La Quinta High School's student-run newspaper

Hawkview

La Quinta High School's student-run newspaper

Hawkview

La Quinta High School's student-run newspaper

Hawkview

A screenshot of DSUSDs COVID-19 Dashboard as of Monday, May 23, 2022.

Students reflect on the lifted mask mandate

Isaa Villicana, Reporter May 23, 2022

In the month of March, the California mask mandate was lifted. The change allowed everyone, vaccinated or not, to choose between wearing a mask. As soon as that happened, the DSUSD Board of Education made...

Ms. Kelly Becker on Mon., May 17, 2021.

Distance learning: problems and possibilities

Hannah Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief May 21, 2021

The day is March 13, 2020. The sky is cloudy, the trees are blissfully moving along the wind, and the sun is barely peeking through the melancholic scene of the clouds.  On a Friday afternoon, students...

Susan Finch after receiving her first dose of Modernas COVID-19 vaccine in mid-January. 

Photo courtesy of Susan Finch; design by Kennedy Garman

Blackhawk teachers reflect on receiving the COVID-19 vaccine

Kennedy Garman, Multimedia Editor April 12, 2021

In mid-January 2021, educators from Riverside County became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Since then, many have had their chance to line up outside the nearest Riverside County vaccine clinic:...

Blackhawk perspectives after a year into distance learning

Blackhawk perspectives after a year into distance learning

Zoey Batres, A&E Editor March 26, 2021

On Dec. 31, 2019, the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Wuhan, China. A few weeks later, a Washington state man was identified as the first COVID-19 death in the United States.   Soon after,...

La Quinta High School in 2017.

Reflecting on the lessons learned after a year into the COVID-19 pandemic

Lexi Noguera, Editor-in-Chief March 12, 2021

It was arguably one of the most memorable rainy days in the Coachella Valley, the last Friday of the school year: March 13, 2020.  It was the start of an unexpected pandemic that the entire world had...

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