JOHNSTON, Ia. (April 11, 2024) — For its exemplary record of leadership, service and activities that improve the school and community, the Johnston student council has been recognized as a 2024 National Gold Council of Excellence by the...
ALTOONA, Ia. (April 10, 2024) — JMS students won the middle school chapter championship at the Iowa Technology Student Association (TSA) spring state conference at Adventureland Resort this week, while 10 JHS students competing in nine events qualified for...
Seven Johnston High School students qualify for nationals JOHNSTON, Ia. (April 3, 2024) — Johnston High School will be one the host schools for the 2024 National Speech & Debate Tournament, which will be held in the Greater...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (March 28, 2024) — Twenty-four Johnston High School seniors will be honored at graduation this year for earning the Seal of Biliteracy in one of nine languages: Spanish, Japanese, Bosnian, Burmese, Tigrinya, Amharic, Arabic, French or Chin Mizo....
JOHNSTON, Ia. (March 27, 2024) — Will the 2023-2024 school year be extended by snow makeup days? Superintendent Dr. Nikki Roorda has recommended making up all three eligible days (the fourth day isn’t eligible because teachers worked those...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (March 7, 2024) — Johnston will be represented by four teams at the 2024 Iowa High School Mock Trial Tournament, March 28-29 in Des Moines. The teams advancing are: The Mockingjays led by Captain Audrey Allen...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (March 3, 2024) — Johnston Academic Decathlon team has come home with substantial awards from the state tournament! Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School hosted the two-day event, where each student competes in 10 different events: speech,...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 13, 2024) — Jill Van Woerkom has been named the permanent Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning for the Johnston Community School District, pending Feb. 19 approval by the school board. Van Woerkom has served...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 12, 2024) — Five Johnston High School students were today named among 15,000 finalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The Johnston finalists are Peyton Brown, Owen Ferguson, Siddarth Rajkumar, Maanit Sheth and...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 9, 2024) — The Johnston Community School District is pleased to announce that our Developmental Kindergarten (DK) program will be moving to a new location within our district. In fall 2024, the DK program will transition...