The school was named after Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins, a Watts political leader, 12-term Assemblyman, and California's first African American elected to the United States Congress.

CSDA Design Group completed this project for LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) in 2012.

In C:\DAGS students are making a connection between Games and general education Classes in High School such as Math, Chemistry, and Computers.

"CHAS" is a school that stands on the value of health and advocacy around the South LA community.

On September 23, members of the first CHAS Internship and Graduating class presented their research and stories at the Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Conference at the RAND Headquarters in Santa Monica, California.