our PreK classes have been learning all about plants this week, culminating in their planting of a community garden on Friday afternoon. Earlier in the week, students ate a “whole” plant from the roots (a carrot) all the way to the flower (broccoli). Then they also prepared the earth for their planting on Friday!   […]

  Invitations are in the mail and we are so excited to share with you the amazing Neighborhood Bash locations! Our Brook Hill families have so graciously opened their homes for a night of fellowship, great food, amazing entertainment and fun games! The choice is yours! Each home is open to anyone. Grab a friend […]

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Every year Brook Hill pours a ton of time, effort and resources into making our Boarding Program better than the year before.  This intentionality has resulted in huge strides for each year that the program has been in existence.  This is in large part the […]

What did you get in your Easter basket? Mr. Pierce asked us that very same question during chapel this week. He shared about some of the things he received: chocolate, candy, and some very special eggs. Calling 4 students to the front, Mr. Pierce gave each one of the eggs he had received: a green […]

6th grade Humanities students started Lois Lowry’s The Giver this week. As an introduction to one of the major (cultural) concepts expressed in the novel, students brainstormed and analyzed the pros and cons of several elements of a potential utopia on Earth, including ideas such as the following: *War would not exist. *Everyone would have […]

Mrs. Erin Holloway, Brook Hill parent, came to our PreK classes to check on our chicken eggs. She showed the kids how to “candle” an egg to see if a chick is inside it and shared about the life cycle of a chicken! It was a fun, interactive experience!           

Students in Mrs. Hays 6th grade Spanish class reviewed their Spanish skills in a unique way this week! Using a web-based program is called Plickers, Mrs. Hays created questions with 2-4 possible answers. The students were assigned a number that correlates to the computer generated symbol they used to answer the questions. The symbol has […]

In their physics lab this week, students explored Faraday’s Law, a principle that describes how magnetism can create electricity. Starting by wrapping a length of wire around a PVC pipe, each lab group connected the ends of the wire coil to a voltage detector so that they could see when, or even if any electricity was […]

Our Second Grade classes held their annual “Hoedown” this Friday as a culminating event to their study of Texas. Students have worked hard to learn a line dance and showed off their talent for their peers and parents. By the end of the program our parents joined in to learn the line dance as well! […]

Our fourth grade students visited Pine Cove last week for some outdoor education. Students took five, one hour classes for two days. Some of their classes covered Aquatics, Earth Science, Critter Class, Orienteering and much more. All of the classes were hands-on activities with a workbook that required students to generate independent answers. We spent two […]

Lower School Spanish classes revisited a favorite Dr. Seuss book, “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!” and heard the story in Spanish. They learned the word for pocket, bolsillo, and got to invent their own “wocket” and draw a picture of it. Students agreed that it is just as fun to hear silly rhyming words […]

ACSI hosts a creative writing competition every year. This year 8 schools participated with 53 entries. There are three divisions with four categories each. The divisions are: Elementary Division, Middle School Division, and High School Division. The categories are: Rhymed Verse Poetry, Free Verse Poetry, Essay and Short Story. The individual winning the highest score […]