The Little Hawk

07/10/2025

Four Candidates Competing for Three Seats: Interviews with 2025 School Board Candidates

Interviews with the 2025 ICCSD school board candidates running for the election on November fourth

By Martha Willard

Yes. My first time was running for school board in 2017. And then I ran again in November of 2021, and this would make it the third time.

07/10/2025

Girls Cross Country Wins Bud and Bonnie Williams Invitational

JV girls finished second to Dubuque Senior, JV boys won, and Varsity boys place fourth

By Martha Willard

Your donation will support the student journalists of Iowa City High School. For 2025, we are trying to update our video and photo studio, purchase new cameras and attend journalism conferences.

02/10/2025

New Class at City High Teaches Officiating

Finding officiants for City High athletics has just gotten easier. “If we don’t have officials, we can’t have games. This class is a way to get students involved, build confidence, and even open doors for future opportunities,” Cory Connell said. Connell is very familiar with the sports worl...

02/10/2025

STAFF EDITORIAL: AI in School - Dos and Don'ts
Little Hawk editors explore the Dos and Don’ts of artificial intelligence in school

One of the most controversial and dividing topics of our generation is AI. Beyond the debate if our distant future is going to most likely resemble Terminator or WALL-E, in our school world, the biggest arguments have revolved around when, where, and how AI should be used. Recently, ICCSD released t...

02/10/2025

PlayMaker Profile: Blaine Heick

Blaine Heick ‘26 is a tri-sport athlete at City High and is in his final year of playing Little Hawk football. Heick began playing football early on, starting in 1st grade with flag football. His father was the one who got him into sports, and his passion flourished from there. “He was the reaso...

01/10/2025

👋 🦅 Meet a few Faces Behind The Little Hawk! 🦅 👋
From writers to photographers to editors, our staff works hard to bring City High’s stories to life. ✍️📸📰

Check out our new video to get to know some of the people who make it all happen.

30/09/2025

City high falls to Norwalk in homecoming football game

29/09/2025

VIDEO FEATURE: English Teacher Mr. Sloma Goes TikTok Viral with Over 1.4 Million Followers

Mr. Sloma’s TikTok Account:

25/09/2025

👶➡️👩‍🦳 Generation Day! 👶➡️👩‍🦳
From babies to grandparents, Little Hawks showed up for Day 4 of Spirit Week with some of the best fits yet 🔥

Who rocked their look the best today? 👇

24/09/2025

🎄✨ Christmas in September! ✨🎄
Happy Wednesday, Little Hawks — today’s HoCo spirit theme is Christmas in September! Break out the Santa hats, ugly sweaters, and holiday cheer ❄️🎅

22/09/2025

2025 HoCo Week Spirit Days! 🎉

Monday – Dress to Unimpress 👕
Tuesday – Super Tuesday 💥
Wednesday – Christmas in September 🎄
Thursday – Generation Day 👶👩‍🦳
Friday – Class Colors ❤️🤍🖤

Show your Little Hawk spirit all week long! 🦅

15/09/2025

🦅 National Recognition for The Little Hawk! 🦅

We are honored to be named 2025 National Scholastic Press Association Finalists in FOUR categories:

🗣️ Best Use of Social Media Finalist — Ramy Makawi & Lily Rantanen
📰 Newsmagazine Cover Finalist — Brain Drain by Lily Rantanen
📰 Newsmagazine Cover Finalist — Battle for the Phones by Yomi Hemley & Lily Rantanen
📰 News Story of the Year Finalist — Targeted by Tai Caputo & Lily Rantanen

Huge congratulations to our staff for their creativity, hard work, and dedication to telling the stories that matter at City High. ❤️🤍🖤