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AISD 2022 Graduation Ceremonies May 27 & 28

More than 1000 Abilene ISD seniors will walk the stage at Shotwell Stadium this next weekend and collect their diplomas.

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Model School Approach Changing Climate, Culture, Achievement at Stafford

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When Chelsea Rico walked through the doors at Stafford Elementary School last August, she felt like she was starting her career all over again. Part of that was true. While Rico wasn’t starting over in a new building, she was starting over on a campus that had undergone a dramatic change, a school with a renewed purpose and direction. “I was nervous and scared,” recalled Rico, who is in her ninth year at Stafford (formerly Lee...

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The LIFT’s Construction Class Completes Replica Building for Safety City

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Ask most current or former Abilene ISD students what their favorite memory of the third grade is, and you’ll likely get the same answer: the annual trip to Safety City. Officially named the Melvin Martin Center for Children’s Safety, the Abilene landmark on South 7th Street has been the site where children have learned about bicycle and pedestrian safety, fire prevention, and stranger awareness since October 1981...

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ATEMS Team Gains Valuable Experience at World Robotics Championship

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The VEX robotics team from ATEMS competed at its first World Robotics Championship May 5-7 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, and while the results might not have been what the team wanted, the impact of that first exposure to competition at that level will have positive ramifications for years to come. Competing in the Design Division, the VEX Robotics 9871B team finished 32nd in its 81...

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