By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 28, 2025) — All 10 Johnston High School students who were semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program have now been named finalists, giving them an...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 18, 2025) — Tiffany Spiegel has been selected as the Johnston Community School District’s new Assistant Director of Special Education, pending approval by the school board. This is a brand new position created to serve...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 17, 2025) – A Johnston student and teacher have been selected to represent Iowa at a prestigious academic opportunity in Philadelphia this summer. JHS sophomore Paige Neighbors and Johnston Extended Learning Program (ELP) teacher Cheryl...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Feb. 3, 2025) — The Johnston Community School District’s registration for the 2025-26 school year begins next week. Please register your student before spring break! New this year, registration for all grade levels begins at the...
By Clara Toot, JCSD Communications Specialist JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 31, 2025) — Johnston High School is breaking barriers with the introduction of Unified Sports, a Special Olympics program integrating students of all abilities. Johnston’s Unified Sports team will...
By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications and Board Secretary JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 15, 2024) — Vision screening will be more readily available for students throughout the Johnston Community School District, thanks to funding from the Johnston Community School...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 3, 2025) — The Johnston Community School District is moving to a system of establishing academic calendars for the next two years, to help everyone’s planning. Here’s a look at draft Academic Calendars for 2025-2026,...
By Clara Toot, JCSD Communications Specialist PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec. 4, 2024) — The Johnston High School varsity girls cross country team will compete this Saturday at Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) in Portland, Oregon for the first time ever. ...
By Clara Toot, JCSD Communications Specialist JOHNSTON, Ia. (Nov. 19, 2024) — Johnston High School’s varsity show choir Innovation is taking a new approach to its show this year. With the theme “Prometheus Unbound,” the nearly 100 students...
By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications and Cheryl Smith, JMS and JHS ELP teacher JOHNSTON, Ia. (Nov. 14, 2024) — Two of Johnston’s four middle school mock trial teams, Team Dragon and Team Gold, have qualified for...