Under the tutelage of Pete Zahut, the principal, the first year focused on creating a new and rigorous college-preparatory school high school.

The old Hawthorne Masonic Temple, located at Broadway and Grevillea, was revamped and refurbished into the beginnings of a permanent school site.

In 2007, an additional building was placed on the space previously occupied by the parking lot to accommodate the ever-growing student population.

The diversity and number of students at HMSA has grown since its founding.

The school today has a dozen or so different ethnicities and a population of over 450, with room to expand to 600.