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An H-E-B program is giving high school students with disabilities a chance to learn job skills, build up their resume and connect with the community.
This school year, a group of students have been learning about drones in a new class. STEM teacher Mike Kliewer teaches the course and says it’s more than just learning how to fly a drone.
All activities during the two-day event at the Alamodome will be broadcast on KSAT 12, KSAT Plus (our free streaming app), YouTube and on KSAT.com.
A Somerset High School STEM instructor is teaching students about drones and pushing to add drone racing to UIL competitions.
A Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy has been suspended after an internal investigation found he advised the son of Somerset Independent School District’s superintendent to delete explicit photos and a video of a female classmate off his phone.
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SAN ANTONIO – Somerset High School teacher Terry White was concerned about returning to campus in the fall because of COVID-19. Still, White returned to the classroom, but his son stayed home, learning virtually until COVID-19 testing started. The non-profit organization Community Labs began conducting mass testing for COVID-19 at Somerset ISD in September. Somerset ISD Superintendent Saul Hinojosa said when they first started testing, about 39% of students were learning in-person, and now it’s about 70%. Hinojosa said Community Labs will be testing at Somerset ISD until the end of the school year.
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SOMERSET – The Detmer legacy continues at Somerset High School. On Monday evening, the Somerset School District Board of Trustees met to name Koy Detmer as the new head football coach. Koy is the son of longtime high school football coaching legend Sonny Detmer, who passed away last September. Koy played quarterback for his father at Mission High School and served as head coach of the Eagles for the past five seasons. He played eight seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and had a brief stint with the Minnesota Vikings.
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SAN ANTONIO The North East Independent School District has confirmed that an employee of Johnson High School has tested positive for COVID-19, Principal Gary Comalander said in a letter to parents and staff. It has come to our attention that one of our employees has tested positive for COVID-19, Comalander said in the letter sent Monday. At the same time, a similar notification was sent to parents in the Somerset Independent School District. San Antonio nursing home at center of outbreak sued over patients COVID-19-related deathParents were informed that the district discovered on Tuesday that a Somerset ISD staff member, working with the athletics summer conditioning program, tested positive for COVID-19. The notification goes onto say that every parent of students who interacted with the staff member has been contacted.
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The Somerset Bulldogs and Lanier Voks both took to the practice fields on Monday morning for the first time since the UIL suspended all athletic activities due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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SOMERSET On Wednesday, Somerset graduate, Hunter Hernandez, signed his National Letter of Intent to pay football for TLU. His senior year, the running back rushed for over 1800 yards and 11 touchdowns. Hernandez played in the San Antonio All-American Bowl, where he had seven carries for 107 yards and a score.
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SOMERSET, Texas – Army Spc. Oscar Ortegon surprised his mom and younger sister Wednesday at Somerset High School. Ortegon graduated from the school in 2018. He has been in South Korea for the past 13 months. Ortegon said he can’t wait to eat one of his mom’s home-cooked meals.
