History
The school was founded in 1989 as the Math and Science Academy. Jorge Lopez, the principal of neighboring Med High served as principal. After a year the name was changed to The Science Academy of South Texas. The school colors were changed from black and gold to green and gray. Only one student received a letterman jacket with the black and gold colors. In 1992 the building was completed and classes moved out of the portables.
A detailed history of the Science Academy can be found in Dr. Anna Rudolph Canter's dissertation entitled "In the Middle of an Orange Grove, Across the Street From the Tortilla Factory: The Science Academy of South Texas http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/2143/canterar35023.pdf?sequence=2 "When I began my doctoral studies at UT Austin, I studied, among other topics, minority students’ failures and successes in schools. I always remembered the students at the Science Academy of South Texas. For one course, I conducted a pilot study of the experiences of teachers at the Science Academy. As I spent time in the Valley collecting those data, I became more interested in the story behind the school. As a result, I chose to write the history of the Science Academy for my dissertation research. My goal—to write a rich, detailed, multi-voiced account of the history of the Science Academy—is represented by this dissertation." Anna Rudolph Canter
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