The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has awarded Xan Taylor, JHS Head Varsity Girls Bowling Head Coach, the Golden Plaque Award – one of the highest honors given out by the IGHSAU! Coach Taylor is not only...
Congratulations to the Johnston Middle School Mock Trial Teams for a successful virtual season! Here are the results from the state competition: Harrison Burkhardt (7th grade) and Henry Zou (7th grade) both received awards for outstanding performances as...
This news release has been provided by the Coco-Cola Scholars Foundation and released with permission by the Kalyanaraman family. For Immediate Release, December 7, 2020 (Atlanta) Johnston High School senior Karshana Kalyanaraman has been named a Semifinalist...
This year Johnston had three teams compete in the Iowa middle school mock trial competition. For the first time, the competition was held virtually with teams from across the state competing at the same time. Last week the...
The Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union & The Iowa High School Athletic Association recognizes those teams and cheerleading squads which collectively have excelled in the classroom. There are two awards which may be earned: Excellence in Academic...
The list of 2020 All-State Choir, Band, and Orchestra members has been released. Johnston vocal and instrumental students had a tremendous showing at the virtual try-outs and has 33 students named to three lists. Band/Orchestra Honorees: Kimberly Larsen,...
(Evanston, Illinois) Today, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the...
(As shared by the National History Day organization) National Museum of African American History and Culture Selected Student Films to be Showcased by Smithsonian Learning Lab WASHINGTON, DC—National History Day® (NHD), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American...
Opinions and middle school students seem like a natural fit. Annually, the New York Times challenges teens across the world to put their thoughts to paper in the “Student Editorial Contest.” More than 10,000 entries are received from...
On a beautiful June night, JHS graduate Cole Eichacker (’20) was awarded the Johnston Community School Foundation Raymond and Marie Schlenker Scholarship. Eichacker is the son of Scott and Jodi Eichacker. He has attended Johnston schools since kindergarten....