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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

Jillian Leman 26 and Eviann Smith 24 perform 4th Aves closer

What Street? 4th Ave!

Kate Meis, News Editor February 13, 2024

In City High’s music wing, the shelves of music folders are adorned with awards from all of the show choir program’s achievements. Now after the first competition of the season, several awards have...

Psychology Clubs mural in the back of room 2311

The Study of the Mind: Psychology Club

Kate Meis, News Editor February 8, 2024

Wandering the halls before Thursday’s classes, you may stumble upon City High students discussing psychology purely out of interest in the subject. Throughout the year, the club’s leaders present on...

Annual Interact Club Match-O-Matics Fundraiser is Back for 2024

Annual Interact Club Match-O-Matics Fundraiser is Back for 2024

Ethan Lalumiere, Reporter February 7, 2024

City High Interact Club is back with a new Match-O-Matics project. Match-O-Matics is one of Interact’s February projects and it’s meant to provide some fun around Valentine’s Day and help keep spirits...

Speech seniors open the Speech Home Show in January

Speech Gets the Show on the Road

Yomi Hemley, Feature Editor February 6, 2024

Waiting in the Liberty High School gym, Livian LaVine ‘24, waits for her improv results for the speech competition. After waiting for four hours for her one-act results and getting the unfortunate news...

Librarian Jenahlee Chamberlain returns books to City High shelves after injunction on book bans

Students and Teachers React to Injunction Against Book Ban Law

Tai Caputo, Opinion Co-Editor January 26, 2024

On December 29, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher filed an injunction against the book-banning portion of Senate File 496 just before the law was set to fully go into effect in all Iowa public...

BREAKING NEWS: City Students to Join Iowans For Palestine Protest

BREAKING NEWS: City Students to Join Iowans For Palestine Protest

Wisdom Konu, Executive Editor and Co-Culture Editor January 25, 2024

On Friday, January 26th, City High students will be walking out, joining Iowans For Palestine in a protest in support of the Palestinian people. “We hope for City High students to join us in protesting...

MESU leadership speaks before the audience at panel with BlackVoicesHeard

MESU Hosts MLK Day Panel

Estelle Hartz, Assistant A&E Editor January 23, 2024

On January 17th, during advisory, MESU (Multi-Ethnic Student Union) held a student panel featuring creators of BlackVoicesHeard, Aniyah Franklin and Hallie Crockett with the goal of promoting a diverse...

BREAKING NEWS: City Students to Join High Schools Across Iowa in Walkouts for Gun Reform

BREAKING NEWS: City Students to Join High Schools Across Iowa in Walkouts for Gun Reform

Esther Puderbaugh, Website Executive, A&E Editor, and Social Media Co-Editor January 7, 2024

On Monday, January 8, City students will walk out of school along with students across Iowa in solidarity with the community of Perry, Iowa following a school shooting on Thursday, January 4.  “I have...

Horace Mann sixth graders learn about composting and environmental sustainability during a presentation by the City High Environmental Club

Environmental Club Helps Take Composting Programs District Wide

Lily Rantanen, Reporter December 20, 2023

For the last two years, City High’s Environmental Club has sponsored a composting program at City High. Now, the program is expanding beyond just City to the rest of the school district.

Members of the current junior team Juan Rosado, Esther Puderbaugh, Yomi Hemley, Molly Savage, Liv Leman, Olivia Vande Berg, Rachel Matel, Leo Partridge, Sadie Bodzin, Brody Clarke, and Ethan Lalumiere ‘25 pose with their trophy last year at the state Mock Trial competition. Photo courtesy of City High Mock Trial

Mock Trial Prepares for Coming Season

Ethan Lalumiere, Reporter December 18, 2023

It’s a brisk winter day, and everyone in Mock Trial is waiting for the case to come out. The case coming out officially kicks off the season, and then preparation starts for regionals. This year the...

Composting bins are featured in the new commons for all students to use

Going Green: Environmental Club

Esmé Hutchinson-Reuss, Reporter December 14, 2023

It’s Monday morning, 30 minutes before the start of school. Light floods into the windows of the environmental science room, where Siena Brown ‘26 and Althea Downing-Sherer ‘24 are discussing how...

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