
June 24, 2024
We are excited to welcome new and returning students back to school for the 2024-25 school year! Click here for dates and times for Open House and Meet the Teacher events. Fo...

June 10, 2024
Not long after the last day of school, most campuses across AISD are quiet, save for administrators wrapping up the year and preparing for time away from the job. But for the men ...

June 10, 2024
Bentley Morrow is a regular at AISD’s The LIFT Center, where for the last three years he has attended summer camps designed to promote his interest in STEM subjects. Those camps h...

June 9, 2024
Abilene ISD Executive Director of Athletics Jim Garfield announced that the district has hired Kaegan Jimenez as the new head softball coach at Cooper High School. Jimenez joins ...

June 6, 2024
Former Abilene High School softball standout Alyssa Washington and her teammates at the University of Texas are in the Women’s College World Series best-of-3 championship series i...

June 5, 2024
Beginning in June, AISD families can log in and learn more about their child’s STAAR results. End-of-Course results will be available starting Friday, June 7. STAAR results for st...

June 5, 2024
Abilene ISD is pleased to announce that Jennifer Hinds has been promoted to the position of executive director of finance, effective immediately. As executive director of finance,...

May 31, 2024
Cecelia Zertuche knew as a young girl that she wanted public education to be a big part of her life. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Zertuche was raised in Abilene, graduat...

May 31, 2024
Thirteen years ago the Ritchey family had a decision to make when leaving Hereford: move to Amarillo, Lubbock, or Abilene. The decision of where they would move was based on the b...

May 30, 2024
Abilene ISD’s 2024 Summer Nutrition Program will offer free breakfast and lunch to children aged 18 and under beginning Monday, June 3 through July 25 at a variety of meal sites. ...

May 28, 2024
Before the Class 5A state track and field championship meet earlier this month, Cooper High School senior Jazlyn Hatcher had resigned herself to the fact that her appearance in ...

May 26, 2024
Abilene ISD was proud to celebrate the Cooper High School Class of 2024 during a graduation ceremony Saturday, May 25 at 8 p.m. at Shotwell Stadium. Congratulations, congraduates!...

May 25, 2024
Abilene ISD celebrated the Academy of Technology, Engineering, Math and Science (ATEMS) Class of 2024 during a graduation ceremony Saturday, May 24 at 8:30 a.m. at Shotwell Stadiu...

May 25, 2024
Abilene ISD celebrated the Abilene High School Class of 2024 during a graduation ceremony at Shotwell Stadium Friday, May 24 at 8 p.m. Congratulations, graduates! Click here to v...

May 21, 2024
Abilene ISD will be well-represented later this month at the Texas State Solo-Ensemble Contest in Pflugerville with 59 students from Abilene High School and Cooper High School sin...

May 21, 2024
The Abilene ISD athletics season wrapped up last weekend as Abilene High’s baseball and softball teams were knocked out of the Class 5A state playoffs. Here’s a roundup of what h...

May 16, 2024
Abilene ISD is pleased to announce that Ginger Held has been selected to serve as the next Dean of Holland Medical High School. Held will replace Kathy Walker, who plans to retire...

May 16, 2024
What makes a great teacher? What connects student and instructor, no matter the age, race, or gender of either? Five-year-old Long Early Learning Center student Mehki Wiliams an...

May 16, 2024
Abilene ISD is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Waldron, Ed.D., has been promoted to the position of deputy superintendent, effective immediately. As deputy superintendent, Wal...

May 15, 2024
Past and present met last week at Bonham Elementary School to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the opening of the school that has anchored the Elmwood neighborhood in west Abilen...