Johnston HS PTO

There will be no school from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2 for Winter Break, followed by a staff professional development day. We will see you all on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Have a great break and Happy Holidays!

Thanks to everyone who turned out at JMS last night to present or hear about Extended Learning Opportunities in our district such as Academic Decathlon, National History Day, and speech and debate through Speed Spotlighting! A recording and slide deck will soon be available on the JCSD website. – at Johnston, IA

A public hearing on the Johnston Community School District's proposed 2024-2025 property tax levy will be held at the next school board meeting, 6 p.m. Monday, April 8 in the JCSD board room. See more details at: bit.ly/3PlEpl2

Construction on NW 100th Street between NW 62nd Ave and Windsor Parkway begins at 9 a.m. Monday and will affect school traffic for Horizon and Summit. To alleviate the impact, adjustments are being made to traffic signal timing and the crossing guard protocol. The $7 million project to upgrade NW 100th to a four-lane road down to NW 54th Ave will continue through the end of the year. Read more: cityofjohnston.com/1200/NW-1…. Media coverage: desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Congratulations to @JCSD_Girlsbball head coach Chad Jilek for being named 2023-24 Class 5A Coach of the Year by @IGCAcoach! We are so proud of you and your team for taking us to the state tournament 10 years in a row — and the state championship game 5 years in a row. Amazing. Go Dragons! 💜🏀💛 @JCSD__Athletics – at Johnston, IA

Thanks to everyone who played a role in making conferences successful yesterday! Floater teachers from around the district spent their conference night preparing and organizing kits for JSCD teachers to use with the Numeracy Project. The Johnston High School PTO provided meals for teachers. And Beaver Creek Student Leadership groups decorated the school sidewalk to welcome students and families! 💜💛 – at Johnston, IA

Just a reminder that there will be NO SCHOOL this Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 19-20, as staff has professional development days. See you on Wednesday, Dragons!

Jill Van Woerkom has been named the permanent Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning for the Johnston Community School District, pending Feb. 19 approval by the school board. Van Woerkom has served as the Interim Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning during the 2023-2024 school year. She was one of two finalists for the permanent position. Read more: johnstoncsd.org/news/2024/02…

Looking for something to do over Winter Break? Join the Dragon Scholarship Fund for a holiday Bingo Night at 6:30 p.m. next Wednesday, Dec. 27 at the JHS Cafeteria! Fun for all ages, with cash prizes! Concessions will be available.

Thankful for each one of our students and staff — including our JHS Student Council, who does so much to help and plan for others. Check out their list of first semester accomplishments below. Happy Holidays! ❤️🎄🎅🏼 - Successful Homecoming with great events- RATC finally had more than enough teams! We had another great dance with raising over $10,000, and brought back PowderPuff. -We hosted our 3rd annual trunk or treat and had over 20 + tables from our Johnston school groups and from the community. -We hosted the Iowa Association of Student Councils state conference for the second year in a row and earned the award: Honor Council with Meritorious Distinction. -Our fall drive was another successful event: 74 people on the schedule going into the drive 69 registered to donate 37 first time donors!!! 55 were able to donate 61 units of blood collected!!! Up to 183 lives saved or sustained!!!! -We held a friendly turkey making competition within the school and had over 10 turkeys made -We donated lots of food to the Johnston Partnership from our community during our Give what You Can Drive -We adopted 5 families this year from Ellipsis and helped provide them with gifts for the families of the individuals. -We held multiple service days including clean ups and holiday card making for local Senior Centers in the area. -We hosted our first intramural Dodgeball and had a great turnout with 5 teams. Lastly, we held our annual spirit week before the holiday break and had a successful turnout from the staff and students. Stay tuned we have more events happening in 2024! We wish everyone a wonderful break and holiday season! – at Johnston, IA

Congratulations to all @JCSD_JHSSpeech and debate competitors at Tournavelt at Roosevelt High School! Final results: —In HI Marla Wirt placed third and Corley Blackford placed 1st —In DI, Emilia Kongshaug placed 2nd and Ella Devine placed 1st —In Duo, Paige Neighbors and Natalie Miller placed 1st in their event. —In Congress, Chamber 1 - Aravind Balaji got first place. Chamber 2 - Shereyas Shrestha got 2nd place. —In Novice LD, Sahashra Dendi was the third best speaker in LD. Also, she advanced into outrounds and became Johnston’s first LD champion in recent memory. —In Novice PF, Madeleine Licht got 2nd best speaker in Novice PF. Hudson Irwin was the best speaker in Novice PF. Both Hudson and Madeleine along with Quinnlyn Schulte and Manasvi Dhanekula both made it to semifinals in PF. Quinnlyn and Manasvi ended up being semifinalists in PF while the other team made it to finals. In finals, Hudson and Madeleine became runner ups. – at Des Moines, IA