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

BTS of the B&W

October 3, 2018

The student-run newspaper doesn’t always run smoothly. Our readers only see the finished product at the end of the month, but now we’re pulling back the curtain to show you just how much work goes...

A DPA full of resources is not utilized by staff or students. DPAs were introduced as a new addition to

Done with DPAs

Ada Basic, Staff Writer April 12, 2018

The Designated Professional Areas (DPAs) have failed to win over the students, and some of the teachers. They were built with the purpose of giving teachers a space where they could collaborate and work...

Substitute Bruce Demsky reads a Spanish dictionary while substituting for Kari Grays French I class.

The state-wide substitute shortage

Ada Basic, Staff Writer January 4, 2018

When chemistry teacher Jennifer Lehman's sixth-period students walked into class they were expecting to find a substitute. Instead, they found chemistry teacher Chris Siewert playing the part of Jennifer...

Tyler Miklo teaches his student about the Dutch and the English in Asia. Miklo has taught almost everything in social studies from government and economics to ancient world history and AP government.

Tyler Miklo

October 2, 2017

Tyler Miklo grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa. This is his 12th year teaching, he spent four years teaching in Fort Dodge, and the last seven years teaching in Fairfield. He has taught almost everything in social...

Andrew McCormick hold up one of the props he keeps in his classroom. He firmly believes that people should not take themselves too seriously.

Andrew McCormick

September 29, 2017

Andrew McCormick is the new art teacher. He grew up in Atlantic, Iowa, and received his degree at the University of Northern Iowa and has been teaching for 13 years. He has taught at Cedar Falls and Webster...

Lisa Horsch, the new biology teacher, enjoys seeing her old students from the middle school everyday. The best part about being here is to have you guys walk down the hall and say ‘Hi’, because I never got that at the middle school since I was always teaching the oldest kids and I didn’t know the grade below, Horsch said.

Lisa Horsch

September 29, 2017

Lisa Horsch is the new biology teacher. She grew up all over the Midwest and got her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Wichita State, and her masters' from the University of Iowa. She has been teaching...

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