Iowa City High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = City High School
address = 1900 Morningside Drive
type = public
established = 1938
grades = 9-12
students = approx. 1600
principal = Mark Hanson
website = [http://www.iowacityhigh.org http://www.iowacityhigh.org ]
affiliation = Mississippi Valley Conference
colors = Red and White
mascot = Louie the Little Hawk
city = Iowa City
state = Iowa
country = USA

City High School is a public high school in Iowa City, Iowa. It was founded in 1938 as part of the Public Works Projects started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide jobs. The first classes were held in the fall of 1939. The first high school building was converted to a junior high school after the new building opened. It was located where Mercy Medical Plaza now stands. The new building sits atop a hill on the east side of Iowa City and the tip of the bell tower is said to be the tallest point in Iowa City.The school motto is "The School that Leads."

History

City High School was built through the Public Works Projects, one of many other programs formed in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal package. City High would become the second high school to be built in Iowa City, as the older one was becoming overcrowded as the population of the city increased. To determine the new location of the school, Iowa City residents had to vote whether to build the school in a central location, closer to the existing high school, or in a morningside location, which was the name of the street which it would be built by, out of town on the city's east side. The morningside location was favored, and the school was built on top of a large hill outside of town. Over time, the city's suburban expansion reached the school, enclosed it, and the expanded past it. Now, City High School is a landlocked school.

Athletics

"Sports Illustrated" listed City High as the top sports school in the state of Iowa, citing the school's dominant track and cross country teams.Fact|date=July 2008 The boys and girls cross country teams have won more than 20 state championships since 1990.Fact|date=July 2008 State titles for Boys Cross Country include titles in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2000.Fact|date=July 2008 The girls have been toward the top the last few years, including a state title in 2006.Fact|date=July 2008

Other sports that have won state titles since 1989 include Girls' Volleyball (1998,2007),Fact|date=July 2008 Football (1993, 1994, 1996),Fact|date=July 2008 Boy's Basketball (1989, 2008),Fact|date=July 2008 Girl's Basketball (2008),Fact|date=July 2008 Wrestling (1992, 1999, 2002),Fact|date=July 2008 Boys Tennis (1999)Fact|date=July 2008 and numerous Boys and Girls Track state titles.Fact|date=July 2008 City High has achieved the honor of being the second school in Iowa's history, and only 4-A school, to win state titles in one sport for both girls and boys teams.Fact|date=July 2008

Student Journalism

City High is home to three student publications, "The Little Hawk", the "Scribe" and "Red and White." City High's journalism department was also a charter member of international journalism society Quill and Scroll.Fact|date=July 2008
*"The Little Hawk", a monthly newspaper, has earned more National Pacemaker Awards than any other newspaper in the nation.Fact|date=October 2007 The newspaper was most successful in state and national competitions in the late 1980s and 1990s under adviser Jack Kennedy, who now advises the student newspaper, "The Rock", at Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. During Kennedy's fourteen-year tenure as adviser, "The Little Hawk" earned eleven Pacemaker Awards. [ [http://taje.org/Aug2006.pdf Aug. 2006.indd ] ] The most recent Pacemaker Award to "The Little Hawk" was awarded in 2000, the year after his departure. [ [http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/contests.html NSPA - Contests and Critiques ] ]
*The "Scribe" is a literary magazine open to submissions from all students. Work for the "Scribe" is entirely extra-curricular and includes poems, essays, photos and drawings.
*"The Red and White" is City High's annual yearbook.

Other Accomplishments

*City High has been named a Signature School by the Grammy Foundation for three years [ [http://www.grammyintheschools.com/gits_loader.html Welcome to GRAMMY In The Schools - GRAMMY Foundation ] ] .
*Prominent alumni include Thomas R. Cech, winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Jay Hilgenberg, former center for the Chicago Bears and broadcaster, and Tim Dwight, professional football player. Fact|date=February 2007

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