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Thursday, February 14, 2013  Rajadhar Reddy, a 16-year-old high school junior from Science Academy in Mercedes, had been preparing rigorously for another college entrance exam, the SAT, but decided to take the ACT for the first time on a whim.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Officials temporarily placed the Science Academy in Mercedes under lockdown after receiving reports of gunfire from a nearby levee.

Saturday, November 10, 2012  South Texas Independent School District honored a fallen soldier and former ISD student Saturday morning.

Monday, September 26, 2011  Andres Zermeno was the stand out in his classes at South Texas ISD Science Academy. He was a friendly boy who made the commute to the school in Mercedes all the way from his humble home in Brownsville's Cameron Park.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009  South Texas ISD officials spent the second day of school moving students around after a power failure hit the Science Academy of South Texas.