The Johnston Community School District will be testing its emergency notification systems in preparation for winter weather on Tuesday, November 20 at 4 p.m. All notification lines for each student and employee in the district will be tested,...
Johnston, IOWA – The Johnston Community School District (JCSD) has received the results of the 2017-2018 ACT tests. The 377 students who completed the exam had a composite average of 24.5 (out of a possible 36) and scored...
Theater lovers are invited to the JHS production “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,” which centers around a musical production team and a string of murders associated with their productions. The play will run on Thursday, Oct. 25...
The JCSD Athletic-Activities Department, in conjunction with JCSD Student Support Services, are pleased to announce Johnston High School will begin participating in the Training Table Program aimed at helping to feed student athletes who do not always have...
(Submitted by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union) Johnston girls cross country coach Patrick Hennes is the 2018 IGHSAU cross country recipient of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s Golden Plaque of Distinction Award. The IGHSAU’s...
(Submitted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety) This week and every week, parents should have conversations with their teens about the important rules they need to follow to stay safe behind the wheel. These rules address the...
Johnston Middle School counselor Kayla Selby was recently honored with the Please Pass the Love award at the Iowa School Mental Health Conference, Oct. 16, in Des Moines. The conference brings together hundreds of teachers, administrators, support staff, counselors,...
(Written and published by the Iowa Department of Education; all photos courtesy of the Iowa Department of Education) Like most seventh graders, Tycin Gordon likes to tell jokes (good or otherwise). “How does a deaf fish hear? With...
The Johnston Community School District recently changed their student and employee assistance program (SAP/EAP). These assistance programs provide FREE short-term therapy services to all district students or employees and their immediate families. As of October 1, 2018, the Counseling Center...
U.S. Department of Education Office of Communications & Outreach, Press Office 400 Maryland Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20202 Contact: Press Office (202) 401-1576 or press@ed.gov U.S. Department of Education Announces 2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools Summit Middle School...