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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

Portrait of Ash Jiménez ‘22

Humans of City High: Ash Jiménez

Marina Escandell and Kaitlyn Brown March 9, 2022

Can you say your name and grade? My name is Ash Jiménez. I'm a senior. Who is your greatest inspiration? My biggest inspiration would be this family friend of mine, whose name is Bogey, and I...

Charlie Pfohl 24 puts a swim cap on before a race.

Humans of City High: Charlie Pfohl

Oliver Palmer, Reporter March 2, 2022

How did you get into swimming? Originally, I wanted to play football when I was really young. My parents said I needed to join the swim team to learn how to swim before I could play football. I just...

Aidan Burdinie 22 poses in City High’s Cafeteria.

Humans of City High: Aidan Burdinie

Kaitlyn Brown and Marina Escandell February 22, 2022

Can you state your name and grade? I’m Aidan Burdinie, and I’m a senior.  Who is your inspiration in life? Actually this is going to sound so cultish. But I have a tattoo and the main person...

Pair these strawberry oat bars with vanilla ice cream for a sweet, refreshing dessert

Strawberry Oat Bars

Greta Stanier, Features Editor February 18, 2022

OAT CRUST AND CRUMBLE:  2 cups old-fashioned oats  1/2 cup all-purpose flour  6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted  1/4 cup brown sugar  1/4 cup honey 1 egg, beaten  1 tsp cinnamon  1/2...

The barrier between French and Spanish depicted on a bulletin board behind a teacher, is drawn and created digitally.

Why Don’t More People Take French?

Anastacia Laux and Matisse Arnone February 10, 2022

Walking down the third-floor language wing, Spanish words and phrases float out of almost every classroom. Continue down the hall and there are only two classrooms devoted to French. The ICCSD’s language...

Students at City High have the options to enroll in orchestra, choir, and band courses.

A Push For Diversity In Music

Matisse Arnone and Rebecca Michaeli February 8, 2022

Defined by Merriam-Webster, diversity is “the state of having people who are different races or who have different cultures in a group or organization”. In 2014, the Iowa City Community School District’s...

A student observes job hiring offers at various positions on the Job Opportunities Bulletin Board near the Main Foyer of City High School.

Q&A: Staff Advice on How Students Can Find their Future Career Interests

Anastacia Laux, A&E Editor February 6, 2022

Q: How can students find out what their area of occupational interest is? A: All students should do career interest inventories. Based on how students answer the questions, [the quiz] produces a list...

Ella Sherlock ’23 and Sophie Stumbo ’23 are both passionate about nature and the outdoors, they sit in front of the statue in the new section of the building.

Humans of City High: The Nature Fix

Lulu Roarick, Reporter February 1, 2022

Can you say your grade and your name? I'm Sophie Stumbo. I am in 11th grade. I'm Ella Sherlock. I'm also in 11th grade. Sophie, Any activities you participate in?  Skiing, two times a year since...

Faith Odhiambo 22 is the president of City Highs Drip Club, and expresses her fashion in many ways.

Featuring Fashion

Rebecca Michaeli, News Editor January 10, 2022

Roughly a quarter (23%) of adult social media users in the United States – and 17% of adults overall – say they have changed their views about a political or social issue because of something they saw on social media in the past year, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

Misinformation and Online Activism

Marina Escandell, Greta Stanier, and Anastacia Laux December 13, 2021

Part 1:  Patrick Johnson hits save as he writes a book chapter about the misinformation found on social media. As a former journalism teacher and current doctoral student at the University of Iowa,...

Humans of City High: Margalit Frank

Humans of City High: Margalit Frank

Lulu Roarick and Marina Escandell December 3, 2021

Q: Do you have any stories you want to tell us? A: At [Jewish] camp, [there’s] this thing that we do every Thursday night: Everybody goes into this library area. And we all sit there. It's like,...

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