
April 24, 2025
Jefferson Elementary School is undergoing a renovation and expansion project to modernize the school’s facilities and improve accessibility for all students. The ongoing work, whi...

April 23, 2025
Our high school math team has a long-standing tradition of triumph. Each day, students and staff walk past a case filled with trophies and plaques in the upstairs hallway. Former ...

April 18, 2025
Boys Head Basketball Coach Scott Burzynski and Boys Head Football Coach Todd Thomas are stepping down from their roles. Now, both coaches are reflecting on their time in these pos...

April 15, 2025
Is your son or daughter interested in learning and improving their basketball skills. This is the perfect opportunity to get some practice on the court with the hope of being ...

April 3, 2025
Graduating from middle school is an exciting time and a rite of passage for youth and their families. It signifies years of hard work finally paying off. For some students, excite...

April 2, 2025
All students participating in a WMS or JCHS sport for the 2025-26 school year MUST have a yearly sports physical. This is a great opportunity to cross that off your back-to-sch...

April 2, 2025
APRIL 14TH UPDATE: The Lions Club Vision and Hearing Screening scheduled for this Saturday, April 19th, at the Johnston City Ballfields is now postponed due to mechanical issues w...

April 1, 2025
Johnston City CUSD #1 is conducting Kindergarten Pre-Registration for the 2025-2026 school year. Please click on the link below to register eligible children. You will need to c...

March 31, 2025
Our high school choir is getting ready for the Spring Concert, its biggest event of the year. This upcoming show is an accomplishment that wasn’t possible just a few short years a...

March 27, 2025
March is Youth Art Month. It’s a time to recognize the importance of art education in schools and highlight young artists. Our Johnston City High School Art Club embodies this mis...

March 25, 2025
For a handful of students at Washington Middle School 1st block is band. Our students start class by warming up their instruments, including 8th grader Scarlet Corey, who joined t...

March 20, 2025
Johnston City High School’s Scholar Bowl team is busy preparing for the Illinois High School Association’s (IHSA) State Tournament which is just days away. On March 22nd, the team...

February 25, 2025
At a young age, Erin West took note of the hard work nurses put into every shift. At the time, West sat next to her dad’s hospital bed as he battled stage 3 Lymphoma cancer. West ...

February 18, 2025
“It’s just something that sticks with you,” says Tonnie Nordmeyer, a bus driver for the Johnston City School District. “Those kids, you get really attached to them. It’s just some...

February 13, 2025
For the past seven years, the Kegan Johns Memorial 5K/10K has served as an outlet for the community to turn a tragedy into a lesson for students across the region. With this being...


January 30, 2025
The Johnston City School District implemented Vision 2020 and is now backing the next phase of the evidence-based funding formula called Vision 2030. During their January meeting,...

January 21, 2025
The Arrowhead Classic is all about basketball, but if you look a little closer there’s something more important than the numbers on the scoreboard. Community. Coaches, players,...

January 17, 2025
The Kicks for Kids program is off and running at Jefferson Elementary School. On January 17th, 57 Pre-K students went home with a brand new pair of shoes. It’s a group effort ...

January 17, 2025
The Kicks for Kids program is off and running at Jefferson Elementary School. On January 17th, 57 Pre-K students went home with a brand new pair of shoes. It’s a group effort...