ATEMS Robotics Team Set To Put New Machine in Motion at World Championships
By LANCE FLEMING Abilene ISD Communications It wasn’t long after the VEX Region V robotics championship meet ended in early March before ATEMS senior Javier Butz turned his thoughts to this weekend’s World Championship competition in Dallas. The ATEMS robot had earned...
Two Hires and Two Teams Clinch Playoff Spots in Busy Athletics Week
By LANCE FLEMING Abilene ISD Communications Abilene ISD Executive Director of Athletics Jim Garfield announced two new members of the AISD Athletics family Wednesday afternoon, welcoming a new AISD assistant director of athletics and Abilene High School girls’...
AISD Athletics Adds Lou Mora As New Assistant Director Of Athletics
ABILENE – Abilene ISD Executive Director of Athletics Jim Garfield announced Wednesday afternoon that Lou Mora will be the district’s new assistant director of athletics. “We had tremendous interest in the position, and Lou rose to the top,” Garfield said. “I knew he...
Alfonzo Franklin Selected To Lead AHS Girls’ Basketball Program
ABILENE – Abilene ISD announced Wednesday that Hale Center High School girls’ basketball coach Alfonzo Franklin – who won 63 games over the last three seasons with the Lady Owls – has been hired to the same position at Abilene High School. Franklin replaces Brenda...
Cooper’s Reyna Enters Regional Gymnastics Meet As All-Around Favorite
By LANCE FLEMING Abilene ISD Communications Cooper High School gymnast Tristan Reyna has spent a portion of the 2024 season with a large target on his back. The two-time District 2-6A all-around champion and reigning Region 3 champion in the all-around, Reyna knows...
Introducing SchoolStatus Connect!
An exciting new campus and classroom communication tool is coming soon to Abilene ISD! All AISD schools will soon replace Remind with SchoolStatus Connect. Connect offers families more ways to engage with student learning, classroom activities, and campus events. If...
Total Solar Eclipse Provided a Living Classroom for Abilene ISD Science Teachers
By LANCE FLEMING Abilene ISD Communications Last Monday’s total solar eclipse provided a living classroom for astronomy and science teachers across Abilene ISD, regardless of grade level. Cooper High School astronomy teacher Jessi Spitler set up a telescope in the...
Abilene High, Cooper set to square off Friday at Blackburn Field
By LANCE FLEMING Abilene ISD Communications Two of the hottest baseball teams in District 4-5A reside in Abilene, and they meet on the diamond Friday night in a huge contest as the regular season heads into the home stretch. The Abilene High softball team can clinch a...
ATEMS Robotics Teams Finish in Top 25 at State Competition
Two ATEMS robotics teams – including the team that will compete at the VEX Robotics World Championships later this month – took on 55 teams from across Texas last weekend at the TSA State Robotics Tournament in Fort Worth, advancing to the qualification round. The...
‘Humbled’ Garfield selected Region 2 Athletic Administrator of the Year
By LANCE FLEMING Abilene ISD Communications Jim Garfield isn’t the kind of person to put himself out in front of a group or look for attention. But the spotlight found him earlier this spring when Abilene ISD’s Executive Director of Athletics was voted the Texas High...
