Experimental Hairstyles for High School Students
Victoria Weckmann and Cecile Bendera
October 20, 2019
Art Club Begins with Memories of Past Years
Haileigh Steffen, Art Editor
October 10, 2019
If a student were to to roam down the halls of City High School, they may notice the Mona Lisa uncharacteristically dabbing on flyers. These flyers dot the corridors and monitors of CHS with flashy images that are unfamiliar to her typical renaissance sentiment. This showy display is an effort to promote...
Pocket Points Pushes Its Way Into Education
Victoria Weckmann, Marketing Editor
October 9, 2019
As society has transitioned into an age of digitalization and technology, the use of things like smartphones has exponentially increased in people's daily lives. Anna Basile, an english teacher at City High, has launched a new extra credit system in her classes in an attempt to keep that trend out of the c...
Dance Marathon Has High Hopes for the New School Year
Alice Boerner, Reporter
October 3, 2019
For nearly seven years, students at City High have been working as a part of University of Iowa Dance Marathon, otherwise known as UIDM. Every year at City, the club holds fundraisers and creates T-Shirts. All the money they make goes to UIDM. “The money is used to find treatments for cancer,” said Ms. ...
Homecoming Royalty Voting Opens
Shoshie Hemley, Opinion Editor
September 25, 2019
During the second and third periods, juniors and seniors attended the homecoming court assembly. Dancing and videos were performed by Jay DaVonYae “Tonka” Hickman, Ethan Hudson, William Irvine, Thomas McMillan, Anthony Murphy, Matt Rew, Griffin Roach, Dylan Ryfe, Joseph Schuessler, Matthew Tayl...
Student Senate Recap: Homecoming Week Preparations
Shoshie Hemley, Opinion Editor
September 18, 2019
CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR HOMECOMING COURT This week’s student senate meeting was centered around preparations for homecoming. Although talk surrounding the new abolished gender courts has ended, every seat in social studies teacher Melanie Gibbens’ room was still full. Yesterday, homecoming votin...
Student Senate Recap: Senate Maintains Decision to Abolish Gender Categories
Shoshie Hemley, Opinion Editor
September 11, 2019
Today’s student senate meeting was highly anticipated by the student body after debate broke out Sunday night regarding last week’s vote to abolish gender categories. Similarly to the past two meetings, every seat in Mrs. Gibbens’ room was full. More students were present than at any prior meeti...
Student Senate Recap: Announcement From the President
Mira Bohannan Kumar, Executive Editor
September 10, 2019
The student senate has long been charged with planning Homecoming and with organizing the voting for the Homecoming court. Last year, to contribute to City High’s leadership in welcoming individuals of all gender identities, the senate considered the issue of Homecoming court’s lack of inclusion for...
The Little Hawk Named Pacemaker Finalist
Emme Perencevich, Opinion Editor, Copy Editor, Infographic Editor
September 9, 2019
The NSPA just announced The Little Hawk as a finalist in the 2019 Pacemaker competition. "I'm so proud of our staff for doing the work, showing up, and earning this honor," Mira Bohannan Kumar '20, executive editor of the paper, said. "I hope we'll keep up the good work." Founded in 1921 the...
