The Johnston Middle School and Johnston High School Student Council are hosting a Coaches vs. Cancer night on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The event will be at the home girls’ and boys’ basketball game. All proceeds will be...
JOHNSTON, IA (Jan. 10, 2022) — Even the school district’s youngest children have something to teach those already in high school. Students in Laura Bertroche’s child development class at Johnston High School recently visited preschoolers at the Johnston...
The Johnston Community School District is committed to an open dialogue about the education of our students. During the public comment portion of Monday night’s school board meeting, a Johnston community member shared her perspective on the debate...
JOHNSTON, IA (Dec. 9, 2021) — Maria K. Waller has been hired as the Johnston Community School District’s Director of Business Services, filling the vacancy created by Ryan Eidahl being hired as the district’s Chief Financial Officer. She will...
Clint Evans, Deb Davis and Derek Tidball were sworn in Nov. 22 as new members of the Johnston Board of Education. The board then elected Katie Fiala as board president and Alicia Clevenger as vice president. The district...
Johnston High School Principal Ryan Woods announced today that JHS seniors Anthea Cheng, Matthew He, and Jenna Woodsmall have been named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and...
On Tuesday, Sept. 21, the Johnston Board of Education held a special board meeting to vote on the implementation of a PreK-12 mask mandate indoors, during instructional hours, for students, staff and visitors. The vote passed and masks...
At the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, there had been conflicting state and federal guidance on how the CDC mask order applied to school buses. With a federal judge’s ruling in a larger case on Sept. 13,...
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the Johnston Board of Education held a special meeting with the purpose to vote on the required use of masks as an additional mitigation effort for all PreK-12 students and staff when indoors. The...
(Evanston, Illinois) Today, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the...