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PLANNING ON IT: The proposed floorplan for a new Johnston High School was recently presented to the Johnston School Building Committee. (Image courtesy SLAM)
TIMEOUT: Johnston Town Council president calls for pause in new school construction
The head of Johnston Town Council has called for a pause in new school construction projects. “I think the state needs to enact legislation to increase aid to communities based on this … more
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NEW JHS: SLAM gave the Johnston School Building Committee an update on the new Johnston High School. Here’s a look at what the finished product may look like. (Photos courtesy SLAM and Johnston Public Schools)
A new Johnston High School, but for fewer students?
The town plans to build a new high school, but for 80 fewer students than the old school. Around 840 students attend Johnston High School this year, but projections show that number will plummet … more
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GENTLE GIANT: Arnold, a 1-year and 7-months-old English Mastiff, is a trained and certified therapy dog. He’s the Johnston Public Schools’ first official therapy dog, following a unanimous vote by the Johnston School Committee on Tuesday night.
Meet Arnold, Johnston schools' newest staff member
His bowtie was slightly askew, but the School Committee still voted unanimously on his approval. Arnold, a 1-year and 7-month-old English Mastiff, is a trained and certified therapy dog. more
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THE PLEDGE: Johnston Fire Battalion Chief Tom McCormick places his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance. (Cranston Herald Photos by Barbara Polichetti)
St. Rocco’s will never forget, ever
Last Wednesday, the weather was achingly similar to what it was exactly 23 years earlier — a warm September day with bright blue skies. And it was on Sept. 11, 2001, that the peace of the … more
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PROJECT FROM THE AIR: Justin Bernard, Senior Project Manager of Colliers Project Leaders, provided these photos, taken from a drone on Aug. 16. He shared a slide show with the Johnston School Building Committee.
New Johnston elementary school ‘on time and on budget’
A tentative topping-off ceremony date has been set, during a school day, so students can add their signatures to the new Johnston Elementary Center’s final beam. And a final … more
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WE APPRECIATE YOU: Members of the high school's National Honor Society said they got up early to make sure teachers know they appreciate the work they do. (Johnston Sun Rise photos by Barbara Polichetti)
Johnston teachers, missed all summer, welcomed back to school
Welcome back. Welcome back. Johnston parents, school administrators and students made sure that message was loud and clear Tuesday as they greeted teachers returning for the 2024-25 school year more
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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: NeAri Vasquez presents his project to end the semester.
Sharing the ‘Vision of the Graduate’
  Johnston High School seniors recently demonstrated their culmination of learning and personal growth through the Vision of the Graduate senior presentations. The Vision of the Graduate, a … more
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Top 10 Hawks find calling in finance, architecture, sciences
#1 Daniel D’Alessio Bishop Hendricken’s Valedictorian Daniel D’Alessio will be attending the University of Notre Dame where he is considering majors in either … more
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GUILLET GARDENS: Melissa Guillet, creative director of 15 Minute Field Trips, plants a garden on a sunny day.
Johnston's 15 Minute Field Trips wins $44,000 Champlin grant
What could you do in 15 minutes? Melissa Guillet, creative director of 15 Minute Field Trips (15MFT), has wrestled with this question for years. Guillet, who worked as a full-time teacher, said … more
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TOP SERVER: Head Waiter Brayden Blackmar, 6, waits on his father Derek and grandmother Jean Lamb. (SunRise photos by Steve Popiel)
Lessa’s last Lemonade Land
The head waiter was young but efficient. Brayden Blackmar, 6 and ½ years old, filled out his first job application with clear, bold letters. Under “positive qualities about … more
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The Class of 2024 gathered for commencement ceremonies at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence.
They entered cubs and emerged as panthers
The isolation of Covid and initial necessity of remote learning hit four years ago, but the young men and women who would become Johnston High School’s Class of 2024 did not let the pandemic … more
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There was a rather unique pre-Mother’s Day Party last month at Little Angel’s Academy located at 415 Central Ave. in Johnston.
Mom’s little muffins
There was a rather unique pre-Mother’s Day Party last month at Little Angel’s Academy located at 415 Central Ave. in Johnston. The preschoolers were all very eager to express their … more
SITE WORK: The construction site off Atwood Avenue behind Johnston High School should eventually give way to a brand-new Elementary Center. This photo of the site from last month shows the work from inside the barriers.
PROGRESS: Johnston Elementary School construction climbs toward completion
Future elementary school students in Johnston will be shown how to climb to new heights at their new school, when it’s finished. The Johnston School Building Committee recently approved the … more
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TO THE POLLS: Early Tuesday morning, June 4, after the polls opened, according to poll workers, there was a brief rush and then mostly quiet at the Ward 3 polling place inside the Peter T. Pastore Jr. Youth Center, at 155 Gansett Ave.
Cranston voters overwhelmingly approve $40M school bond
A trickle of Cranston voters turned out to vote overwhelmingly, nearly 4 to 1, to approve a $40 million school bond referendum. According to the Rhode Island Board of Elections’ … more
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Johnston Public Schools Superintendent Bernard DiLullo Jr.
Union: ‘Johnston teachers always put students first … do not deserve to be last’
The Johnston teacher’s union has a message for taxpayers. They feel underappreciated, underpaid and low on the list of the town’s priorities. A statement released by Kathleen … more
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Learn365RI a political hot potato
Johnston is the only Ocean State municipality not participating in Gov. Dan McKee’s Learn365RI initiative. According to McKee’s Press Secretary Olivia DaRocha, “38 out of 39 … more
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SITE WORK: The construction site off Atwood Avenue behind Johnston High School is a busy mess. Soon, the mess should give way to a brand new Elementary Center, and eventually, a new High School.
Johnston School Building Committee awards $40M+ in construction contracts for new elementary
The Johnston School Building Committee has so far awarded more than $40 million in contracts to Rhode Island firms for the construction the town’s new elementary center.  “This … more
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JUST THE FACTS: Led by Johnston native Christopher B. Frenier, Probation & Parole Supervisor for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC), the FACT (Fostering Alternative Choices and Thinking) program has been going strong for close to a decade. They spoke to Johnston eight-graders two weeks ago, and Cranston West high schoolers last week.
Ex-prisoners deliver strong dose of reality to Johnston eighth-graders
Alex Snow loomed large in the prison yard. On a recent Friday morning, he looked even bigger in the Johnston High School auditorium. In prison, Snow cultivated the friends he needed to watch his … more
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MOSTLY SWEET FAREWELL: Troop 171 started in 2011 as a Daisy troop. Now, it consists of four Ambassador members, all seniors in high school — Rebekkah Condon, Magdalena Echevarria, Emily Packer and Ailani Reed.
Johnston Girl Scouts hold final cookie booth
Last call for cookies. Johnston Girl Scout Troop 171 will host its final cookie booth on Sunday, March 30 at the Burger King on Putnam Pike, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to troop leader … more
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TEAM DESIGNER: Janelle Nunez and Coach Kerry Murphy pose for a photo in the official Johnston High Academic Decathlon sweatshirt, which Nunez designed.
MEDAL COLLECTORS: Johnston’s Academic Decathlon team places fifth, wins 18 medals
Students from 15 Ocean State high schools struck gold, silver and bronze in the 41st annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon held Sunday at Bryant University. “We ran out of medals,” … more
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