A water main break occurred at the Johnston Community Education site on Tuesday, May 9, forcing all preschool classes to be cancelled for that day. At this time, the Community Education offices are being relocated to temporary spaces...
On Monday, May 8, Johnston Community School District officials learned Johnston High School sophomore Trevor Churchill died unexpectedly. The district will be providing school counselor services at the high school for any student, staff member, parent, or community...
Story by Rylee Robinson Positivity and expression are common things in Dana Crable’s art classroom at Lawson Elementary. Students study different mediums of art like clay, printmaking, and paint with each increasing in difficulty as the student progresses through...
Christopher Billings has been selected as the new principal of Summit Middle School in the Johnston Community School District. Billings is the principal of Gilbert Middle School, a nationally identified high-performing school in the Gilbert Community School District,...
Anyone looking to skies over Johnston on Friday, May 5, around 10:30 a.m. may have noticed a large, white balloon floating through the air. Like most balloons, it was filled with helium, made of latex, and the movement...
Story by Rylee Robinson What do toothpaste, cups, and tennis shoes all have in common? They were all improved upon to suit our everyday needs. Summit students in Colleen Ites’ Physics and Design class are currently doing a...
May is School Board Recognition Month and an opportunity for local schools and communities to honor Iowa’s more than 2,000 locally elected school board members for their dedication to children and schools. “Providing our community’s children with a...
It’s not every day you find a gorilla roaming the halls of Horizon Elementary (or any elementary, for that matter). But ask any Horizon student, parent, or staff member and they’ll tell you they’re going bananas over Ivan...
(Submitted by Summit TSA advisor Ben Chadwick) The Summit Middle School Technology Student Association had 20 students attend the 2017 State Competition held at the Adventureland Inn in Altoona, Iowa. The attending students placed in five of the...
Story by Rylee Robinson The Johnston Community School District has partnered with the Johnston Police Department to provide the School Resource Officer (SRO) program since the 2007-08 school year. The SRO program provides students with positive law enforcement...