JOHNSTON, Ia. (Dec. 5, 2022) — Johnston High School senior Esha Bolar was today named one of two Iowa delegates to the prestigious United States Senate Youth Program, which comes with a $10,000 scholarship and an all-expense-paid, weeklong...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Dec. 1, 2022) — Students in Johnston High School’s new iJAG (Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates) program took part in mock interviews this week to help prepare for their future. Several Johnston school board members, the...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Nov. 28, 2022) — Fifteen Johnston students have been selected to perform at the Drake University Honor Band Festival, scheduled for Dec. 2 and 3. The festival provides outstanding high school musicians with the opportunity to...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Nov. 10, 2022) — Coming to a theater near you! This new video from the Johnston Community School District will soon be appearing in local movie theaters. Want to make a difference in students’ lives? We’re...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct. 26, 2022) — The Johnston Community School District applauds all of the students who tried out for All-State Choir or Band, and the more than two dozen accepted this year. Students will perform at the...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct. 25, 2022) — Winter Break will start a little earlier this year! During a recent Employee Relations Committee meeting, it was discussed that having a 3-hour early out on Friday, Dec. 23 would be appreciated...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct. 18, 2022) — Johnston is playing a leadership role in an upcoming national conference on student wellness. Illuminate: Student Summit on Wellness will convene school teams across the country to advance groundbreaking, student-led ideas for...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct 10, 2022) — The Johnston Community School District tonight inducted its first group of 37 students into iJAG, Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates, as the program begins its inaugural year at Johnston High School. Iowa...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Sept. 28, 2022) — Siddarth Rajkumar, a junior at JHS, recently earned a perfect score on the ACT — the standardized test used for college admissions. This is rare. Less than one half of...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Sept. 22, 2022) — Seventeen Johnston paraeducators are participating in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation Teacher and Paraeducator Registered Apprenticeship Grant Program. The program, just launched in the 2022-23 school year, is a new model of teacher preparation. It...