For its exemplary record of leadership, service, and activities that serve to improve the school and community, the Johnston High School Student Council has been recognized as a 2021 National Council of Excellence by National Student Council (NatStuCo)....
(Submitted by Molly McConnell) Congratulations to students from Summit, JMS, and JHS who competed in this year’s regional Iowa National History Day competition! This year the competition was held virtually. The following students have qualified for the State...
(Submitted by Molly McConnell, Mock Trial coach) Congratulations to the eight Johnston teams who competed in the preliminary rounds of the Iowa High School Mock Trial competition! This year, for the first time, the competition was held virtually...
(Written/posted by the Iowa Bankers Association) JOHNSTON, IOWA (March 18, 2021) — Four Iowa high school seniors received a 2021 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award during the Iowa High School Boys’ State Basketball Tournament on Friday...
(Written and published by the Iowa Department of Education) Johnston’s Beaver Creek Elementary has been awarded the Banner Level of Recognition from the Iowa Department of Education for their respective implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)...
Johnston’s Academic Decathlon team won 12 individual medals and placed second overall at the State Tournament, held virtually on March 5-6. This performance earned them a berth at the National Academic Decathlon Competition, which will take place on...
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. Each student-athlete on the team will receive a certificate for their...
In the 2020-21 school year, Johnston students were invited to join their peers in the Dallas Center-Grimes FFA student organizations. Twenty-one students recently competed in the South Central Sub-district FFA contest. The FFA members did a fantastic job...
On Monday, officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of finalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Seven Johnston High School seniors have achieved the finalist nomination. They are Morgan Dunn, James Grimm,...
Johnston Middle School has once again been nominated for a Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools award for the 2020-21 school year by the Flippen Group. In 2016, school administrators began an initiative to transform the campus into...