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The Little Hawk

The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

A Year to Learn

Bihotza James-Lejarcegui, Reporter May 10, 2018

Elementary school, junior high, high school, college, work, and finally retirement. The cycle of schooling and work hardly leaves room for students to take a break and focus on themselves, delve into their...

King Robinson aka The Queen Fantasia Wood
Image courtesy of Studio 13

This Is Me

Mina Takahashi, Feature Editor May 3, 2018

Ever since he was nine years old, Bubba Perez has been intrigued by drag culture. He has always loved performing and grew up watching “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Over time, drag culture has flourished...

FasTrac members at the Annual FasTrac Banquet

Life on the FasTrac

Eleven years ago, one theme held true for many black students at City High: they felt isolated. FasTrac became their home away from home.   “[In FasTrac] we could come and talk about those frustrations...

Schools of Thought

Esti Brady, Maya Djalali, and Maria Buri May 2, 2018

To foreign exchange students Sofie Knudsen ‘18 (Demark), Paula Mompio ‘18 (Spain), Erik Lycke ‘18 (Sweden), and Matt Jones ‘19 (England), City High is anything but familiar. However, for Iowa City...

Springing Into Spring

Springing Into Spring

Alison Kenaston, Reporter April 11, 2018

 

Sons of Guns

Sons of Guns

Eden Knoop, Opinion Editor April 9, 2018

“I ’m ecstatic for April 19th,” Joshua O’Connor allegedly wrote in a private journal. The reason: On April 19th, 2018, O’Conner, an 18-year-old, planned on massacring his classmates at ACES High...

Hear My Voice Program Tunes Up Students Skills

Hear My Voice Program Tunes Up Students’ Skills

Mira Bohannan Kumar, Copy & Opinion Editor April 4, 2018

Many music programs at City High are established programs with established styles of music, and they rarely change to compensate for individual needs. In contrast, Dr. Beth Ackerson is currently teaching...

City High Interact Visits Hill of the Bumblebees

City High Interact Visits “Hill of the Bumblebees”

Bihotza James-Lejarcegui, Reporter March 29, 2018

Through the rain, five City high schoolers sat in a van as they drove to their next location–an orphanage. High up in the mountains and surrounded by clouds, they made their way around winding roads...

African Pride

African Pride

Africa is a large and diverse continent made up of 54 recognized countries, each having a large variety of rich cultural, tribal, and deeply historic traditions. The Little Hawk asked some of the Africans...

Food in the Age of Social Media

Food in the Age of Social Media

Lottie Gidal and Phoebe Chapnick-Sorokin February 22, 2018

Remember going out to brunch on a lazy Sunday morning? Maybe your family forced you into it, maybe you wanted to spend time with your friends, maybe you just like brunch. Remember the excitement of a meal...

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