Johnston High School - 6500 NW 100th St, Johnston, IA

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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

The drawing above symbolizes how students and staff are balancing academics and holidays as finals come closer, and academics are being placed above holidays and family time.

Calendar causes conflict for students, teachers

Esmeralda Flores, Staff Writer December 16, 2014

The first day of winter break this year will be Dec. 24, with a 3-hour early dismissal the 23rd. Classes will then resume Jan. 6, 2015. There seems to be mixed feelings from staff and students on the...

Jesse Dowell talks to his Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology class about preparing for the AP test at the end of the year. Next year, AP Psychology will be a dual credit class, meaning students will not need to take the AP test to receive college credit.

School handbook undergoes approval process

Hannah Crooks, Staff Writer December 15, 2014

Last year, the social studies teachers reviewed their curriculum K-12 and decided to condense government, currently a year-long class for seniors, to one semester, rather than a year-long class. The second...

Student representative Taylor Hall poses as her self-proclaimed sidekick, Natalie Larimer, presents her. Hall has been going to school board meetings and reporting back to Larimer about the topics discussed.

Hall named student representative

Matthew Berry, Staff Writer December 1, 2014

This year the decision was made to have one student as the school board representative. There would also be another student that would act as an assistant or communications secretary. Senior Taylor Hall...

Campus monitor Chris Rye sits at his table waiting to check for students without lanyards entering the building. Rye also makes sure students are not entering the building with hats on.

Introducing new campus monitor

Kitarrah Mangra-Dutcher, Staff Writer November 18, 2014

Chris Rye began his job as campus monitor Oct. 13. Over one 15-day stretch he wrote 104 name tags for people not wearing lanyards. Rye sits at the commons doors during the day checking that students...

In third hour Nov. 12, choir students warm up their voices in class. Students put in many hours of practice outside of class as well.

Students prepare for All-State final performance

Olivia White, Staff Writer November 12, 2014

With the annual All-State choir auditions occurring Oct. 25, many high school students took on the competition for a chance to impress judges and share their voices in hopes to receive a recall. Once a...

Science teacher Chris Siewert directs students off of the street as they evacuate the building.

Fire alarm causes chaos

Carly Kinning, Online Editor-in-chief November 12, 2014

At approximately 12:20 p.m., fire alarms went off forcing all students to evacuate the building. Lois Faley, Principal Brent Riessen's secretary stated that the fire alarms went off due to a student burning...

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