
February 9, 2024
It’s time again to nominate AISD teachers for their extraordinary work during the 2023-24 school year. Educators from the district will be honored later this spring at the Teache...

February 8, 2024
Growing up in a house with a father who starred as a wide receiver at Abilene Christian University and later earned induction into the ACU Sports Hall of Fame, there wasn’t much d...

February 8, 2024
The Abilene ISD family celebrates the continued success of our teachers in the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) system. Since 2020-2021, Abilene ISD has designated a total of 6...

February 8, 2024
The 2024 softball season starts next week, with one team looking to run its streak of playoff seasons to eight straight and the other looking for a return to the post-season party...

February 8, 2024
Hollie Nowlan never figured the bond she shares with her sister and the family dog would lead to a piece of her artwork being selected for the 2024 Texas Art Education Association...

February 1, 2024
On Thursday, the University Interscholastic League released its biennial realignment configurations for all sports. While there was little change to the two football districts t...

January 24, 2024
By LANCE FLEMING Abilene ISD Communications Abilene High School choir director Wendy Weeks remembers the day she first heard Hope Arrazola sing as part of freshman auditions. ...

January 19, 2024
Abilene High School senior Hope Arrazola earned her fourth all-state honor in choir after competing at the Texas Music Educators Association Area A Vocal Audition earlier this mon...

January 19, 2024
More than 30 Abilene ISD students will participate in the 25th annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival, scheduled for June 5-8 and June 12-15. Abilene will host ...

January 19, 2024
Abilene High School senior Hope Arrazola earned her fourth all-state honor in choir after competing at the Texas Music Educators Association Area A Vocal Audition earlier this mon...

January 12, 2024
We hope everyone had a good first week back after the Christmas break and got settled back into a good routine to start the spring semester. Just a reminder that Monday (Jan. 15)...

December 21, 2023
The month of January’s cold and sometimes icy weather can mean only one thing: high school soccer season is upon us. And at Abilene High, that means two teams trying to do even be...

December 1, 2023
Abilene High School head football coach Mike Fullen has grown accustomed to his team serving as the underdog throughout their Class 5A Division I playoff run. During a TV intervie...

November 16, 2023
The Abilene High and Cooper football teams are back in action this weekend in the Class 5A state playoffs with Abilene High playing in Crowley and Cooper in Mansfield. The Eagles...

November 2, 2023
Cande Flores never thought about becoming a firefighter, much less the chief of the Abilene Fire Department. But one day in 1992, as he was finalizing his paperwork to enroll at ...

November 2, 2023
The University Interscholastic League’s annual Snapshot Day was last Friday (Oct. 27), which is the enrollment figure reported by each school in Texas that will be used in determi...

November 2, 2023
The football playoffs at both Abilene High and Cooper might be just around the corner, but November also means the start of basketball season is upon us. All four local varsity te...

October 26, 2023
Abilene High associate principal Dr. Kelli Powell is new to AHS and Abilene ISD, but she’s certainly not new to the world of public education. Now in her 33 rd year of education...

October 19, 2023
Completion of the 2018 bond program didn’t stop progress in Abilene ISD. A new state-of-the-art Daktronics video board was added to Shotwell Stadium prior to the beginning of the...

October 10, 2023
Bernard Kamungo’s long and winding road to becoming a professional soccer player for Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas franchise might seem unbelievable to some. Still, to him, it’s...