welcome to ace

At the Brook Hill School, our educators and support staff are called to challenge and support all of our students, nurture educational achievement, inspire individual accountability and leadership potential within the academic, spiritual and extracurricular domains.
 

Brook Hill offers a rigorous curriculum along with a plethora of enriching activities, groups, clubs, and teams that help our students realize and pursue who God shaped them to be.
 
To provide our students with a trajectory and opportunities for lifelong success, Brook Hill has developed an academically challenging and meaningful school experience. As a part of our commitment to developing successful students both academically and in life, we have the Academic Center for Excellence.
 
Originally started in 2009, the ACE program’s mission was to provide our students with a support system for ensuring their progressive accomplishments.
 
The Academic Center for Excellence is a vital tool for students who seek guidance on time management, balancing academic responsibilities and assistance on daily assignments and obligations. The ACE program offers support for all students to achieve their academic goals, and works to compliment, rather than substitute, the academic support given to students by their teachers.

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Mission:

To foster a sense of collective engagement between students and those invested in their growth and provide support as students develop into advocates for their education while learning to effectively fulfill their obligations.

What is the Academic Center:

The Academic Center for Excellence is dedicated on assisting students in developing the skills and habits essential for success in high school, college, and beyond. We are here to teach, advise, provide academic support, and make available an academic atmosphere that motivates students to excel and to use all the opportunities (WIN, break time, study hall, off- blocks) available to them. The A.C.E. space is located in the library and features group study rooms, educational advisement, collaborative learning technology, and laptops/surface tablets for individual checkout, among other resources.

The Academic Center for Excellence will:
  • Reinforce specific learning skills through workshops and guidance from ACE staff. Workshops include topics such as the following:
    • Note taking
    • Study techniques
    • Effective communications
    • Habits of successful students
    • Learning styles
    • Test taking strategies
    • Reinforce time management and organization
      • Reinforce goal setting and accountability
      • Monitor grades and missing assignments and assessments
      • Operate the make-up testing center
      • At times we will ask students to report to the Academic Center during their free blocks and if they do not, we may develop a plan of accountability involving parents.
      • Facilitate parent and teacher intervention when needed
      Middle School

      Mrs. Mize and Coach Ryle are available for academic help during the middle school WIN block each day. Also, we do have some peer tutors ready to help in academic subjects. The academic needs represented by our diverse student body make this the next logical and most effective step in helping our students achieve their maximum potential.

      The tutors are willing to coach, tutor, help organize materials for effective test prep, and guide your child’s academic improvement during these sessions. Since a large number of our tutors are boarding students, we are prohibited from paying them with any kind of currency. Gift cards to show your appreciation for working with your child would be appropriate and acceptable at the end of each semester, but not required.

      Here are a few of the types of aid your child might need and/or want to take advantage of in ACE:

      • Guided help through HW
      • Re-teaching difficult concepts; help understanding math and science relationships
      • Practice with math/science facts and/or concepts
      • Organizing materials for upcoming quiz/test
      • Help studying for upcoming quiz/test

       

 

 

Staff

 

Jessica Mize

Director of Academic Center for Excellence | SPARC Coordinator | Summer Enrichment Camp Coordinator
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news

Cornell Notes in the Business Lab

August 30, 2019

“A SHORT PENCIL IS BETTER THAN A LONG MEMORY” – COACH JACK LENGYEL During the first day of Mrs. King’s classes, students learned the importance of note-taking and the Cornell method of taking notes.   Mrs. Mize from the Academic Center for Excellence explained the importance of note-taking to Mrs. King’s classes. Students learned that […]

Tips for Success: Back to School

September 11, 2018

From the desk of Jessica Mize, Academic Center for Excellence Director: The Academic Center for Excellence provides many services and benefits to all our students. One of those being tips and habits for both academic and life-long success. The tip for this week is organization. Organization can mean different things and look different to everyone, but […]

A-Team Tutoring

February 02, 2018

From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director: In an effort to provide our students with continued opportunities for growth, connection and resources, the Academic Center for Excellence continues to build the A-Team Peer Tutoring Program. The A-Team is made-up of both day and boarding students that make themselves available during Middle School study halls […]

Academic re-solutions for the new year

January 05, 2018

From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director: As we begin the new year, there is always talk of resolutions. While we are in a unique setting because, in the education world, we are actually at the halfway point, however a new calendar year is a great time to reflect on re-solutions. I started thinking […]

Coach Ryle and Mrs. Mize continue to provide more tips for finals week

December 08, 2017

From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director: Mrs. Mize and Coach Ryle of the ACE team have put together a series of short videos to help our students prepare for their semester exams. Each video highlights a different area of preparation. The first video gives some specific information regarding our exams along with general […]

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