From the desk of Sandra Fritcher, Lower School Principal: Do you remember your first grade teacher?  Even though most kids go to PK and kindergarten, first grade is where you truly feel like a real school student.  It is where you feel somewhat grown up because you don’t need your parents to walk you to […]

The Lower School Fine Arts Week is February 29th through March 3rd. We have planned several interesting programs for the students to celebrate the week. Monday, 2/29:  The Upper School Theater Department and Orchestra will present a short program for Prek-5th grades. Tuesday, 3/1:  Students in 3rd-5th grades will enjoy storyteller Mary Brook Casad who […]

Kindergarten students read Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss in class. The next great adventure happened when students came to the science lab to make their own Oobleck!  Mrs. Brindley discussed the properties of matter and the students were excited to discover that an Oobleck was both a liquid and a solid! In fact, an Oobleck […]

Art 1 students are in the middle of their printmaking unit. Students are creating reduction prints with linoleum blocks. Tons of thought and effort go into this art form. First students develop an idea and draw an image. Next they transfer their drawing to a linoleum block and carve it with a carving tool called […]

6th grade Humanities students created Playbills for Jack London’s The Call of the Wild as part of their study of the book. Students analyzed characters and conducted an in-depth study of the protagonist’s character development. Students then focused on the changes in setting and how it influenced the novel’s plot. They created fantastic playbills, complete with […]

Dr. Candice Dennison from Bullard Family Dentistry visited our PreK and Kindergarten students this Friday to share with them about dental health. We learned about brushing our teeth, how to take care of our mouth, and the proper use and storage of our tooth brush. We even got to learn about flossing! It was a great […]

From the desk of Jordy Barksdale, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: Being in Middle School at Brook Hill is more than just going to class, making good grades and going to practices.  Last night, our Middle School students got to compete in the 2016 Mega Riot, which puts each grade up against each other […]

Eighth graders are studying ocean currents. To understand how density drives currents students compared room temperature water, cold water, and salty water to see how they interact with one another.             

Sixth graders are studying about planets in our solar system. To understand how they compare in sizes students made models using play doh. Each group started with 3lbs and followed steps to get the right ratio of each planet size. Jupiter was quite large compared to the tiny spec for Mercury!   

Brook Hill Cadettes Drill Team Tryouts are next week! TRYOUT CLINIC : WED. MARCH 2ND – FRI. MARCH 4TH Kyle Lake Athletic Center – Cheer Room  WED:      3:10 – 4:30 p.m. Learn routine with two TJC Apache Belles! THURS:   3:10 – 4:30 p.m. Practice & polish tryout routine. FRI:          3:10 – 4:30 p.m. Practice routine […]

The Lower School Library has recently received a cart of iPads for student use in the library. We appreciate Raegan McCallum, our technology director, for helping to make the iPads available to our students. The first group to use the iPads were members of the “Between the Pages Book Club”. This after school group of fifth […]

Last Friday our Middle School students engaged in a variety of activities for their club Friday. Activities ranged from Archery, to making ice cream, to learning strategy games, to playing hacky sack, or learning how to do spray paint art. We are excited for all the opportunities this semester to explore our interests!