Johnston schools had a fantastic showing at the Iowa History Day – regional competition. On April 8, 28 high school students, 35 JMS students and 21 Summit students descended upon Grandview University to showcase their historical research in...
(submitted by Jeremy Fitzpatrick) The 2016-2017 season has been Johnston High School Speech and Debate Team’s greatest season in school history. Accomplishments of this season included: In October, two students won local speech contests (Tara Djukanovic twice and...
Tom Bartello has been selected as the new principal of Lawson Elementary in the Johnston Community School District. Bartello is currently the principal of Thomas Jefferson Elementary, a pre-kindergarten through fourth grade school in the Newton Community School...
Jan Miller-Hook, JCSD Chief Financial Officer, was awarded the Iowa Association of Business Officials (IASBO) 2017 IASBO Professional Leadership Award at the association’s annual conference, March 29-30, in Ames, Iowa. The Professional Leadership Award is the highest honor...
Many classrooms in the Johnston Community School District have participated in the nationwide “Hour of Code” movement for years. This year, a classroom at the Youth Homes of Mid-America (YHMA) also participated, creating a new learning opportunity for...
Submitted by Cindy Tuttle, Summit Teacher Librarian The Summit Middle School PTO held a camping themed-book fair in the library February 27 through March 9. These weeks also encompassed the celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Read Across...
Story by Rylee Robinson At Timber Ridge Elementary, students in Sandy Miller’s music classes are learning much more than keeping a steady beat. From the beginning of kindergarten; students start out at a very basic level of learning rhythm,...
Four Johnston Mock Trial teams competed at the state competition March 27-28 in Des Moines. Coach Kathy Paul reports the teams did well, with Team Big Mock Candy Mountain receiving 11th place, Team All American Redirects winning the...
Each year, teachers in the Johnston Community School District nominate a number of students to attend the Belin-Blank Summer Institute for the Arts & Sciences, a week-long residential summer program held at The University of Iowa for 120...
By Rylee Robinson Starting next week from March 27 through April 7, Johnston High School and Johnston Middle School students will be piloting a new schedule of 80 minute class periods on Wednesday and Thursday with regular eight-period...