Johnston High School Mock Trial Team Advances To State

High school students from Johnston Community School District recently competed in the annual Mock Trial program. 

Nine teams represented Johnston this year in the district competition held on February 27 and 28th. Seven teams advanced to the finals at the district level and four qualified to advance to the state level.

Senior Jiahui Huang, along with Junior Aditi Dinikar and Sophomore Marcus Miller, received the rare honor of being selected both outstanding witness and attorney awards at districts.

Team Big Red Fire Trucks, Justice League, Identity Crises and GOBA will represent Johnston with 28 other teams at the state competition on March 26-28 in downtown Des Moines.

The teams received outstanding support from parents, attorneys in the community, and high school student mentors.  Kathy Paul is the teacher-coach for the students, with Sue Cline assisting.