fund? Look no further! Virtual Phone-a-Thon We are still accepting donations via our virtual phone-a-thon. The annual phone-a-thon is our largest fundraiser of the year and typically takes place over 3 weeks...