Archive for category: News

  • Students around the state compete in chess tournament

    Students around the state compete in chess tournament

    City High, News March 10, 2012 8:56 am

    With plenty of time left to spare, Omar Shaban ’14 makes his final move to end his game, check mate. “My strategy is to win at all costs.” Shaban said. Shaban was one of eight students that competed at the first home chess tournament of the year. Two City High [...]

     
  • Construction displaces classes, teachers

    Construction displaces classes, teachers

    City High, News March 9, 2012 9:00 am

    With the construction of City High’s new Fine Arts Wing beginning, the current music and theatre area is in disorder. “It’s going to be very difficult on certain days to rehearse,” Orchestra director, Candace Wiebener said.  “It will probably be extremely noisy, so we will have to set up folding [...]

     
  • Occupiers evicted after four month permit

    Occupiers evicted after four month permit

    Local, News March 8, 2012 11:54 am

    On a blustery February evening, after nearly five months of encampment, Occupy Iowa City began the final stages of it’s effort to clean up College Green park. The cleanup began following an order by the City Council to vacate their encampment. “Everybody feels disappointed, but this is not unexpected,” Allison [...]

     
  • 24 City High students embark for Spain

    24 City High students embark for Spain

    City High, News March 8, 2012 9:03 am

    Today, March 8, 2012,  24 students and two staff members will be leaving for Spain.  The Spain trip has been a tradition at City High since the late 60’s.  The group will be spending two weeks in Spain; The first week will consist of visiting museums, dance shows, cathedrals, and many [...]

     
  • A+ Achiever, Francesca Crutchfield-Stoker, proves to be a model student

    A+ Achiever, Francesca Crutchfield-Stoker, proves to be a model student

    City High, News March 5, 2012 6:48 pm

    As the President of City High’s Best Buddies chapter, Francesca Crutchfield-Stoker proves to be a model student.  Crutchfield is involved in other activities at CHS, but believes Best Buddies to be her favorite activity. “It’s just so much fun and rewarding to see everyone in the club having fun, and [...]

     
  • City students featured in Pearson Education promotional video

    City students featured in Pearson Education promotional video

    City High, News February 23, 2012 5:03 pm

    Pearson Education recently released a short promotional video. It delivered a message that featured students speaking of the new tools needed in the classroom. Many of the students, however, were City High students, and much of the video itself was filmed at City High. “My mom just came up to [...]

     
  • Leman says goodbye to Career Education Building

    Leman says goodbye to Career Education Building

    City High, News February 23, 2012 2:59 pm

    As construction continues on the new arts building many classes are being disrupted and moved, including Mr. Andrew Leman’s buisness and Photoshop classes, which were taught in the career education building for 5 years. Saying goodbye to the building and memories he decided to make this video.

     
  • Dine out for Education

    Dine out for Education

    News February 22, 2012 9:41 am

    All day on February 23, participating restaurants in Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty will donate 10% of sales (excluding alcohol sales) to the Iowa City Community School District. Last year, the Foundation awarded over $77,000 in Excellence Fund grants to support programs such as School of the Wild, iPads [...]

     
  • The Dance For Humanity

    The Dance For Humanity

    City High, News, Slideshows February 21, 2012 7:05 pm

    This past Saturday, February 19th, the Interact clubs from both City and West High came together to host the annual ‘Dance for Humanity.’ Here’s a slideshow of photographs from the event. Photos by Eli Shepherd for The Little Hawk.

     
  • New Regulations in the Lunchroom

    New Regulations in the Lunchroom

    City High, News February 14, 2012 5:23 pm

    New regulations started at a national level have started to engage kids at a local front. This new rule stipulates that the amount of fruits and green vegetables available to children and teenagers across the country will be increased in cafeterias, while the amount of salt and fat will be [...]

     
  • Chicago Cast Announced

    Chicago Cast Announced

    News February 10, 2012 2:48 pm

    Velma DELLA NUNO Roxie ALEX PEREZ Billy RYAN SHELLADY Amos GRANT FORSYTHE Mama MIRIAM THOE Mary Sunshine DAVID MAIZE Fred Casely SAM RAHM

     
  • MORP 80′s themed dance coming to City

    MORP 80′s themed dance coming to City

    City High, News, Upcoming Events, Video February 7, 2012 4:23 pm

    MORP, a backwards prom, is coming to City High School at the end of the month. It is a “Sadie Hawkins Dance” of sorts, meaning that girls are encouraged to ask guys. The dance was coordinated by Sophie Neems with Student Senate. In addition the dance is set to kick [...]

     
  • Jazz Bands rank well at IHSMA State Jazz contest

    Jazz Bands rank well at IHSMA State Jazz contest

    City High, News, Slideshows January 29, 2012 7:20 pm

    The morning of Saturday, January 28th, City High’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Band I traveled to Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School for the Iowa High School Music Association’s annual state jazz contest. “We put forth our best effort and were rewarded for doing so,” Ryan Arp, director of the Jazz [...]

     
  • Large Group Speech takes it to the stage

    Large Group Speech takes it to the stage

    City High, News, Theater, Upcoming Events January 27, 2012 3:41 pm

    Large Group Speech is coming home. Well, metaphorically at least. The annual home show performance for City High’s Large Group Speech team is to be tonight, Friday January 27th, at 7:00 pm in Optsad Auditorium. “It’s a really diverse group of actors, a lot of people are new,” Alexandra Perez [...]

     
  • The Real City High- Video

    The Real City High- Video

    News, Video January 27, 2012 9:23 am

    A few months ago, City High Senior Rachel Fehr had an idea. She felt that not everyone in the community understood City High for what it truly is, so she set out to make a video that provides a glimpse into the world that is “The School That Leads.” Below [...]

     
 
 
 
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