H-E-B surprised numerous San Antonio area school districts over the week with thousands of dollars to celebrate their extra efforts towards students in the classrooms.
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Ten public school educators, including teachers, counselors and principals, were among the finalists for the annual H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards.“These finalists reflect the spirit, strength and resiliency that define Texas,” Winell Herron, the H-E-B senior vice president of public affairs, said. Teachers, counselors and principals were awarded $1,000, along with a $1,000 to $2,500 check for their schools. The San Antonio Independent School District had the most finalists within the San Antonio area.Oscar Garcia, math teacher at CAST Med High SchoolThe remaining seven finalists represent San Antonio, Boerne and New Braunfels. In total, there are 48 finalists in all of Texas. Special education teacher Monica Lopez, elementary school teacher Jessica Welch and middle school principal Michele Ramirez-Castaneda also represent San Antonio’s outstanding finalists. The winners for the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards will be announced at a ceremony on May 3, where $480,000 will be awarded. The Texas-based grocery store has donated over $15 million to local public school educators and school districts since 2002.Samuel Rocha joined KSAT as a Newsroom Trainee in the spring of 2026. He is a San Antonio native and a graduate of San Antonio College and Texas A&M University-San Antonio.Proposed border wall threatens prehistoric cave artHundreds of millions of dollars lost each year to scams at crypto ATMsFamily reacts to guilty verdict in Christopher Preciado trialCastle Hills police department says the armed suspect shot this morning has diedRecords show New Braunfels ISD pulling, restricting more books than it has publicly listed74 year old woman hit crossing South General McMullenNew emissions test could cost Bexar County vehicle ownersSan Antonio attorney admits stealing over half a million dollars from children's inheritance.Spurs respond after viral video at game sparks backlashReuniting items found along the Guadalupe River after the deadly floods
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