Great Book Week culminated in a spectacular  book parade with students dressed as story characters or historical figures. What a fun way to make reading come alive!

It was Homecoming and Senior Night all rolled into one and Brook Hill quarterback McCray Fletcher had a night fit for a king. Fletcher, a senior playing his final home game, passed for 223 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Guard past Carrollton Prince of Peace 38-20 Friday at Herrington Stadium. Fletcher was also voted Homecoming […]

We got pumped for our game against Prince of Peace on Friday at our Homecoming Pep Rally. We saw performances from our cheerleaders, drill team, and even our lower school students! It was a great time with the whole Brook Hill Family!

The Director of Recruitment for the Mays Business School at Texas A & M University was in the Senior Lounge recently to talk with students who were interested in finding out more about the requirements for admission and what the Business School has to offer them. Students who stopped by obtained the latest and most […]

Our Lower School students created some of the most extravagant pumpkins in honor of Great Books Week. For the competition, students read a book and then created a pumpkin from a character in the book. Students painted, glued, and attached all kinds of objects to create the perfect pumpkins. Students voted for their favorite characters. […]

We had a lot of fun opportunities to dress up this week in celebration of Homecoming! On Monday we came as twins and on Tuesday we dressed up as animals. On Wednesday we wore clothes of a certain color based on our grade. On Thursday we dressed “Pitch Perfect” and came in frat/college attire and […]

From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: #3 in a series of 5 Noticeable Qualities of Well Rounded Kids One thing I have always loved is a good slogan, and one of the best ones I’ve seen in a long time is this little ditty from Walgreens: “at the corner of happy & […]

From the desk of Michelle Rozell, High School Principal: The Buzzword for education is Leadership! Twenty-first century learners will be expected to exhibit a set of qualities all of which poise them for leadership. This week, Brook Hill students had the opportunity to experience hands-on and in-person training at the 2015 Emerging Leaders Conference sponsored […]

  From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The game was set in the completely packed, sold out Pirate Gymnasium in Longview at Pine Tree High School.  It was the game of the year in our district as Pine Tree, who started five seniors while being ranked as the #2 class AAAA team in […]

6th graders experimented with ant saliva, bat blood, creepy cola, vampire tears and dragon juice.  They were observing the different densities of these common liquids which had fun names.  After trial and error, the students found the correct order to drop the liquids in where they layered by their densities.   

This week, second graders learned about elections and campaigns with the book Duck for President by Doreen Cronin. Students learned about campaigning and election process, while also learning the value and importance of voting in a democratic society. During the week, students campaigned for their candidate (either Duck or Farmer Brown), making signs and buttons. […]

From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: Arden Melvin Erickson’s Coast Guard uniform has found its home in the American Freedom Museum. Mr. Erickson enlisted in the United States Coast Guard at the age of 19 on February 7, 1942 and was honorably discharged on February 9, 1946. During World War II, […]