Posted June 18, 2013in Community Blogs, Johnston
This fall, art and education will come together in honor of a lifelong Johnston schools supporter and advocate. The Artists in the Schools Program is a new partnership between the Johnston Community School Foundation and the Johnston Community School District. This program is being funded by the Peter Coaldrake Family
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Posted June 12, 2013in Community Featured, Des Moines West
Dana Andrews grew up loving music and math. But there was a more lucrative career in engineering than music, so he began down that path in college. That’s when he had an epiphany. “It left me no time for music, and that’s when I realized my passion,” Andrews says. So
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Posted June 12, 2013in Community Featured, Norwalk
Technology is in a constant state of flux, and Ashley Prieksat has to keep up with it. It’s a challenge the Norwalk Middle School teacher welcomes. “You’re always on your toes; things are always changing,” says Prieksat, who teaches the sixth and seventh grade computers class. “I love the fast
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Posted June 12, 2013in Clive, Community Featured, West Des Moines
After teaching at Chicago schools for 14 years, Julia Benson says she has found a professional home at Sacred Heart Catholic School where faith and science can coexist. “There’s a perceived separation between science and faith, but I don’t think that it needs to exist. I love teaching at a
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Posted June 12, 2013in Community Featured, Featured Story, Greene County
There’s no doubt that at 58 Dale Smith still loves to teach. His smile and enthusiasm gives him away when he talks about his students and being one of the math teachers at Greene County High School in Jefferson. He currently teaches a couple levels of algebra as well as
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Posted June 12, 2013in Community Featured, Fort Dodge
Every pastor is perhaps a bit of a teacher at heart. They may not use a chalkboard or take attendance every morning, but by their life they model for students the calling in their hearts. For Rev. Shane Deman, his first assignment as a Roman Catholic priest brought with it
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Posted June 11, 2013in Community Blogs, Johnston
Countless meetings, thousands of stories, hundreds of layouts, and dozens of future writers. By the numbers, Leslie Shipp’s impact on student journalism is nothing short of impressive. She’s well know in the halls of JHS, and recently, her colleagues across the country had the opportunity to recognize her outstanding efforts
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Posted June 05, 2013in Clear Lake, Community Featured
State capitals and multiplication tables will come later, but without a firm foundation in this most basic of skills, they’ll come a lot harder. Art Martell has been helping Clear Lake students get off to a swift and sure beginning in the world of reading for decades now and can’t
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Posted June 05, 2013in Community Featured, Perry
As kids, most of us played the game of following each other’s footsteps in the snow so it looked like only one person walked through on the path. That is sort of the concept Perry Elementary School teacher Katie Hardy used as she pursued her teaching career. Hardy’s mother was
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Posted June 05, 2013in Community Featured, Johnston
Academics and sports have both played big roles in the two decades Pat Mattingly has been a teacher. Mattingly recently finished his seventh year at Johnston High School, where he teaches government and special education. He is also the assistant coach for high school boys cross country and head coach
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