It opened under the leadership of Principal Guadalupe Nava, who would remain in that role until retiring in 2010, and graduated its first class in 1994, with more than 350 seniors.

In 2021, the Hawk football team defeated the Harlingen High School cardinals, for the first time in 14 years, since 2007.

On the Thursday night prior to the game on Friday, the Student Council holds an annual homecoming parade and bonfire.

The event starts with a parade down Dixieland Road featuring floats which representatives from participating clubs ride on.

The event closely resembles the Burning of the "H" homecoming tradition at crosstown rival Harlingen High School.