(Submitted by Emily Slattery Phillips, JHS Art Teacher) Congratulations to the following students for being selected to exhibit work in the Burbs Art Show today at the Drake University Harmon Fine Arts Center, and to all of those...
The Johnston Community School District is participating in the USDA Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children under the age of 18 without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race,...
Ten Johnston High School seniors were honored at the fourth annual Stepping Towards Success banquet on April 30, 2019. This banquet is held to recognize students who were nominated by a faculty member for improving or maintaining excellence...
The 2019 U.S. News and World Report Best High School rankings have been released and Johnston High School has been named ninth in the state and 1,810th in the nation. The high school earned a “Best” ranking, a...
May is School Board Recognition Month, sponsored by the Iowa Association of School Boards to celebrate the contributions of board members to Iowa public education. The Johnston Community School District is celebrating our school board superheroes for their...
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...
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....
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...