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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

Student Senate Advisor Steve Tygrett discusses Senate budget. The Senate will not be giving out grant funds this year.

Student Senate Recap: Prom Prep Pep & Candidate Contract Confirmation

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

The Student Senate meeting on Wednesday, April 4 began with the presentation to the Senate of contracts to run for Senate president and vice president. The race will officially begin on April 23rd, and...

Badra Kalil 21

Thousands Gather Worldwide for March for Our Lives

Mina Takahashi, Feature Editor March 28, 2018

“I felt invincible that day.” Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos '20 woke up on Saturday, March 24th feeling extremely nervous, despite the confidence she had felt leading up to the worldwide March for Our...

Ethnic Studies Class Planned

Ethnic Studies Class Planned

Theo Prineas, Copy and A&E Editor March 28, 2018

Students Against Hate and Discrimination (SAHD) has been fighting for the introduction of an ethnic studies class at City and West High for over a year. It was originally planned that the course, taught...

LH Tips: What to Do in a School Shooting

Shayna Jaskolka and Olivia Lusala March 27, 2018

ICCSD teachers are trained under ALICE regulations, ALERT - LOCKDOWN - INFORM - COUNTER - EVACUATE Here are some steps students can take during a shooting. For more information visit: https://www.alicetraining.com/

Womens tennis breaks it down after a successful first day of practice

Tennis Season Begins

Lottie Gidal, News Editor March 25, 2018

The girls tennis team opened their first day of practice with a smile. There were many new students eager to try out the sport, including Anna Denniston ‘18. “I don’t really know why I decided...

Special Olympics Iowa Comes to City High

Special Olympics Iowa Comes to City High

Jack Bacon, Reporter March 23, 2018

The high school basketball season may be at an end, but over Spring Break both of City High’s gyms were packed with competitors ready to show off their hoops skills. That’s because on Saturday, March...

SASS to Hold Sign Making Sessions

SASS to Hold Sign Making Sessions

Zoë Butler and Victor Kalil March 20, 2018

Students Against School Shootings (SASS), a student-led organization that was formed after the combined Southeast/City High/West High walkout, will be having a sign-making session at City and West High...

Joens went 8-12 in the victory to score 24 points and break the state tournament scoring record .

“Clutch” Shooting Sends City to State Championship Game

Jack Bacon, Reporter March 1, 2018

That was close. For a team that has dominated competition all season long, City High Girls Basketball's six point victory over Johnston was their toughest test to date. It was an up and down first...

Rose Nkumu 20 takes one to the hoop during the quarter-final State tournament game at Wells Fargo Arena.

#1-Seeded Girls Roll Through First Round

Addy Smith, Sports Editor February 26, 2018

All season long, nobody has been a match for the girls' basketball team. That didn't change in the first-round of the State tournament. After losing to Cedar Falls last year in the quarter-finals,...

Senator Chuck Grassley listens to a question.

SASS Confronts Senator Grassley on Gun Safety

Victor Kalil, Executive Editor February 25, 2018

On Friday, February 23rd, 15 students from City High and West High left school two and a half hours early to attend a town hall hosted by Senator Chuck Grassley in Manchester, Iowa. The students were...

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