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

The cart of books has been placed out by Ruth Thoreson for students or teachers to take from. The books are some of the ones being removed from the library shelves, and Thoreson hopes people take them and enjoy their stories.

Books to the auction

Shabana Gupta, Staff Writer November 28, 2016

Library books are being discarded from the school's shelves, signaling the changing of times. Some students are excited to be able to take home some of the discarded books. The empty shelves have caused...

Eileen Lagerblade 16 takes a gap year helping children in Peru. She plans to travel to other locations across the world.

Students take on the world through gap years

Abby Nichol, Staff Writer November 21, 2016

One thing Eileen Lagerblade '16 would do, while in on her gap year in Peru, is go out around 11 p.m. and stay out until around 3 to 4 a.m. dancing with the locals. "It's super fun and whether I'm...

A student fills out college admissions applications. Over 25 percent of high school students apply to seven or more colleges per year.

Aiming for an acceptance letter

Sophie Cordaro, Staff Writer November 18, 2016
Students spend their high school careers preparing for a secondary education. Read to find out what colleges really want.
Grace Henderson 17 cleans tubes from the marine biology class fish tanks. Students in this program have different shifts that involve feeding fish and cleaning tanks.

New policy causes lower enrollment at Central

Sophie Cordaro, Staff Writer October 20, 2016

When the time to begin scheduling next year’s classes comes around, students have more than enough options to choose from. Due to a new school board policy, Central Campus went from having nine to five...

A desk for the campus monitor sits empty in the commons. Administration hopes to have the position filled no later then second semester.

Administration again plans to add campus monitor

Matthew Berry, Opinion Editor October 7, 2016

In the interest of efficiency and security, administration will be bringing a campus monitor back to the high school. This change is in lieu of the security guard hired last year. In addition, students...

Students load onto the buses after school. The district is the first in Iowa to use Students Transportation of America.

School makes change to private bussing

Molly Hauser, Staff Writer September 26, 2016

Last year the district announced that they would be hiring a company to drive the buses due to a lack of drivers. The company hired is called Student Transportation of America (STA), a section of Student...

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