During Fine Arts Week, the entire school was treated to an energetic, dynamic presentation by Ms. Elizabeth Kahura. Ms Kahura, originally from Kenya, included students during her performance by letting many students play musical instruments from Africa. Other students dressed up as villagers and helped her tell an Anansie, the spider tale.
Author, Ms. Mary Brooke Cassad, entertained third-fifth grade students with tales of an armadillo named Bluebonnet as part of Fine Art’s Week! Our students were entertained and captivated by her stories!
Art teacher, Lisa Larious, and music teacher, Kevin Pierce presented awards during chapel. Congratulations to these students! The ART Awards Walt Disney Award PreK: JD Mize, Kindergarten: Coleman Crim, First Grade: Blake Terry, Second Grade: Brian Freeman, Third Grade: Kai Glenn, Fourth grade: Olivia Martin, Fifth Grade: Layne Whitten LEONARDO DA VINCI AWARD PreK: Anna […]
In honor of Leap Day 2016, students in Mrs. McDonald’s Spanish class JUMPED into learning by “tinikling” – a traditional Philippine dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era. The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step […]
Dual Credit Biology students were science sleuths this week as they sought to identify a crime scene suspect. DNA samples from the crime scene and suspects were loaded into a gel plate and separated into DNA fragments by running a current through the gel. This process, electrophoresis, allows for the visualization of a DNA fingerprint […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: Occasionally you can, as they say, kill two birds with one stone. And every now and then, when God grants His favor, you can even get three birds. It seems like that’s what we have on Friday afternoons in the Bell Library. Certain boarding students […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: Friday, February 27 during Campus Life Block the Brook Hill Middle School met in the Commons to hear a brief awareness presentation on the realities of social media and the consequences that can become very real when it is misused. It was designed to inform and […]
Families from the Bullard community took advantage of the Texas FAFSA Super Saturday Event this past weekend and visited Brook Hill, who was a host site, to work with Financial Aid professionals from area colleges. Students and parents had their questions answered and worked on or completed their FAFSA with the help of personnel who […]
Our Senior Class of 2017 has been busy scheduling courses for next year and planning ahead for the college application process. Applying to college can seem a bit overwhelming but when you have a strong transcript, SAT/ACT scores, a resume, a letter of recommendation packet, and essays—all already started, then pulling it all together and […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Samantha Anderson, ’15, wrote me on Wednesday in regards to the email I sent referencing the evens of one year ago. Her words describe so well who we are and who we strive to be. I am compelled to share them with you. […]
We celebrated Fine Arts Week in a very big way at the Lower School. The Upper School Orchestra and Theater Department helped us kick off the week long celebration with exceptional performances. Then, author, Ms. Mary Brooke Cassad, entertained third-fifth grade students with tales of an armadillo named Bluebonnet. Wednesday, the entire school was treated to […]
WHITEHOUSE — The Lady Guard scored early and often in a runaway 20-4 victory over Palestine Tuesday while Alyssa Duplichain kept Chapel Hill off balance in a 4-1 victory. The two wins raise Brook Hill’s overall record to 4-2-1. Against Palestine, Taylor Schultz drove in four runs with Duplichain, Maddie Parker and Lexi Crenshaw accounting for 3 […]