
March 22, 2024
Abilene High School teacher Leslie Swanson wasn’t sure what was happening the morning of Tuesday, March 5, when her classroom was visited by local representatives from H-E-B, alon...

March 22, 2024
Austin Elementary School celebrated Leadership Day on its campus on Friday, March 8, with guest speakers talking to students in each grade level about leadership, social and emo...

March 22, 2024
Hundreds of Abilene ISD students across the district celebrated Big Art Day on Thursday, March 7, with plenty of paint, markers, and creative ideas as they participated in the Tex...

March 22, 2024
Cooper High School gymnastics standout Tristan Reyna captured his second straight District 2-6A all-around championship two weeks ago at the district championship meet in San Ange...

March 22, 2024
Eight students are advancing to the Texas Art Education Association’s state Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) following a successful showing at the regional competition on March...

March 22, 2024
Photo courtesy of Moose Mountain Coffee Bar & Roastery When Craig Middle School science teacher Jessica Atwood moved to Abilene before the 2020-21 school year, she hoped to fin...

March 8, 2024
The LIFT Center will once again offer summer camps for elementary and middle school students beginning in June. The camps are open to any child in those age groups, whether they...

March 8, 2024
Cooper girls’ basketball head coach Brandon Hudson remembers being a young coach when he started in the profession 12 years ago. Late nights breaking down film or washing unifor...

March 8, 2024
ATEMS senior Javier Butz was sure his VEX Robotics team made the World Championship competition before the Region V competition at The LIFT ended on Saturday, Feb. 24. His teammat...

March 8, 2024
Watch the ATEMS UIL film project Nightwalker here ! Zackrey Kight and Nehemiah Daughtery are happy that their first foray into the UIL Film competition earned them a runn...

March 8, 2024
Abilene ISD middle and high school choirs excelled at the UIL Music Region VI East Zone High School Concert and Sightreading Evaluations, which were held March 6-7 at Abilene High...

March 8, 2024
Abilene ISD is proud to recognize and celebrate employees who make a positive difference at work and in the Abilene community with the districtwide Impact Award! Given once per qu...

March 1, 2024
More than 35 teams from across the state competed last Saturday (Feb. 24) at the Texas Region 5 VRC High School Championship at The LIFT, the largest robotics competition ever hos...

February 23, 2024
A promising track and field season in Abilene ISD has already started but will get into full swing over the next two weekends as all four teams in the city prepare to host the Dis...

February 23, 2024
UIL Region Band Results Abilene High School and Cooper High School band students competed in the University Interscholastic League Region Solo and Ensemble competition on Satur...

February 23, 2024
The high school baseball season officially starts this weekend, and hopes are high on both sides of town that Abilene ISD will send Abilene High and Cooper to the Class 5A playoff...

February 23, 2024
ATEMS seniors Gavin Hail and Tristan Reyna have been such good friends over the last three or four years that they can, almost literally, complete each other’s sentences. They see...

February 23, 2024
Some of the brightest minds in Texas will descend on Abilene this weekend as The LIFT hosts the Texas Region 5 VRC High School Robotics Championships . The meet is set to start S...

February 23, 2024
Click here to watch a video recap of Hello High School 2024! It wasn’t that long ago that Benjamin Weems was an eighth-grader wandering through the Abilene Convention Center wi...

February 16, 2024
Monday, Feb. 19, is President’s Day, a student holiday in AISD, and a Professional Development Day for all staff. Two weeks ago, the Cooper boys’ basketball team was 2...