Annual Johnston Vietnam Veterans Memorial Service
Saturday, May 26th, 2012 2-4 pm in the Gordon Bailey Performing Arts Center at the Johnston Campus. The ceremony will start at 2 pm. State representative Eddie Rodriguez is one of the dignitaries that has confirmed to speak at the ceremony. Udates on speakers will be posted soon. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony, around 3 pm. The public is invited. Invite friends and relatives to join us as we honor the 34 Johnston High School alumni that died as a result of their tour of duty in the Vietnam conflict.
Two Johnston Rams Elected to Johnston Campus PTA
Congratulations to Robert Dominguez ('72) and Maricela Pena-Benitez ('68), on their electtion as the Vice-President and Secretary of the EMHS Johnston Campus PTA. We will need your help during the year to keep our Johnston traditions at the Johnston campus. Keep calling the school during the year to find out when the PTA and CAC (Campus Advisory Committee) meetings will held so that you can attend. No need to have children attending the school. Bring friends of Johnston as well. We can and will make a difference for the better at the Johnston campus.
Johnston Campus Community Meeting was held on Tuesday, May 1st in the Johnston Cafeteria. The group conducting the meeting will be presenting the survey findings to the superintendent and school board on Monday, May 21st. If you want your opinions to be part of the study, call the Johnston campus.
TEXAS MONUMENT PARADE ON 3-31-12
Thanks to all the Rams who helped to build a float to honor the Johnston High School students who died in Vietnam. The float was in the new Tejano Monument parade on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin on Saturday, March 31, 2012. Our float was one of the few real, traditional floats in the parade. The majority of the parade crowds on Congress Ave. in Austin were Johnston ex-students who, along with their family and friends gave the "Hook 'Em Rams" sign and yelled "Hooray Johnston High School", "Yay Rams" and "Rams forever" as the Johnston float came by. What a fabulous site that was to see as we all felt our Ram pride!
Help us plan fund raising tournaments and other activities to raise funds for our association in 2012.
YOUR INPUT AND PARTICIPATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE WON! WE WON! WE WON!
AISD Board Meeting, Monday 12-19-11, result: after alumni worked for months with AISD Board Trustee Sam Guzman and Superintendent Meria Carstarphen, the AISD Board voted 6-3 to bring the IDEA teaching system to Allan and Johnston to improve student academic achievement and ratings at the schools. Please write a letter of thanks to the AISD School Board and to Superintendent Meria Carstarpen.
Alumni meeting held, Sunday, 11-20-11
Alumni discussed the AISD IDEA in-district charter school proposal for the Johnston vertical team (see below). They heard from alumni who visited the IDEA school in Donna, Texas.
Johnston in the News
See the front page of the Saturday 11-12-11 issue of the Austin American-Statesman regarding the trip to South Texas by East Austin school representatives to visit and observe the IDEA Donna k-12 school. The article describes the IDEA schools and quotes some of the Austin delegation on their views. Also on the same issue, page A10, a reporter has a Q&A with the founder of the IDEA schools about the possible Austin expansion. You can see the articles online at www.statesman.com.
Also, on the Austin American-Statesman, Sunday, 11-13-11 issue, see the response by AISD board trustee Sam Guzman to an editorial on the statesman regarding the Austin ISD in-district charter school proposal for the Johnston vertical team. The response is on the Opinions pages D6-7. You can also see the response online at www.statesman.com in the Opinions section.
Anniversary of 91-92 Championship Team
This year marks the 20 year anniversary of the last Johnston football championship team, the 1991-92 football team. The Johnston team tied the eventual state champion in the playoffs. The team was recognized during the halftime activities. Next year, the 1962-63 team will celebrate its 50 year anniversary and will be recognized in the homecoming game.
Johnston Ram Jerseys, T-shirts, and Yearbooks
Used Johnston football jerseys for sale. The jerseys are white with red numbers and letters. There are 4 XL and 1 XXL jerseys which have Johnston in the front. Some are rugged looking from their use. There are also 7 XL jerseys and 2 XXL jerseys which were used in the TV series "Friday Night Lights". These are in good condition and have "East Dillon" sewn over the "Johnston" letters. You can take off the "East Dillon" part to reveal Johnston underneath and keep the "East Dillon" part as tv nostalgia item.
We have 8 yearbooks which were donated by Johnston alum Manuel Hernandez that will be auctioned. The yearbooks are from the years '68, '69, '70, '71, '72 (2), '76, and '79. Yearbooks are $40.
New Johnnston alumni t-shirts are for sale at $15 each. You can order and pick up t-shirts downtown M-F, 8-5, or order and arrange to meet evenings or on weekends for delivery. Order by sending an e-mail via this web-site. Alumni on the '80's Facebook page can order on the '80's Facebook page.
Johnston Legacy Hall
If you are in the Austin area, visit the new Johnston Rams Legacy Hall in the school cafeteria. Also, you can look at all the Johnston yearbooks in the school library.
See the Editorial in the Austin American Statesman, Saturdary, 7-9-11 regarding the Johnston name change. Also, See the Johnston High School article in the Austin American-Statesman, Tuesday, 7-5-11.
Johnston Press Conference
Our first conference was very successful. The purpose was to support the school district in the consolidation plan for the Johnston campus. The date was on Thursday, June 16th. We got TV coverage on 3 English stations and 2 Spanish stations. We had a small summary in the Austin American Statesman and may have a follow-up article soon. In addition, we had 2 community weekly newspapers, "La Prensa" and "La Voz" which had coverage for next weeks papers. Thanks to the speakers and to the Johnstonites in attendence for their support.
AISD BOARD MEETING
Monday, June 20th. There were only 5 persons that spoke at the citizens communications meeting. Four of the five were Johnston alumni that spoke in favor of the school district's plan to consolidate the 2 current schools into 1 school and to bring back Johnston as the first name of the new school. (The fifth person spoke about a totally different subject matter.)
Attention Ex-students: Register Now!
Names of ex-students from Johnston/Eastside Memorial schools during most of the past 50 years have been typed from school yearbooks. If you attended the Johnston campus as a freshman and your name and picture was included in the yearbook class photos section, then your name has been included in this website. If your name is not included in the list, don't worry, you can send an email on this site to add your name your class list. Don't forget to come back to fill out your profile. (Beginning 60's lists included sophomore, junior, or senior lists when necessary.) Thanks to Mary Jane Schott for typing the 60's class lists, Mary Nunez-Diaz for typing the 70's list, Mayra Cortez for the typing the 2000's list, and Rosa Linda Soto for helping to type the '98 and '99 class lists. Thanks to Rose Moncada Baladez for combining the lists, uploading them and updating them on this website.
To register, click on the "Classmates Profiles" in the blue shaded rectangle near the top right side of this page. Enter your first or last name in the area indicated. Click "JOIN HERE". Then follow the five steps to fill out your profile. (Save each page at the bottom after you fill in the blanks.) Remember the password that you create. You can update your profile anytime later by revising the answers, adding pictures, or adding videos.
Johnston Rams Memorabilia Wanted!
If you have a ram item that would be of interest to the rest of the ram nation, please consider donating it to be showcased in the legacy hall. We would like pictures, videos, articles, trophies, jerseys, uniforms, certificates, awards, etc. of memorable Johnston Ram individuals, groups, or events.
Help Us to Contact All Ex-Students
We want to reach as many ex-students, teachers, and staff from all the past schools at the Johnston campus, including Johnston High School, the Liberal Arts Academy, the International High School, Global Tech, Green Tech High, and Eastside Memorial High School at the Johnston Campus. We want to have many mini reunions to remember the glory days of the past. Please contact us via this website to help us contact all ex-students of the Johnston campus.
Note: Remember to click on the links above left to make full use of this website.
Hook 'Em Rams and Claw 'Em Panthers!
