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

Jacob Kim, 19, assists with moving boxes. Students and teachers are encouraged to begin packing before the 16-17 school year ends.

Pack and purge

Hannah Short, Staff Writer May 23, 2017

The '16-'17 school year may be on the home stretch, but the transition into the new high school is just beginning. Possession of the new high school became official April 28. "June 2 afternoon is...

[left to right] Marianne Aldrich 19, Angela Cai 19, Lauren Fergus 19, Obsee Abbajabal 19 and Parul Srivastava 19 qualified for nationals.

Johnston qualifies numerous students to nationals

Andrew Maresca, Staff Writer May 23, 2017

Twenty-five  students competed at the National History Day (NHD) regional competition April 8, 10  of which qualified for the national competition in Washington D.C. NHD allows students to compete through...

Seniors from different teams line up to stack cups while their advisors and judges watch. For the event each member of a team was required to stack 15 cups in a five, four, three, two, one order then unstack them.

Students showcase their skills at senior challenge

Andrew Maresca, Staff Writer May 12, 2017

The large gym was full of shouts and laughter as senior challenge took place May 3. Senior Challenge is an opportunity for seniors to participate in nine Minute to Win it style games. There were 24 teams...

Diving over an Ankeny opponent, Bryce Rowland ‘17 attempts to keep hold of the ball.  The rugby team lost to Ankeny 21-0 April 14.

Rugby team secures second place

Andrew Maresca, Staff Writer May 8, 2017

On May 1 the rugby team Placed second in a tournament consisting of ten Iowa teams. The team lost to Southeast Polk in overtime, after beating Roosevelt and Valley. JV teams from all over the state came...

The financial literacy classes will be lead and taught by the business department  teachers

Financial literacy course becomes required for juniors

Edin Sehic, Sub-Opinion Editor April 5, 2017

After much deliberation and consideration with the Iowa core education, administration decided to add financial literacy classes into the mandatory curriculum, eventually replacing the current required...

Speech students Asia Mohammed 17, Nicole Hobson 17, Tara Djukanovic 17, Nicolas Ronkar 17, and Nika Silkin 19, qualified for speech and debate nationals. Im incredibly honored to be able to attend the national tournament and compete against some of the best speakers and debaters in the nation, Silkin said.

Speech and debate students break school record

Angela Cai, Feature Editor February 21, 2017

A record-breaking seven speech and debate students qualified for nationals at a speech and debate competition held at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School Feb. 10-11. "It shows their dedication and...

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