JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 13, 2025) — A total of 264 Johnston High School students are being recognized nationally by the United Nations Association of the USA and InnerView in the eighth annual Community Service Impact Awards. This program...
By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 12, 2025) — Johnston High School has for a second consecutive year been named a “Capturing Kids’ Hearts® National Showcase School.” The 2024-2025 national award recognizes and celebrates...
By Lynn Meadows and Clara Toot, JCSD Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 9, 2025) — Adonawit Meshesha and Reagan Dammeier this week became the first two Johnston students to ever receive their Associate of Arts (AA) 2-year college degree...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 7, 2025) — The Johnston High School Drama Department has received eight awards for its spring 2025 production of “Mean Girls,” including the Outstanding Overall Performance Award — one of the program’s highest honors —...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May, 5 2025) — Claire Anderson, a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Johnston High School, has been named the 2025 Iowa ProStart® Educator of Excellence by the Iowa Restaurant Association Education Foundation (IRAEF). Selected from...
DES MOINES, Ia. (May 3, 2025) — A team of nine Johnston High School students took 2nd place in Division IV of United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) Nationals 2025, held over the past three days at the Community...
Story by Lynn Meadows. Photos by Clara Toot, JCSD Communications GRIMES, Ia. (April 22, 2025) — Katie Carr’s drive to succeed in school and have a future helping others, despite a difficult childhood with financial barriers, impressed the...
