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Crosstown Revelry: AHS, CHS Theatre Students All in for ‘SpongeBob the Musical’
Abilene High sophomore Carrie Mercer (right) is playing the lead role of SpongeBob in the combined AISD musical SpongeBob the Musical, while Cooper senior Lily Kovac is playing SpongeBob’s friend, Sandy Cheeks. Abilene High School and Cooper High School theatre...

Help AEF Recognize Outstanding AISD Educators
The 2023 Teachers in the Limelight Celebration is coming soon. Nominations are now open for the Abilene Education Foundation’s Teachers in the Limelight Celebration (TLC) awards. TLC honors the dedicated work of AISD faculty with campus recognition, a formal dinner,...

Lady Cougars Expect Bounce-Back Season in ‘23
Ask any athlete or coach, and they’ll tell you that the most fun they have is when they’re winning. That’s why it’s easy to understand why the Cooper Lady Cougars didn’t have much fun last year on the softball diamond. One season after winning 20-plus games and going...

Band Students Jazzed About Hearing A-List Performers
More than 50 Abilene ISD band students had an opportunity to hear some of the finest jazz musicians in the country on Jan. 20, when they traveled to Midland to attend an educational performance by the West Texas Jazz Society. The presentation – Jazz and Beyond...

Called to Lead: A Conversation with Board President Daryl Zeller
When Daryl Zeller was selected to be the Abilene ISD Board of Trustees president, it came at one of the most perilous times in the nation’s history as the country and world were fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools across the country had been closed since March...

Cooper’s Bailey, Brokovich Earn All-State Band Honors
Two Cooper High School students earned all-state band honors after competing at the Texas Music Educators Association Region 6 auditions on Dec. 10 at Abilene High School and the area auditions on Jan.7 at Odessa Permian. Senior Owen Bailey placed first on oboe at the...