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As of 2025, all of City High's AP tests are being held at the Center for Innovation, the old ACT campus.
Pencils Up: AP Testing Is Here
May 9, 2025
Freshly painted mural of a hawk tucked into the staircase in the main foyer
Mural Club Finishes up their Project and Plans for the Future
May 8, 2025
Interested in learning more about City High's Student Senate? Meeting recaps are published weekly.
Travis Carlson Steps Down as Student Senate Co-Sponsor
May 7, 2025
Q&A with Hawa Omari
Q&A with Hawa Omari
May 7, 2025
Miamen Elawad ‘25 projects a google form on the screen during a Culture Day planning session.
Culture Day Shines a Spotlight on Students
May 5, 2025
Jack Dancer '25 dribbles the ball at midfield during senior night against Wahlert. The team went on to win 5-0.
Jack Dancer Enters Regular Season Finale with a Chance to Break All Time Scoring Record
May 16, 2025
Will Feagler won the district meet held at City High and will advance to the state tournament.
Will Feagler and Abhay Anil Qualify for State Tennis
May 14, 2025
Jack Dancer scores on a penalty kick. He tied the school regular season record with 20 goals.
City Dominates Wahlert 5-0 On Senior Night
May 14, 2025
The Little Hawk sports podcasting team.
LH SPORTS POD: Spring Sports Scoreboard and Soccer Breakdown with Special Guest Jayden Le
May 9, 2025
Harper Chrabascz '25 dribbles the ball around the West Liberty defender
Inside The Mind: Harper Chrabascz
May 5, 2025
UCL Final Predictions
UCL Final Predictions
May 15, 2025
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New Phone Policy Helps But Social Media is still a Problem
May 13, 2025
LH Movie Review: A Minecraft Movie
LH Movie Review: A Minecraft Movie
May 7, 2025
Iowa City High School is known as The School that Leads
Little Hawk Students Honor their Teachers
May 5, 2025
STAFF ED: What Can City High Do To Beat Private Schools?
STAFF ED: What Can City High Do To Beat Private Schools?
May 5, 2025
Fashion Q&A with Marty Powers
Fashion Q&A with Marty Powers
May 13, 2025
Legends of The Little Hawk: Mira Bohannan Kumar
Legends of The Little Hawk: Mira Bohannan Kumar
May 2, 2025
Photo courtesy of Yaa Gyasi
Q&A With Critically Acclaimed Author Yaa Gyasi
April 28, 2025
Josie LeClair jumps the 400m hurdles at the Cedar Falls track and takes 4th place in the meet for City High.
UNBREAKABLE PROFILE: Josie LeClair
April 11, 2025
Kindred Coffee on N. Linn street prides their business on "killer coffee and vegetarian food".
LOCAL DRIP: A Kindred Community
April 1, 2025
The Little Hawk sports podcasting team.
LH SPORTS POD: Spring Sports Scoreboard and Soccer Breakdown with Special Guest Jayden Le
May 9, 2025
The Little Hawk sports podcasting team.
LH SPORTS POD: Girls Tennis Rundown with Undefeated Special Guest Sydney Geisen
April 24, 2025
Beverly Blau watches time pass. NESTT activities help students de-stress.
NESTT Moves to Second Floor and Continues Mental Health Awareness
April 14, 2025
The Little Hawk sports podcasting team.
LH SPORTS POD: Spring Sports Scoreboard and The Masters Overview
April 11, 2025
Project 2025 can be linked back to 1921 and is part of a series of documents called the Mandate for Leadership. The idea started with Warren G. Harding, who wanted to “omit unnecessary interference of government with business,”
The Bad History of Project 2025 and Why It Matters
April 10, 2025
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Liam Murphy ‘24 holds a piece of his work

Q&A with Student Artist Liam Murphy

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Executive Editor
May 15, 2024
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[Photo] STAFF EDITORIAL: Restricting I.V.F. Harms Families

Tai Caputo and Isabella Young
May 13, 2024
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[Photo] Little Hawk Journalists Win Top Awards in State Journalism Contest

May 2, 2024
Mrs. McTaggart holds her rosary

[Photo] Good Friday to Join ICCSD Holiday Calendar Next Year

Yomi Hemley, Feature Editor
May 17, 2024
Mock Trial participants earlier this year marching in the Homecoming Parade

Mock Trial Prepares for Biggest Scrimmage of the Season

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Executive Editor
February 23, 2024
LH COMIC: Ron DeOtter

LH COMIC: Ron DeOtter

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Executive Editor
February 7, 2024
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[Photo] STAFF EDITORIAL: What More Will It Take?

Tai Caputo and Isabella Young
February 14, 2024
LH COMIC: Slug and Sloth

LH COMIC: Slug and Sloth

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Executive Editor
January 30, 2024
DURZAN KHAN

Furry Friends for the Winter

Yomi Hemley and Rosangel Flores-Rubio
December 15, 2023
Latino First

Latino First

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Executive Editor
December 13, 2023
The class of '24 is the first to face new laws in college admissions after the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in June, which stated that race can no longer be considered as a factor for admissions. The effect of this ruling on City High’s diverse student population, many of whom are applying to selective colleges where the change is expected to be greatest, is unclear.

[Photo] Students Navigate College Admissions After Affirmative Action’s End

Tai Caputo, Opinion Co-Editor
December 11, 2023
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[Photo] STAFF EDITORIAL: Book Bans Infringe Upon Students’ Rights

Tai Caputo, Opinion Co-Editor
December 15, 2023
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[Photo] Club Grants Are Set in Motion

Yomi Hemley, Feature Co-Editor
December 7, 2023
Photo courtesy of Matt Miller

Q&A: Miller’s Bike Journey

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Executive Editor
November 3, 2023
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[Photo] STAFF EDITORIAL: What’s In a Name?

Isabella Young, Opinion Co-Editor
October 12, 2023
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[Photo] MESU x Latino Hawks: Latino Heritage Month Interviews

Wisdom Konu and Ramatou Diallo
October 6, 2023
Goals should be impossible

[Photo] Goals Should Be Impossible

Tai Caputo, Opinion Co-Editor
September 7, 2023
senior parking

[Photo] To Park or Not to Park

Catalina Armstrong, Reporter
September 8, 2023
Teacher Appreciation: Mrs. Peterson and Groot

Teacher Appreciation: Mrs. Peterson and Groot

Wisdom Konu and Rosangel Flores-Rubio
May 24, 2023
Several Iowa bills have been passed in recent months banning books with explicit sexual content, racial themes, and LGBTQ+ characters.

[Photo] STAFF EDITORIAL: Book Banning Is Bad for Education

Tai Caputo, Opinion Co-Editor
May 19, 2023
Collage of Acheke and UAD members

Q&A with Acheke Mausa

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Art & Design Executive
March 2, 2023
Photo courtesy of John Bacon

Success at the Winter Carnival

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

[Video] Teachers Give Love Advice

Grace Kirschling, Broadcast Editor
February 14, 2023
Period Poverty (hands graphic)

[Photo] Period Poverty at City

Esther Puderbaugh, A&E and Opinion Co-Editor
February 14, 2023
Period Poverty ($ graphic)

[Photo] Looking to the Future

February 14, 2023
Period Poverty (bloody bloody)

[Photo] The Administrative Perspective

February 14, 2023
Period Poverty (stat graphic)

[Photo] The City Connection

February 14, 2023
STAFF ED

[Photo] STAFF EDITORIAL: The Distorted Reality of College Admissions

Esther Puderbaugh, A&E and Opinion Co-Editor
February 14, 2023
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[Photo] How a Ticket Sparked an Uprising in Supporting Female Athletes

Catalina Armstrong
January 18, 2023
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[Photo] STAFF EDITORIAL: Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Won’t Work

Isaac Bullwinkle and Tai Caputo
December 21, 2022
Statistics compiled by the CDC.

[Photo] What is fentanyl?

December 21, 2022
Deaths due to Fentanyl have rose over 120% for those 25 and under, Iowa convened a national hearing in Des Moines and the ICCSD approved Naloxone to be used by school nurses to treat overdoses.

[Photo] Fentanyl

Hattie Conover
December 21, 2022
NFL TRADES 2

[Photo] NFL Trade Deadline Grades

Jack Degner, Reporter
November 16, 2022
Art created by Rosangel FloresRubio

[Photo] Behind the Bylines

October 27, 2022
Blond Girls Club Podcast

[Photo] Blond Girls Club Podcast: The Halloween Horror Movie Show

Naomi Hemley, Sadie Bodzin, and Greta Hayek
October 28, 2022
A6 All-State Graphic

[Photo] City High Students Prepare for All-State Auditions

Esther Puderbaugh, A&E Editor
October 14, 2022
Esther Puderbaugh

[Photo] Natalie Kuhlmann

August 24, 2022
Second Trimester Art Show

One Last Art Show

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Art & Design Executive
May 16, 2022
Teacher Appreciation: Ms. Los the Best Student-Teacher

Teacher Appreciation: Ms. Los the Best Student-Teacher

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Art & Design Exec
May 6, 2022
The Bats At Opstad

The Bats At Opstad

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Art Editor
April 29, 2022
WORDLE GRAPHIC

[Photo] Wordle is Ruined

Eviann Smith, Reporter
April 6, 2022
Students see Christianity playing a more prominent role in public schools than other religions.

[Photo] Religion in Public Schools

Matisse Arnone
April 18, 2022
SQUIRREL GRAPHIC

[Photo] Five Seconds of Squirrel

Sophia Wagner, Arts & Entertainment Editor
April 18, 2022
People who identify as female make up a record low 28% of the highest math class at City.

[Photo] 9 vs 32

Rachel Marsh, Photo Editor
April 15, 2022
It's Literally Snowing

It’s Literally Snowing, Opinion Cartoon

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Art Editor
April 13, 2022
The are many queer students who feel like the stereotypes about them are not always true.

[Photo] Queer Stereotypes: The Harmful Impact

Matisse Arnone
April 13, 2022
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[Photo] LH Movie Reviews: Turning Red

Wisdom Konu, Reporter
April 4, 2022
Yaffa Roarick 25' creating a collaborative splatter paint for the first session

UAY School of Arts Opens Doors to Students After Being Closed for Two Years

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Reporter
March 24, 2022
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[Photo] COVID-19: Three Years In

Diego Loria-Eivins, Reporter
February 23, 2022
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[Photo] LH Hawkle Word Challenge

Diego Loria-Eivins, Reporter
February 15, 2022
Students at City High have the options to enroll in orchestra, choir, and band courses.

[Photo] A Push For Diversity In Music

Matisse Arnone and Rebecca Michaeli
February 8, 2022
City High music teachers believe the push for diversity not only benefits the students, but also the music.

[Photo] Becoming More Inclusive

February 10, 2022
The barrier between French and Spanish depicted on a bulletin board behind a teacher, is drawn and created digitally.

[Photo] Why Don’t More People Take French?

Anastacia Laux and Matisse Arnone
February 10, 2022
LH Comics: Louie the Little Hawk is depicted in the new gyms during a basketball game. All comics produced in 2109 with the intent to entertain.

LH Comic: Louie at City

Rosangel Flores-Rubio and Diego Loria-Eivins
February 7, 2022
When playing contact sports most athletes don't wear the proper equipment to protect their teeth, which can sometimes lead to lifelong consequences.

[Photo] The Dental Dangers of Sports

Max Berry-Stoelzle, Sports Editor
February 4, 2022
THE LOST DAUGHTER - review graphic

[Photo] LH Film Review: “The Lost Daughter”

Araminta Siegling, Culture Editor
January 21, 2022
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[Photo] The Gender Neutral Restroom is in Danger

Ash Jimenez, Reporter
January 14, 2022
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[Photo] Educational Inequality in America: Democrats Must Be Held Accountable

Isaac Bullwinkle, Opinion Editor
January 3, 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.

[Photo] Misinformation and Online Activism

Marina Escandell, Greta Stanier, and Anastacia Laux
December 13, 2021
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[Photo] The ICCSD Implements New Grading Policy

Aala Basheir, Features Editor
December 9, 2021
THE FRENCH DISPATCH - Graphic

[Photo] LH Film Reviews: The French Dispatch

Araminta Siegling, Culture Editor
December 9, 2021
DUNE - Graphic REVIEW

[Photo] LH Film Review: Dune

Eviann Smith, Reporter
December 3, 2021
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[Photo] ICCSD Clinics Provide Vaccines to Children Age 5-11

Frances Bottorff and Isaac Bullwinkle
November 15, 2021
The question is no longer whether or not we should implement vaccine mandates in schools, in all honesty it should never have been. We must now ask, when, and how. 

[Photo] ICCSD Should Implement A Vaccine Mandate

Julius Perez, Opinion Editor
November 1, 2021
Members of the trombone section of The City High Marching Band perform a group piece.

Music Fundraiser Begins Sales

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Arts Editor
October 27, 2021
Iowa passed HF802 that limits divisive professional development of teachers and in federal institutions. It doesn't prohibit freedom of speech in academic institutions.

[Photo] Chapter 2: In the Classroom

October 14, 2021
Earlier this year, House File 802 was passed through the Iowa Legislature. The infamous bill has set off debates amongst politicians, teachers and administrators.

[Photo] The New Laws of Teaching Race in Iowa

Aala Basheir and Lulu Roarick
October 14, 2021
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[Photo] A More Inclusive Calendar: Yom Kippur Now Off of School

Rebecca Michaeli, Exec Editor
October 11, 2021
An art club meeting after school on a Tuesday.

Art Club Starts Up Again

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Editor
September 26, 2021

[Photo] Student Senate Meetings Brief

Lulu Roarick
September 3, 2021
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[Photo] House File 756 Changes Gun Laws in Iowa

Rebecca Michaeli, Reporter
May 18, 2021
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[Photo] @IAVaccineAlerts: Helping Iowans Get Their Shots

Rebecca Michaeli, Reporter
May 10, 2021
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[Photo] Lana Del Rey Updates Her Sound

Araminta Siegling, Culture Editor
May 3, 2021
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