JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 31, 2022) — Jeremy Fitzpatrick was today awarded $1,000 as the winner of this year’s Daniel Weiss “Get Your Good Out” Memorial Award during an end-of-year Johnston High School staff meeting. The award by the...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 31, 2022) — The Jester Park Nature Center is now home to a Raptor Building built by Johnston High School students in Rhys South’s construction technology class. Students spent the past three months building the...
JOHNSTON, IA. (May 26, 2022) — Adam Busch has been selected as the Johnston Community School District’s student services coordinator, a new position created by a reorganization of the district’s leadership. Busch will begin his new role July...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 20, 2022) — From the looks of it, students were just having a lot of fun. From dancing to nature walks, cooking and baking, arts and crafts, miniature golf, yoga, show choir, tie die, bubble...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 16, 2022) — For years, Wallace Elementary fifth grader Eric Matheson didn’t want to read and had difficulty meeting the benchmark in the FAST reading assessment. “Eric has really struggled with meeting that benchmark year...
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 18, 2022) – If there’s one thing the Ellipsis leadership and staff know how to do, it’s celebrate the good news that happens within their organization. That’s why, when Ellipsis CEO Chris Koepplin received the accreditation report...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 12, 2022) —Johnston High School senior Allison Zahn returned home on her 18thbirthday to a wonderful surprise — she learned that she is the winner of a $10,000 scholarship that will help her attend the...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 12, 2022) — Eleven Johnson High School seniors were honored this week at the sixth annual Stepping Toward Success banquet. This banquet is held to recognize students who were nominated by a faculty member for...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 11, 2022) — The Johnston High School Drama Department’s spring 2022 production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway Version) is the recipient of the state’s Outstanding Musical Production Award — one of the highest honors...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 9, 2022) — With purple shirts, purple-and-gold balloons and a large check in hand, the “Dragon Patrol” from the Johnston Community School Foundation went into the classroom to surprise two Johnston teachers with grants today....