High school musicians at City High and across the state are busy preparing to audition for the annual All-State Music Festival, a multi-day event that includes orchestral, band, and choral performances....
The music wing is full of life as students are playing instruments, practicing lines, and now singing and dancing. Both of City High’s show choirs are beginning to practice for the coming competition...
Q: Charlotte, you’re the head of City High’s Costume Crew. How long have you been the head?
A: Like a few weeks.
Q: Were you not head last year?
A: I was kind...
The fall play this year is “Peter and the Starcatcher.” This may be some people's first rodeo in the drama department, but it’s not for Rigby Templeman ‘23 and Whit Jury ‘23.
Actors have...
On mornings in City High’s music wing you can find new music secretary Jenni Mettemeyer in her office taking trip payments, helping to distribute concert uniforms, and answering students’ questions....
As the lights rose in Opstad Auditorium once again, dozens of hopeful students filled the seats to hear about the fall play, Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to Peter Pan. The Theater Open House was...
As students shuffled into the Little Hawk Arena for the beginning of year pep rally, they were greeted by the boom of the City High fight song, signaling the return of the City High Marching Band. This...
Dusk approaches in downtown Iowa City. On the ped mall, passers-by can hear the sounds of a cooling saxophone melody. The City High Jazz Ensemble warms up for their final performance of the year at the...
Elinor Krieger walks into the main office on a dreary Monday morning. She is one of three building substitutes at City High, and it’s time to see what class she will be filling in for today. The secretary...
Ruth Meehan ‘22 was driving home when a notification from Troy Peters, director of City High’s spring musical, popped up on her phone. She was caught off guard – the musical had ended nearly a week...
As the lights in Opstad Auditorium rise again, the seniors of City High’s drama department are preparing to take their final bow with the program in this year’s spring musical, Big Fish.
“It’s...
Whether it’s a glass mosaic, a collage, or a giant deer, the City High art show welcomes all student’s class artworks to be on display. At the end of every trimester, art students are welcomed to show...
