Students plant gardens to supply food for cafeteria meals, help teach healthier lifestyles

Second-grade students Elise Hibbard, left, and Lily Segura plant banana pepper plants while Nikky Witkowski, coordinator of Purdue University Agriculture Extension Program, talks to students about plant roots Thursday at Highland's Johnston Elementary School. The students planted a garden an…

Students plant gardens to supply food for cafeteria meals, help teach healthier lifestyles

Students from Highland's Johnston Elementary School get their hands in the dirt Thursday as they help plant a garden.

Students plant gardens to supply food for cafeteria meals, help teach healthier lifestyles

Master gardener Joe Janostak, of Highland, helps Johnston Elementary second-grade students Michael Pottorf and Aidan Boyle, right, plant lettuce Thursday at the Highland school.

Staley scores a TD with students

HIGHLAND | Staley the Bear, the official mascot of the Chicago Bears, visited Judith M. Johnston Elementary School recently to teach students in kindergarten through grade 5 how to "score a touchdown for a healthy life."

Highland elementary school locked down after neighborhood burglary

HIGHLAND | Johnston Elementary School went on alert Thursday morning after a burglary was reported nearby in the 3200 block of Eder Street.

Students learn by doing