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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

Mall Day 2025

Mall Day 2025

Maddie Lehman, Copy Editor November 10, 2025

JHS’s Varsity Marching Band holds many distinct legacies: excellence on the field, a week-long band camp every summer, and, arguably a favorite among band members, Mall Day. Every year, students are...

New Smartboards: Learning on the Big Screen

New Smartboards: Learning on the Big Screen

Emma Lokmic, Social Media Editor October 29, 2025

Most of Johnston High School’s teachers have spent the first few weeks of the school year attempting to figure out how to properly work the brand-new smartboards. It has been an adjustment and learning...

Cool, Collected, Canon

Cool, Collected, Canon

Maddie Lehman, Copy Editor October 28, 2025

Next time you attend a Johnston High School football game I challenge you to look at the student section and count the number of digital cameras you see. Chances are there will be more than a dozen Canon’s...

Zhalgasby (left) and Petrovic (right) pose for Homecoming 2025 together

5,000 Miles From Home

Natalie Miller, Staff Writer October 3, 2025

New culture. New life. New language. New environment.  Two students, Ana Petrovic ‘27 from Germany and Karlygash Zhalgasbay ‘27 from Kazakhstan, left behind their home country and everything they’ve...

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

Cecelia Freeman, Print Content Editor September 24, 2025

As the first leaf falls, the curtain rises, and the JHS theatre department begins work on its first production of the season. This year, the play is The Tempest by William Shakespeare. English teacher...

Behind the Decks with Avi Devan

Behind the Decks with Avi Devan

Maddie Lehman, Copy Editor September 22, 2025

A school dance without music isn’t a school dance at all; it’s students in expensive clothes with uncomfortable shoes standing in their school’s cafeteria. Music creates a dance, it creates a vibe,...

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