By Clara Toot, JCSD Communications Specialist JOHNSTON, Ia. (July 8, 2025) — Following their graduation from Johnston High School, 60 percent of the 590 students in the class of 2025 plan to attend a four-year postsecondary institution. That...
By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (June 13, 2025) — Thousands of students from across the nation will be here next week when Johnston High School will once again be a host school for the...
By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (June 3, 2025) — Johnston High School art teacher Kenzie Lindsey was today awarded the 2025 Daniel Weiss “Get Your Good Out” Memorial Award by the Johnston Community School...
By Clara Toot, JCSD Communications Specialist JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 29, 2025) — As the school year comes to a close, the Johnston Community School District is celebrating significantly lower chronic absenteeism districtwide. Attendance data shows the number of...
By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 19, 2025) – Sixty-one JHS students gained valuable on-the-job work experience this school year through a partnership between Johnston High School and 56 different businesses, including 20 new...
By Clara Toot, JCSD Communications Specialist JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 13, 2025) — A total of 264 Johnston High School students are being recognized nationally by the United Nations Association of the USA and InnerView in the eighth annual...
By Lynn Meadows, JCSD Director of Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 12, 2025) — Johnston High School has for a second consecutive year been named a “Capturing Kids’ Hearts® National Showcase School.” The 2024-2025 national award recognizes and celebrates...
By Lynn Meadows and Clara Toot, JCSD Communications JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 9, 2025) — Adonawit Meshesha and Reagan Dammeier this week became the first two Johnston students to ever receive their Associate of Arts (AA) 2-year college degree...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 7, 2025) — The Johnston High School Drama Department has received eight awards for its spring 2025 production of “Mean Girls,” including the Outstanding Overall Performance Award — one of the program’s highest honors —...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (May, 5 2025) — Claire Anderson, a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Johnston High School, has been named the 2025 Iowa ProStart® Educator of Excellence by the Iowa Restaurant Association Education Foundation (IRAEF). Selected from...