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Jan 31, 2023

Johnston business students advance to state competition

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 31, 2023) — Every student in the JHS Business club who took part in the Iowa Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) District Leadership Conference this past weekend has qualified for the state competition. FBLA...
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Jan 30, 2023

Four Johnston speech groups advance to state this weekend 

JOHNSTON, Ia (Jan. 30, 2023) — Four groups of Johnston speech students are advancing to the state large group competition this Saturday, Feb. 4, hosted by the Iowa High School Speech Association at Waukee High School. Contest speech...
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Jan 29, 2023

JHS Academic Decathlon wins regional championship

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 29, 2023) — Seventeen Johnston students who participated in Academic Decathlon emerged with 42 individual ribbons, six of the overall medals and the regional championship. Academic Decathlon is a contest requiring each student to give a...
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Dec 20, 2022

Woodley becomes Johnston’s fifth Coach of the Year

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Dec. 20, 2022) — Johnston High School head football coach and teacher Brian Woodley has been named The Iowa Football Coaches Association (IFCA)’s Class 5A Coach of the Year. Woodley took the Johnston varsity football team to...
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Dec 5, 2022

Bolar named delegate to U.S. Senate Youth Program; wins $10,000 scholarship and trip to DC

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Dec. 5, 2022) — Johnston High School senior Esha Bolar was today named one of two Iowa delegates to the prestigious United States Senate Youth Program, which comes with a $10,000 scholarship and an all-expense-paid, weeklong...
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Dec 2, 2022

Johnston wins 2022 mock trial state championship

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Dec. 2, 2022) — Johnston’s Team Dragon is the 2022 Iowa Middle School Mock Trial State Champions! Johnston beat Regis Middle School of Cedar Rapids in the final round at the state mock trial tournament today,...
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Nov 17, 2022

15 Johnston students selected for prestigious OPUS Honor Choir

AMES, Ia. (Nov. 17, 2022) — Fifteen Summit and Johnston Middle School students are participating in the 36th annual OPUS Honor Choir Festival, being held at 4 p.m. today at C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center...
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Oct 26, 2022

Johnston applauds more than two dozen in All-State Band and Choir

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct. 26, 2022) — The Johnston Community School District applauds all of the students who tried out for All-State Choir or Band, and the more than two dozen accepted this year. Students will perform at the...
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Oct 18, 2022

Johnston plays leadership role in national conference on student wellness

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct. 18, 2022) — Johnston is playing a leadership role in an upcoming national conference on student wellness. Illuminate: Student Summit on Wellness will convene school teams across the country to advance groundbreaking, student-led ideas for...
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Oct 10, 2022

Johnston inducts first group of 37 iJAG students

JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct 10, 2022) — The Johnston Community School District tonight inducted its first group of 37 students into iJAG, Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates, as the program begins its inaugural year at Johnston High School. Iowa...
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