Students interested in joining a middle school cheer team for the upcoming school year are invited to participate in tryouts this spring. Please review the important dates and details below.
Mandatory Parent Meeting: Parents/guardians must attend a required meeting. Click here to see the date, time, and location for your campus' meeting.
April 27, 5-7 p.m. Group Clinic/Workshop
Location:
🔸 West Group: Roy J. Smith Middle School - 6000 Brushy Creek Drive, Killeen, TX 76549
🔹 East Group: Liberty Hill Middle School - 4500 Kit Carson Trail, Killeen, TX 76542
April 28-30 Afterschool Practice at Your Student's Home Campus
May 1, 5 p.m. Group Tryouts
Location:
🔸 West Group: Roy J. Smith Middle School - 6000 Brushy Creek Drive, Killeen, TX 76549
🔹 East Group: Liberty Hill Middle School - 4500 Kit Carson Trail, Killeen, TX 76542
Questions? If you have questions, please contact the KISD Fine Arts Office: Phone: (254) 336-6300 or Email: deborah.barrick@killeenisd.org
🔸West Group🔸
• Audie Murphy
• Dr. Charles E. Patterson
• Dr. Jimmie Don Aycock
• Live Oak Ridge
• Palo Alto
• Roy J. Smith
🔹East Group🔹
• Liberty Hill
• Manor
• Nolan
• Rancier
• Union Grove
Note: Eastern Hills students should attend with the campus they are zoned to attend next school year.
March is National Athletic Training Month, and we want to recognize and thank the hard-working, dedicated athletic trainers who serve our Killeen ISD student-athletes every day.
Their roles are many and demand long hours. Prevention to recovery and everything in between, their work keeps our athletes competing safely and confidently. Their expertise, preparation and steady presence make a difference year-round.
Thank you for the care, professionalism and commitment you bring to KISD athletics.
#WeAreKISD
Their roles are many and demand long hours. Prevention to recovery and everything in between, their work keeps our athletes competing safely and confidently. Their expertise, preparation and steady presence make a difference year-round.
Thank you for the care, professionalism and commitment you bring to KISD athletics.
#WeAreKISD
Reeces Creek Elementary School families enjoyed a STEM Night Thursday with a science fair, games and displays in hallways, activities in the library and the KISD STEM mobile lab parked outside. It was a great evening of fun and learning. https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720332506396
The Shoemaker High School Junior ROTC Greywolf Battalion welcomed peers from the Copperas Cove High School JROTC unit for a morning of land navigation on a Fort Hood course. https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2763981
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Time: 5:00–7:00 PM
Join Killeen ISD for an evening of creativity, culture, and community at our Multicultural Festival! This special event celebrates the many cultures that make up our district through stories and art. Families, students, staff, and community members are invited to come together, experience diverse perspectives, and enjoy a vibrant night of learning and connection.
Location: KISD Career Center
1320 Stagecoach Rd.
Killeen, TX 76542
🎨 Celebrate culture through art and storytelling
🌍 Family-friendly community event
🎉 All are welcome!
Entrance is free, bring a friend! We hope to see you there!
Time: 5:00–7:00 PM
Join Killeen ISD for an evening of creativity, culture, and community at our Multicultural Festival! This special event celebrates the many cultures that make up our district through stories and art. Families, students, staff, and community members are invited to come together, experience diverse perspectives, and enjoy a vibrant night of learning and connection.
Location: KISD Career Center
1320 Stagecoach Rd.
Killeen, TX 76542
🎨 Celebrate culture through art and storytelling
🌍 Family-friendly community event
🎉 All are welcome!
Entrance is free, bring a friend! We hope to see you there!
Killeen ISD Career Center high school education interns combined with fifth-graders at Reeces Creek Elementary School to form a future teacher club. https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2762030
Congratulations to Skipcha Elementary functional skills teacher Martha Cadena for winning a $5,070 Region 12 technology grant to enhance communication for her students. Great job! https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2759537
The Killeen ISD Education Foundation made surprise scholarship presentations Monday to 81 high-achieving seniors at seven high schools. The awards totaled $104,800. Congratulations to all our Class of 2026 recipients! https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2756816
Power play: Five Killeen ISD student-athletes over the weekend at the Class 6A/5A Division I Region II competition in Del Valle hoisted some heavy weight and qualified for the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association state tournament.
All five secured their state spots in the unequipped field by finishing first or second in their weight class after completing lifts in three disciplines –– bench press, squat and deadlift.
Killeen High’s Meleana Price was the 6A Region II 242-pound champion, while Precious Tauiliili (second, 220) and Aaliyah Abddeen (242+) also qualified for the Lady Roos who were regional runners-up as a team –– which also included Marianita Sanchez, Alicia Gomez and K’liyah Tripplett
Shoemaker’s Alyssa Dell (second, 114) also is state bound in 6A.
In 5A, Chaparral’s Avery Wiltzius placed second at 132.
View the full results here: https://tinyurl.com/44bm3myz
The state meet is March 18-21 at Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg.
All five secured their state spots in the unequipped field by finishing first or second in their weight class after completing lifts in three disciplines –– bench press, squat and deadlift.
Killeen High’s Meleana Price was the 6A Region II 242-pound champion, while Precious Tauiliili (second, 220) and Aaliyah Abddeen (242+) also qualified for the Lady Roos who were regional runners-up as a team –– which also included Marianita Sanchez, Alicia Gomez and K’liyah Tripplett
Shoemaker’s Alyssa Dell (second, 114) also is state bound in 6A.
In 5A, Chaparral’s Avery Wiltzius placed second at 132.
View the full results here: https://tinyurl.com/44bm3myz
The state meet is March 18-21 at Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg.
Congratulations to the 300-plus KISD third- through fifth-graders who participated Saturday in the 15th annual KISD Elementary Science Olympiad and to first-place finishers Skipcha, second place Nolanville, third place Clear Creek and sportsmanship winners Saegert. Thanks to the teacher coaches and the volunteers and donors, too. Great show!
https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2753581
https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2753581
Career Center education students taught Dr. Seuss-inspired lessons at Iduma Elementary School Friday to promote literacy and teach lessons like acceptance and self-confidence.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720332414464
https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720332414464
The celebration is on at Harker Heights where the boys soccer team clinched the outright District 12-6A title!!!!
The Knights sealed their fortune with a 2-1 victory over visiting Temple on Thursday night to close out the regular season. HHHS rarely blinked during the 12-6A slate, racking up a 10-1-1 record along the way to the top of the standings.
Congratulations to the coaches and players for reaching this goal!!! #WeAreKISD
The Knights sealed their fortune with a 2-1 victory over visiting Temple on Thursday night to close out the regular season. HHHS rarely blinked during the 12-6A slate, racking up a 10-1-1 record along the way to the top of the standings.
Congratulations to the coaches and players for reaching this goal!!! #WeAreKISD
Killeen ISD School Nutrition had a blast hosting its fourth annual Food Fest with the help from lots of enthusiastic tasters from Maxdale Elementary School, Palo Alto Middle School and Shoemaker High School. Yummy! https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2749133
Smith Middle School welcomed family and friends to a parent and community engagement night Wednesday in celebration and anticipation of the "fourth quarter" of the school year. https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2747617
SCHEDULE NOTE: The Killeen ISD athletic department announced that tonight's (Wednesday, March 4) middle school track and field meets at Leo Buckley Stadium, Searles Stadium and Harker Heights High School are canceled because of lightning.
The Nolan Mustangs made it a repeat performance, hoisting the first-place trophy for the second year in a row at the 15th annual KISD Middle School UIL Academic Meet Saturday. Patterson finished second and Smith third. JDA earned most improved. Congratulations to all 700-plus of the UIL student participants, as well as their hard-working coaches! You are all awesome!
Still flying!!! Ellison is moving on once again! The Eagles hold off Mesquite Poteet for a thrilling, heart-pounding, down-to-the-wire 42-40 victory Friday night in the Class 5A-II area playoffs in West.
Sean Parks had 32 points, including two buzzer-beaters at the end of the second and third quarters, and the defense buckled down.
More photos: https://tinyurl.com/mtj54be8
Now, the Eagles will face Lucas Lovejoy in the regional semifinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 at Glen Rose High School.
#WeAreKISD
Sean Parks had 32 points, including two buzzer-beaters at the end of the second and third quarters, and the defense buckled down.
More photos: https://tinyurl.com/mtj54be8
Now, the Eagles will face Lucas Lovejoy in the regional semifinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 at Glen Rose High School.
#WeAreKISD
Play ball! The annual KISD Classic baseball tournament is in full swing and continues through Saturday, Feb. 28. View more photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720332223630
The Reeces Creek Elementary School Student Council and Student Ambassadors hosted our annual No Place for Hate talent show for the community! All members had jobs from selling popcorn, selling raffle tickets, working backstage, greeting guests and collecting tickets! Great job to these hard-student workers!
The annual KISD art exhibit is open. Come see hundreds of visual art pieces on display at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center through March 4 and visit the festival Saturday from 11 to 3. There is some amazing student-produced talent on display! https://www.killeenisd.org/article/2726575
