
January 19, 2024
The Abilene High boys’ basketball team improved to 5-0 in District 4-5A play Tuesday night with a 68-58 home win over Wylie. The Eagles are now 19-6 overall and 5-0 in the distr...

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 22, 2023
Just a reminder for everyone that today is the final day of the fall semester and it’s also an early release day for all campuses in the district. Elementary schools will release ...

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 21, 2023
The Cooper boys’ and girls’ soccer teams begin the 2024 season in January with both squads looking for a return to the postseason. Each coach believes they have the pieces in pla...

December 21, 2023
One of the great traditions in the Abilene ISD is the “I Love America” program that the Dyess Elementary School fifth-grade class performs every year. For the last five years, Ala...

December 21, 2023
Jay Lester has long held one position as his dream job: Director of the World-Famous Cowboy Band at Hardin-Simmons University. So when the opportunity arose earlier this year, he ...

December 21, 2023
Dr. Cathy Ashby spent most of her adult life working in education, and until 2013 that’s how she thought she would spend the rest of her career. But circumstances changed and the ...

December 15, 2023
The Abilene ISD Board of Trustees announced Monday night that it has hired Dr. James M. Largent to serve as the district’s interim superintendent upon AISD Superintendent Dr. Da...

December 15, 2023
The Abilene ISD Board of Trustees has selected Dr. James M. Largent to serve as the district’s interim superintendent upon Dr. David Young’s transition to emeritus superintendency...

December 15, 2023
Abilene ISD has been named a District of Distinction by the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) for a third consecutive year, placing AISD’s visual arts education program in th...

December 13, 2023
Abilene ISD recently applied for a state grant through the Texas Education Agency’s System of Great Schools program that might allow select campuses to plan and possibly implement...

December 8, 2023
The All-District 2-5A football teams in Division I and Division II were released earlier this week, and Abilene High and Cooper were well-represented on those teams. Abilene Hig...

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 30, 2023
The Abilene High and Cooper boys’ basketball teams are hosting the Raising Cane’s Key City Classic tournament this weekend at Eagle Gym and Cougar Gym. Both teams enter the to...

November 17, 2023
Tips and information from the student nutrition department. November 2023 Nutrition News

November 17, 2023
A QUICK REMINDER THAT TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF CLASSES AND WORK BEFORE NEXT WEEK’S THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY BREAK. EVERYONE WILL RETURN TO WORK AND SCHOOL ON MONDAY, NOV. 27. WE HOPE...

November 16, 2023
Abi Pena-Perez remembers the day she noticed her hair was falling out. She remembers the first time anyone said anything to her about it. She remembers what it was like when peopl...

November 16, 2023
Anytime more than 1,100 second-grade students gather, keeping their attention is going to be difficult. Add in the presence of a fire truck, an ambulance, a police cruiser, a tras...