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

AP Chemistry teacher Dave Oldham jumps back after failing to get the lid on the Diet Coke bottle fast enough after dropping in Mentos. Oldham did two demonstrations for his classes on Jan. 15.

Students participate in science labs

Natalie Larimer, Online Sub-Editor January 29, 2015

Several science labs kicked off these past few weeks, including frog dissection, cat dissection, and the classic Diet Coke and Mentos.

Eliminating backpacks can eliminate problems

Eliminating backpacks can eliminate problems

Natalie Larimer, Online Sub-Editor January 27, 2015

Now, I know I’m going to sound like a privileged and sheltered child when I say this, but I was unaware that other schools had a policy of not allowing backpacks to be carried around through the day....

Riessens Dream Team

Riessen’s “Dream Team”

Natalie Larimer, Online Sub-Editor January 20, 2015

Okay, not so much a dream team, but I have landed myself on the Design Team. This means I didn’t have a nice, relaxing day of Netflix for our day off Jan. 19, I was able to join the teachers at their...

UnRiessenable senior meeting

“UnRiessenable” senior meeting

Natalie Larimer, Online Sub-Editor January 15, 2015

Seniors took an hour out of their day on Jan. 14 to be talked at about the policies at the high school. We sat in the auditorium and heard about lanyards, how to recycle, parking lot etiquette, and accountability....

Math teacher Justin Lewis sold Crested geckos online during college. This is the logo from his gecko business. Geckos generally cannot blink so they lick their eyes to keep them moist.

Math teacher bred geckos for spare cash

Natalie Larimer, Online Sub-Editor January 14, 2015

To earn some money, people generally get a normal part-time job, but for math teacher Justin Lewis, that part-time job was breeding geckos. “We bred Crested geckos,” he said. “They were fairly valuable...

Attempting to edit the 1:1 program

Attempting to edit the 1:1 program

Natalie Larimer, Online Sub-Editor January 13, 2015

For three years now, we have had an iPad 1:1 program. Now, if you ask me what I think about the iPads, I’d respond incredibly negatively. I do not like the iPads, but I do have to agree they are convenient. Yesterday...

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