City High’s fine arts programs are some of the most esteemed in the state. We send our choir, orchestra, and band students to the All-State Music Festival annually. The theatre department puts on a successful...
The class of 2019 will soon exit the doors of City High for the last time and head out for whatever they choose for their future. The decisions made regarding higher education are rarely quick and easy,...
A founding principle of American democracy is that using your vote is an integral step in creating significant change in the country and that engaging in the political system is effective and worthwhile....
City High rumor has it that a few years ago, a Young Republicans club failed after only one student showed up to the first meeting. While this story may well be apocryphal, sometimes it does, indeed, seem...
On January 21, 2017, an estimated four million Americans protested the beginning of the Trump presidency in what was known as the Women’s March. Over a year and a half later, the momentum from that day...
Mira Bohannan Kumar & Eden Knoop, Opinion Editors
• February 16, 2018
When student Eric Thomas ‘18 won the annual ugly sweater contest in December, sporting a homemade contraption comprised of several pairs of socks and gold shorts, the City High gymnasium erupted into...
There is one phrase in the English language that nearly every high school student in America hears much too often for their own taste:
But despite the distaste many students feel towards the constant...
This statement was famously made by Justice Abe Fortas in Tinker v. Des Moines, a landmark Supreme Court case over students’ rights to free speech. Over 48 years ago here in Iowa, a high school disciplined...
In the early morning hours of August 27th, violence broke out in the heart of Iowa City. Three people were shot in the ped mall after a fight started. Two men were arrested and charged in connection with...
On January 21, 2017, the biggest protest in US history happened in Washington DC. An estimated 500,000 people of all ages, genders, races, ethnicities, and abilities gathered and marched the streets of...
As reported by Little Hawk Reporter Maya Chadwick, City High has started the new “secure your phone” system. This policy was created over the summer in response to overwhelming cellphone use during...
