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Johnston High School - 6500 NW 100th St, Johnston, IA

The Black & White

Johnston High School - 6500 NW 100th St, Johnston, IA

The Black & White

Johnston High School - 6500 NW 100th St, Johnston, IA

The Black & White

Climate Change
Climate Change
Anna Allison, Staff Writer

The topic of climate change has been at the forefront of media, politics, and the minds of individuals for decades. Its increasing prevalence...

The Skram family standing on a cliff together posing for a photo in Norway on June 14.
Skram Reunion in Scandinavia
Emma Lokmic, Staff Writer

JHS student, Kajsa Skram 27’ had grown up seeing family faces on the screen of her mother’s phone. This summer, she traveled across the ocean...

Cate Taylor: Johnston's Dude With Sign
Cate Taylor: Johnston’s Dude With Sign
Sidny Pohlman, Copy Editor

Dude with a Sign has been capturing the attention of students for four years, but many people wonder where it came from. The idea originally...

Making Waves
Making Waves
Cate Taylor, Social Media Editor

Enter the pool at 5:30 AM, and you’ll see three time state champion, Faith Frantum ‘25 swimming, come again at 4:45 PM and you will see Frantum....

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SRG Not Meeting our Needs
SRG Not Meeting our Needs

Johnston High School traditional letter grading is being replaced by an SRG grading scale. The SRG scale is a system in which students are graded...

America: A Theocracy in Disguise 
America: A Theocracy in Disguise 
Sam McAlister, Staff Writer

“The legitimate powers of government reach actions only and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American...

A Country Past its Prime
A Country Past its Prime

The members of the political class running America are getting to an age where they can no longer properly govern the country, a national concern...

Making Waves
Making Waves
Cate Taylor, Social Media Editor

Enter the pool at 5:30 AM, and you’ll see three time state champion, Faith Frantum ‘25 swimming, come again at 4:45 PM and you will see Frantum....

Johnston Cross Country Qualifies for Nationals
Johnston Cross Country Qualifies for Nationals
Kaden Krebs, Sports Reporter

10 NOV 24 Sioux Falls SD It was a very emotional race day for Johnston XC. They qualified for the National meet in Oregon for the first...

Sophomore RB Emri Jones celebrates following a touchdown
Johnston Advances to the Round of 8
Kaden Krebs, Sports Reporter

November 01 2024 The Johnston Dragons (7-2) hosted Waterloo West (6-3) Friday in the round of 16 in the IHSAA State Playoffs.  After ending...

Bryce Beachem ’27 hugs a JHS coach
#8 Johnston Dominates #6 SEP
Kaden Krebs, Sports Reporter

07 Oct 24 - The Dragons (4-2) welcomed the Rams of Southeast (3-3) into Dragon Stadium Friday evening, decided by halftime with a final score...

A Musical Snapshot
A Musical Snapshot
Cate Taylor, Social Media Editor • January 6, 2025

Every year, avid music fans all across the world look forward to one special day. The widely used music platforms, Spotify and Apple Music, release...

Zedric McCorkel playing on his electric guitar during Jazz Syndicate rehearsal.
Playing the Strings
Maddie Lehman, Staff Writer • December 3, 2024

Zedric McCorkel and his family take pride in keeping their instruments well-polished and their strings always tightened. Aside from the strings,...

JHS teacher superlatives
Johnston High School Teacher Superlatives
Anna Allison, Staff Writer • November 7, 2024

Welcome to the NFL
Welcome to the NFL
Paxton Myers, Staff Writer • October 24, 2024

Fantasy Football has taken the nation by storm over the last ten years. What started as a group of Oakland Raiders fans in the nineteen sixties...

Behind the Curtain: Stage Management
Behind the Curtain: Stage Management
Maddie Lehman, Staff Writer • October 23, 2024

The life of stage managers Ty Plante ‘26, Cecelia Freeman ‘27, and Finn Gould ‘25 can be described in two words ‘organized chaos’....

Events in Des Moines
Events in Des Moines
Emma Lokmic and Reagan Zahn October 4, 2024

Emma Lokmic
Emma Lokmic
Staff Writer

Emma Lokmic is a sophomore in her first year of newspaper. She is also a part of cross country, track,...

Lilly Bresson
Lilly Bresson
Staff Writer

Lilly Bresson is a Sophomore and in her first year of newspaper. She is involved in basketball, marching...

Adler Angrick
Adler Angrick
Staff Writer

Adler Angrick is a sophomore and in his first year of Newspaper. Adler’s love for stacking paper keeps...

Ahana Devadas
Ahana Devadas
Staff Writer

Ahana Devadas is in her first year of the newspaper. In her free time, she runs cross country and enjoys...