The ideas and stories surrounding Black History Month and the linage of influential African-Americans in our history are big topics. At the Johnston Early Learning Academy, director Joy Palmer and the team of teachers thought about ways to...
In the 2020-21 school year, Johnston students were invited to join their peers in the Dallas Center-Grimes FFA student organizations. Twenty-one students recently competed in the South Central Sub-district FFA contest. The FFA members did a fantastic job...
On Monday, officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of finalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Seven Johnston High School seniors have achieved the finalist nomination. They are Morgan Dunn, James Grimm,...
Johnston Middle School has once again been nominated for a Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools award for the 2020-21 school year by the Flippen Group. In 2016, school administrators began an initiative to transform the campus into...
For Lawson physical education teacher Steve Daugherty, finding meaningful ways to infuse PE curriculum with lessons on Black History Month caused him to pause … and soon he realized a pause would be a powerful way for young...
DES MOINES – In the third year of the state’s Biliteracy Seal program, Johnston High School has had nine students earn the language proficiency award. Congratulations to Harshaant Dhugga, Estefany Figueroa, Valery Figueroa, Makenzie Lauridsen, Morgan Lee, Andrew...
Due to the extremely cold temperatures, Johnston schools will be on a 2-hour late start for Tuesday, Feb. 16. Secondary schools start at 9:45 a.m.; elementaries at 10:40 a.m. There is no morning Developmental Kindergarten or Preschool, but...
This past weekend the Johnston speech and debate team competed in the West Iowa National Qualifying Tournament. Through their participation these students have qualified to participate in the National Speech and Debate Tournament in June. Congratulations! National Qualifiers:...
Honoring the contributions of Black Americans spans beyond the month of February for students and staff at Johnston Middle School. Recently, JMS teacher Shannon Clark assembled a large display of “Changemakers” past, present, and upcoming to celebrate the...
Elementary students around the district are uniting in voice this month by learning and singing the song, “We Shall Overcome.” Music teachers based classroom discussion of the use of this song to make changes during the Civil Rights...