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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

Students took their first state mandated standardized tests on chromebooks in spring of 2019

State standardized testing goes digital with ISASP testing

Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Reporter May 10, 2019

For the first time in City High history, students pulled out their Chromebooks to take a standardized test. The ISASP tests, or the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress, took the place of the...

At City, teachers vary in their attitudes toward reporting students illegal activities. Whether they ignore the things they see, or report them, is a personal decision in their eyes.

If You See Something…Say Something?

Kelso* is a student at City High. Like many students at City, they are vaguely aware of what mandatory reporting is, and know not to speak of “drugs and stuff.” “A lot of people just see [mandatory...

Two City High students are choosing to leave high school early.

16 and Starting College

While taking the ACTs, applying to college, and eventually packing up to leave home may seem like something only upperclassmen have to worry about, two City High sophomores, Morgan Shelton ‘21 and Rylie...

Kicking It Up A Notch

Kicking It Up A Notch

There’s an hour and 15 minutes on the clock, yet no goal has been scored. The City High v. West girls soccer game is a highly anticipated match and seems like it will end in a tie. However, with less...

Boys soccer coach Jose Fajardo watches the boys team on the turf field at City High.

Playmaker Profile: Jose Fajardo

Jack Bacon, Reporter May 3, 2019

Fate has a funny way of surprising people. Just ask City High boys soccer coach Jose Fajardo. Growing up in Seville, Spain, Coach Fajardo was considered one of the best youth soccer players in the...

Q&A with the Seniors of Les Mis

Q&A with the Seniors of Les Mis

Ruth Meehan, Reporter May 2, 2019

The Little Hawk: What shows have you been in? Alejandra Revelez-Poindexter ‘19: I was in Grease my freshman year, Guys and Dolls my sophomore year. Junior year I was in Little Shop of Horrors and...

Anna Lindower 19, Thos Trefz, and Izzy Jones 19 before practice mid-season

Thos Tough

Lottie Gidal, News and Sports Editor April 30, 2019

Every morning Thos Trefz writes a quote on the blackboard that hangs over his room. Quotes are all over his Instagram and T-shirts; they are layered throughout his coaching lessons. Any of the runners...

Legendary City High boys track coach John Raffensperger

Remembering Coach John Raffensperger

Jack Bacon, Reporter April 27, 2019

City High has lost a legend. “There are many, many things that I will remember about Coach Raff,” says A.D. Terry Coleman. At a school famous for outstanding coaching talent, Coach John Raffensperger...

Students Yardley Whaylen 20 and Esti Brady 20 read a poem with Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander

City and South East Students School Strike for Climate at ICCSD Offices

Shoshie Hemley, Reporter April 26, 2019

Wind blew hand-held signs stating “System Change, Not Climate Change” and other various phrases as around a dozen students from City High and South East school striked for climate outside of ICCSD...

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