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

Kennedria Jackson 19 signs one of the posters for fallen officers Justin Martin and Tony Beminio. The posters will be sent to the Des Moines and Urbandale police stations.

Students honor fallen officers

Bryce Schulte, Online Editor-in-Chief November 3, 2016

After Des Moines Sgt. Tony Beminio and Urbandale officer Justin Martin were shot and killed Nov. 2, the community was left grieving. Urbandale schools closed for the day, some Johnston students stayed...

Helena (Lizzie Boeschen 17) and Demetrius (Ben Smaltic 17) listen to what Lysander (Will Linder 17) is trying to explain to Hermia (Nicole Hbson 17). 28 students performed in the play A Midsummer Nights Dream, while four students assisted backstage as crew members.

Performing a dream

Kitarrah Mangra-Dutcher, Photo Editor November 2, 2016

Twenty-eight cast members performed Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Oct. 28 and 29. Teacher Jeremy Fitzpatrick directed. The cast was made up of 14 seniors, seven juniors, five sophomores and...

Haley Toepfer 17 patiently waits for her donation of blood to end. The blood drive was held Oct. 27.

Annual blood drive breaks goal

Hailey Sherman, Staff Writer November 1, 2016

Reno Davis '17 donated blood for the first time. He wanted to try it out and knew that is was for a good cause. "There was a minor complication that causes my arm to swell and feel sore afterwards, but...

[From left] Aidan MacGregor 19, Luke Perman 19 and Cade Meyer 19 run as a pack in the state championship race. The boys placed 6th at the meet Oct. 29.

Cross country teams succeed at state

Ben Lunn and Justin Gard October 31, 2016

The boys’ and girls’ cross country teams competed at the state meet in Fort Dodge Oct. 29. Patrick Bose ‘17 was ranked number one in the state going into the race. The boys as a team were ranked...

The students are listening to a poem by Kennedy Ortmeier 19 that she found online. ELP had their slam poetry day Oct. 21.

ELP hosts slam poetry event

Shabana Gupta, Staff Writer October 31, 2016

  Teacher Sue Cline's Extended Learning Program (ELP) classes held a slam poetry day Oct. 21. Her third period class read poems that they had written or found online. They used the entire class...

A student from another school buzzes in, and raises his hand to answer a question in an oral round. Knowledge bowl finals were held Oct. 27 at the Ankeny DMACC.

Students compete at Knowledge Bowl finals

Angela Cai, Staff Writer October 31, 2016

While most students were at school Oct. 27, Marianne Aldrich '19, Angela Cai '19, Kennedy Ortmeier '19, Aditi Jithendra '18, Jimmy Le '18, Nicole Hobson '17, Justin Hu '17, Alexis Pottebaum '17 and Nathan...

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