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

Eli Erikson 20 plays basketball in Track 3 PE. Currently PE meets every other day. The proposal is for it to meet every day for one semester.

The Physical Education Department is changing, which will be… wack

Ben Pegg, Staff Writer March 10, 2020

There are changes coming to the high school: Standards based grading, Sophomores potentially getting open campus and lastly there is a movement going from the P.E. Department to restructure how P.E. classes...

An eagle leaving his nest, which can represent an Eagle Scout leaving his Troop

Eagles taking flight

Ben Pegg, Staff Writer October 16, 2019

I am finally almost there. Almost at the coveted rank of Eagle. It will take maybe five weeks to get the paperwork back from National and my final project review in order, but I have all the time in the...

A representation of Mt. Eagle

Heart attack Eagle Stress

Ben Pegg, Staff Writer June 18, 2019

It finally hit Evan Houston '19 that he had five months left in Scouts when he started shopping for Eagle Projects. Each wasted a lot of time on his already-tight-schedule, which just stressed him out...

The whole package Neckerchief, Badge, Pin

Why more handy-capable people should join Boy Scouts

Ben Pegg, Staff Writer April 23, 2019

I am the only disabled Boy Scout I have ever met. I have 44 merit badges, which are little ovals of cloth that denote that the Scout has committed enough time to have, allegedly, learned something. The...

photo courtesy of IMbD

Alita: Battle Angel Movie Review

Ben Pegg, Staff Writer March 6, 2019

"Alita: Battle Angel" is a cyberpunk action film set in the year 2536 about a cyborg named Alita, and her adventures in attempting to discover who she is and to move from the destroyed wreck of Iron City...

A photo of a typical assessment.

Do schools offer alternative essays?

Ben Pegg, Staff Writer February 27, 2019

For the most part, I have had alternatives and/or extended deadlines due to Cerebral Palsy. The question was posed; "Do schools offer alternative essays?" I was surprised to find that for the most part...

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