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The Advocate News @Hawkins

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Be careful! The devil was seen walking around in the hallways.

Halloween Spirit Teachers

Naomy Berganza, Lesly Flores and Genesis Hernandez November 7, 2025

Augustus Hawkins High School was filled with spooky fun and creative energy this Halloween as students and teachers joined in on the school’s annual Halloween celebration! The hallways transformed into...

Gus the Hawk hanging out during lunch.

Gus the Hawk hangs out at Hawkins HS

Aaron Whitaker November 5, 2025

Students noticed an unexpected visitor perched low in one of the campus trees, a hawk that quickly became the talk of the courtyard. The hawk, now known as “Gus,” named after Augustus F. Hawkins,...

Nith grade CCR teacher Mr. Tinson listening as the student shows his slides to his parent.

Student-Led Conference and Resource Fair

Ana Oxlaj and Steven Ramos November 4, 2025

Twice a year, students present to their parents showing how well they are doing in each of their classes.  It's all part of the parent-teacher conference, which is mandated by the state for each school....

Ms.Pam [PSA} and Ms. Anderson [assistant principal] celebrate 25 days of attendance at Hawkins HS. They were happily working together wearing funny looking green gloves to make the student  laugh and create joy. 

Credit for photographer  Genesis Hernandez

25 Days Smarter!

Lesly Flores, Naomy Berganza and Genesis Hernandez September 23, 2025

The celebration, organized by the school’s PSA Counselor (Pupil Service and Attendance), marked the importance of student attendance and staying connected with the campus community. The event kicked...

Graduation 2025 on YouTube Live

Caterin D. Ramos and Videographer June 9, 2025

Link to the digital Graduation program 2025 This is the third time that Hawkins HS has live streamed the graduation on YouTube Live via LAUSD channel.  Full disclosure, there were some technical difficulties...

My Last Story

My Last Story

Gabriel Ortuno Castilla, photographer June 4, 2025

It's hard to believe I'm writing this, but here it is my last article. Looking back, joining journalism was one of the best decisions I made in high school. I honestly regret not pushing harder to get...

Teen Drugs

Teen Drugs

Aelicia Hale, Reporter March 15, 2025

According to LAUSD Substance Use and Mental Health Report” substance abuse starts as early as grade 7 and so this summarizes teen abuse is seventh ninth and eleventh grade in LAUSD. 30 percent of students...

Illustration by Angelica Ramirez

Equivocal Latter

Latrice Wright and Angelica Ramirez March 7, 2025

My eyebrows furrow when you talk to me. My nose scrunches, My mouth concaves, My eyelids clasp together,  My jaw clenches.  My eyes look down when you sit next to me. My arms locked...

From the classroom to the streets: my experience in immigrant rights walkout

From the classroom to the streets: my experience in immigrant rights walkout

Gabriel Ortuno Castilla, photographer February 15, 2025

I walked from Hawkins to Manual to Santee to City Hall and 6th Street Bridge. I heard about the walkout on February 6, 2025, through a social media post. The now-deleted post called for students to meet...

Teen Runaways

Teen Runaways

Aelicia Hale, Reporter January 28, 2025

According to publications.aap.org: “The largest segment of missing children in the United States includes runaways, children who run away from home, and throwaways, children who are told to leave...

What makes the cat so bad?

Latrice Wright, Poet December 13, 2024

This story is about a cat, two western-fence lizards, and a lynx. It will center around stereotypes projected on the cat and/or the lynx in the story. In the beginning of the story, there are gonna be...

Charolette's riddle

Hawkins’ CarnEvil Haunted House

Xariene Valtierra, Photographer November 22, 2024

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