Preschool and School Registration Starting Soon
Preschool and school registration in the Johnston Community School District is starting soon! It all kicks off 8 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 for 2- and 3-year-olds who can reserve a spot by registering online at johnston.ce.eleo.com/. There’s a...
Johnston Baseball Program GIVES BACK! #JohnstonServes
The Johnston Baseball Program, composed of over 120 players and 15 coaches, decided to GIVE BACK in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and a national day of service. The Baseball Coaches collaborated with the Johnston Partnership,...
Coaches vs. Cancer Game Night – February 1
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...
Timber Ridge fifth graders learn about financial literacy in Biztown
DES MOINES, IA (Jan. 14, 2022) — Some Timber Ridge fifth graders this week took the long-awaited trip to JA Biztown — a simulated town where students operate the banks, manage the restaurants, write checks and vote for...
New school board members sworn in, mask mandate lifted
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...
Mask Mandate Effective Sept. 23
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...
Reminder: Masks are Mandatory on Buses
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,...
Special Board Meeting Update & Transportation Changes
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...
Ten JHS Students Named NMSC Semifinalists
(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...