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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

AP World History teacher Mr. Schumann instructing his class

Around the AP World

Kate Meis, Reporter March 2, 2023

Covering over 3,000 years of history in just nine months AP World History teachers Jason Schumann and Judith Dickson are going all around the globe with their lessons.  For Schumann, this is his 10th...

Art Department Puts on End Of 2nd Tri Show

Art Department Puts on End Of 2nd Tri Show

              The art department in the basement of City High put on the tri-annual art show, displaying all the pieces of art students made...

The sophomore mock trial team gets notes from their coach after their scrimmage.

Mock Trial Scrimmages Commence

Naomi Hemley and Greta Hayek February 28, 2023

As the mock trial regionals approach, the City High mock trial team prepares by hosting several scrimmages. Recently, City High invited different schools from all over Iowa and hosted a large scrimmage...

Grace Kirschling 24 works on her AP Environmental Science one-pager

Budding Interest In AP Environmental Science

Matisse Arnone, Reporter February 28, 2023

There is a long tradition of activism from students at City High. Iowa City’s regular stop among national political campaigns has often made it the site of protests ranging from Black Lives Matter in...

Junior, Cale Seaton winning his first state championship after sustaining a potential season ending injury.

City High Ends Season With Three State Champions

Gabriel Egeland, Austin Chantry, and Sam Keuter February 27, 2023

The State Wrestling tournament wrapped up from the 15th-18th of February and was extended this year. It was held at Wells Fargo arena in Des Moines.  Looking back into the regular season the Little...

Photo courtesy of John Bacon

Success at the Winter Carnival

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Art & Design Executive February 23, 2023

Winter time for City High students typically includes the winter dance, but breaking tradition, co-presidents, Ari Collins ‘23 and Mary Cate Pugh ‘23 lead Student Senate members to curate a Winter...

Black History Month Door Decor

Black History Month Door Decor

Greta Hayek and Wisdom Konu February 23, 2023

This month, City High decided to host a Black History Month Door Decoration competition. Teachers across the school have decorated their doors to showcase Black excellence across all subjects.  Monsieur...

Evan Lampe 23, Thomas Ksobiech 23, Shamar Benton 23, and Trey Wright 25 listen to their coach during a timeout.

Boys Basketball End Season With Loss To Waterloo East

Lauren Koch, Executive Editor February 21, 2023

The City High boys basketball team faced the season end last night with a 80-74 loss to Waterloo East in a first round 5A regional.  Seniors Evan Lampe and Shamar Benton led the Little Hawks, combining...

Greta Boerner 24 and Ash Bozarth 25 performing their mime act at the Speech Home Show in January.

Group Mime Makes it to Speech All-State

Sadie Bodzin, Editor February 16, 2023

Standing in front of a panel of judges at the State Speech Competition in Cedar Rapids, a group of four City High mimes begin their act. While Hazel Boerner ‘26 and Eleanor Decker '25 tend to customers,...

Photo by Christine Mons

Raw Bacon Robotics Powers Down

Wisdom Konu, Culture Editor February 14, 2023

City High’s FTC robotics team, Raw Bacon Robotics Band, has finished with their robotics season. The club went on to the FTC League Tournament on January 14th, where 31 teams competed, but did not advance....

Model UN students hold up the UK flag representing their country at the 2022 March conference.

Model UN Kicks Off Spring Season

Hattie Conover, Executive Feature Editor February 13, 2023

High school leaders prepare to simulate world leaders at the Model United Nations conference taking place in late March at the University of Northern Iowa campus. On the past three Mondays students interested...

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