Johnston students enrolled in biology recently paired a class unit with a service project – learning about cancer and compassion. Science teacher Rachel Jensen started a service project with her mother, a current cancer patient, to collect supplies...
After Prom is fast approaching and there are still plenty of opportunities to get involved. After Prom is a free, safe, supervised, substance-free, night-long celebration offering food, drinks, games, prizes, and entertainment. It is for all Johnston High...
Graduation rates and dropout rates for students in the Johnston Community School District class of 2016 have been released by the Iowa Department of Education. The district saw the dropout rate of 0.23 percent or seven students in...
Johnston schools had a fantastic showing at the Iowa History Day – regional competition. On April 8, 28 high school students, 35 JMS students and 21 Summit students descended upon Grandview University to showcase their historical research in...
(submitted by Jeremy Fitzpatrick) The 2016-2017 season has been Johnston High School Speech and Debate Team’s greatest season in school history. Accomplishments of this season included: In October, two students won local speech contests (Tara Djukanovic twice and...
Tom Bartello has been selected as the new principal of Lawson Elementary in the Johnston Community School District. Bartello is currently the principal of Thomas Jefferson Elementary, a pre-kindergarten through fourth grade school in the Newton Community School...
Many classrooms in the Johnston Community School District have participated in the nationwide “Hour of Code” movement for years. This year, a classroom at the Youth Homes of Mid-America (YHMA) also participated, creating a new learning opportunity for...
Four Johnston Mock Trial teams competed at the state competition March 27-28 in Des Moines. Coach Kathy Paul reports the teams did well, with Team Big Mock Candy Mountain receiving 11th place, Team All American Redirects winning the...
By Rylee Robinson Starting next week from March 27 through April 7, Johnston High School and Johnston Middle School students will be piloting a new schedule of 80 minute class periods on Wednesday and Thursday with regular eight-period...
Johnston High School students in Kayla Bousum’s Graphic, Sound & Animation Design course recently completed an assignment with an all-too-real application to their own lives: create a filter for the Snapchat app. “On a scale of one to...