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...
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...
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...
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...
Johnston High School students in Kayla Bousum’s Graphic, Sound & Animation Design course recently completed an assignment with an all-too-real application to their own lives: create a filter for the Snapchat app. “On a scale of one to...
(submitted by Julie Probst, JHS Math) Each year, thousands of students across the nation apply their problem-solving skills in the annual Mathematical Association of America’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) 10/12 for high school students. The AMC program...
(Submitted by Kathy Paul) Nine teams of high school students from the Johnston Community School District recently competed in the district mock trial competition held in early March. Four teams: All-American Redirects, Squadra, Big Mock Candy Mountain, and...
Twelve Johnston students and three volunteers traveled to Cedar Rapids March 3-4 to compete in the 30th annual State Academic Decathlon competition. They returned with a record-high point total, 20 individual medals and their third consecutive second-place finish....
This year, the Johnston Community School District is beginning a discussion with parents, students, and staff members to determine whether changes should be made to the school day start and end times. Separate surveys were administered to parents,...
Call it a three-peat. The Johnston High School Girls Bowling Team took home the Class 3A State Championship title on Wednesday, February 22. This is the third year in a row the Johnston team has taken home top...