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

Pet of the Week: Bella

Pet of the Week: Bella

Taryn Swaim, Staff Writer September 18, 2017

Eric Irwin talks to Natalie Lloyd, 17. Irwin makes it his goal to converse with and connect with students during his down time.

Eric Irwin, from detention center to high school

Nick Irwin and Joe Kronberg September 13, 2017

At the start of the new school year, the administration hired additional hall monitor, Eric Irwin. Eric Irwin is a former juvenile corrections officer who applied and was interviewed alongside Dannie...

The prairie and retention pond are located on the southwest side of the new high school. The land is planned to be fully functional within the next three years.

Teacher organizes outdoor learning center by new high school

Grace Ballesteros, Staff Writer June 1, 2017

AP Biology teacher Sara Kate Howe plans to create a science space at the new high school by getting a grant to make the land a prairie. The retention pond and land on the southwest corner of the property...

Allie Tubbs 19 accepts her award at the National History Day competition. She performed well and advanced to State with her performance.

Students compete in National History Day

June 1, 2017

Allie Tubbs '19 made it to nationals for the first time for National History Day doing a performance.  She tried NHD after watching her brother do it, and ended up falling in love with it herself....

Jill Versteeg checks her computer. Right now Im really trying to weed through documents on my computer, and all the google docs I have, that I need to transfer ownership to other people. So, they dont lose them next year. Versteeg said.

Teachers resign as school year ends

Kennedy Stone, Staff Writer May 24, 2017

Four staff members will not be coming back to the district next fall. Jill Versteeg, Madeline Gage, Curt Larkin, Susan Krebs, Alicia Rollison all have memories of Johnston. Teachers who are resigning will...

Teacher Jessica Dowell teaches her seventh period AP US History class.

New school brings new course

Abby Nichol, Staff Writer May 23, 2017

Along with the opening of the new high school, the education department is also introducing a new class called "Blended History." Blended History will be a learning style that is a combination of online...

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