Johnston High School counselor Lisa Boge was recently honored with the Please Pass the Love award at the Iowa School Mental Health Conference, Oct. 17 in Des Moines. The conference brings together hundreds of teachers, administrators, support staff, counselors,...
On the heels of an outstanding season, runners for the Johnston girls cross country team gave it their all at the state meet on Saturday, Oct. 28 in Fort Dodge. Cold temperatures and wind didn’t prevent the Dragons...
(Submitted by coach Kate Safris) The Johnston Competition Cheer Team took home their second Grand Championship of the season on Sunday, Oct. 29 at the Triton Challenge at Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge. The “Grand Champion” title...
As part of the Johnston Community School Foundation grant program, more than 200 Johnston Middle School students now have additional state-of-the-art equipment in the Woods lab. On Wednesday, October 26, representatives from Kreg Tool (Huxley, IA) donated a...
Every year the Dragon Scholarship Fund raises funds to provide scholarship money to graduating students that are furthering their education (upon timely completion of application paperwork). Last year, Dragon Scholarship Fund awarded more than $100,000 in scholarship money...
Johnston student Sanjana Amatya has been named a finalist in the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) 10th annual Iowa Women of Innovation Awards Presented by Workiva. The awards recognize and celebrate women in business, government and academia who...
Seven Beaver Creek students competed at the Special Olympics bowling tournament last week, with three qualifying for the state meet in mid-November. Congratulations!
Stahl Constuction, the firm who completed the Johnston High School building project, recently produced an in-depth project profile video of the new space. Check out some awesome videography and hear about the many design concepts used to make...
Out of all the likely ways for students to demonstrate understanding of a text, building a simple machine may be one of the last ideas to come to mind. But that type of thinking – a little flipped...
As the district continues to work with the Johnston Police Department, we are planning on having school with a few adjustments, beginning with a two-hour late start for all students on Wednesday, October 4. Secondary students will start...