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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

Teaching Beyond Borders
Teaching Beyond Borders
Ahana Devadas, Staff Writer

Before critiquing thesis paragraphs and explaining the structure of rhetorical analysis to her students, Melissa Dale had been serving her country...

Mock trial teams Wheeler of Fortune, Mo’Rial, and The Mockingjays at the 2024 state competition
Mock On!
Lilly Bresson, Staff Writer

Johnston mock trial students have been preparing for their upcoming season and recapping on their last season that was filled with a lot of success....

Synergy's Prince
Synergy’s Prince
Cecelia Freeman, Staff Writer

Beneath the bright lights of the stage are performers dedicated to the art of show choir. One of the best and brightest among them is Abraham...

A Summer 4,451 Miles Away
A Summer 4,451 Miles Away
Reagan Zahn, Staff Writer

Alaina Bousum 27’ was a part of one of the lucky 30,000 families that got the chance to host a foreign exchange student. Bousum and her family...

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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...

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...

Johnston falls in triple overtime to Cedar Falls 37-34
Johnston falls in triple overtime to Cedar Falls 37-34
Kaden Krebs, Staff Writer

Johnston  IA 06 SEP 24 The Dragons (1-1) welcomed the Tigers of Cedar Falls (2-0) into Dragon Stadium Friday evening which ended in triple...

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

Love on the Podium
Love on the Podium
Ahana Devadas, Staff Writer • October 3, 2024

This summer, the Olympics occurred in Paris, France, the iconic “City of Love”. While the periodic games commemorated the world’s most...

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...

Anna Catlett
Anna Catlett
Online Editor-In-Chief

Anna Catlett is a Senior at Johnston High School in her third year of newspaper. She is currently the...

Lilly Bresson
Lilly Bresson
Staff Writer

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

Paxton Myers
Paxton Myers
Staff Writer

Paxton Myers is a sophomore in his first year of newspaper. While he's not writing for the Black and...