The Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union & The Iowa High School Athletic Association recognizes those teams and cheerleading squads which collectively have excelled in the classroom. There are two awards which may be earned: Excellence in Academic...
At the November 23 board meeting, the board approved continuation of the Johnston CSD temporary online learning waiver, due to high COVID-19 positivity rates in Polk Co. and high numbers of staff absences due to illness or quarantine....
The JCSD Nutrition Department will continue providing free meals to Johnston students while they are learning remotely. Each student will receive a bundle of 5 breakfast and 5 lunch meals for the week. We will offer FREE grab-n-go...
Meal Pick Ups In the interim of our temporary shift online, our Nutrition Department will continue providing free meals to any Johnston student who wants them while they are learning remotely. Each student will receive a meal bundle...
The communities of our Polk County school districts are distinctly different in wonderful ways, but we are united today with one very important message. If we want to keep our schools open and staffed, and return all students...
The Johnston School Board held a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10 to address how we, as a district, should proceed with safely educating our students as COVID positivity, quarantine, and absence rates rise among students and staff....
The USDA has issued nationwide waivers which allow school districts and community organizations to extend flexibilities to allow free meals to continue through operation of the Summer Food Service Program for the entire 2020-2021 school year. Johnston Community...
In September, Governor Reynolds, in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Public Health, issued new guidance about when individuals should quarantine after being exposed to a COVID-positive individual. The new guidance states that if both the COVID-positive individual...
The Johnston High School Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) has been progressing quietly throughout the summer and into the fall. The OLE has been a promising project of the Johnston Community School Foundation for the past three years as...
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced a change to the way in which individuals who have been exposed to a positive COVID-19 individual are placed in quarantine. Individuals who...