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A Coast Guard Homecoming

October 30, 2015

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, […]

Faith in Pain and Fame

October 30, 2015

From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: “Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.” Philippians 1:27               One day recently, I spent the morning watching a family walk through an extremely painful and life-altering experience.  That evening, I watched a young man on national TV experience a coveted moment […]

Trunk or Treat

October 30, 2015

We held our first ever Trunk or Treat on Thursday night and it was a huge success! Members of student council and middle school students hosted themed “trunks” for the occasion. We had Frozen, Dr. Seuss, Comic Book Characters, Toy Story, and even Princess themed trunks. Our lower school families came decked out in the […]

3rd Grade Visits 1st, Four Sets of Siblings in Class

October 30, 2015

Mrs. Bickerstaff’s 3rd grade partnered with Mrs. M. Smith’s 1st grade to share their books during Great Books Week.  The 3rd graders read The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Lessmore and Mrs. Smith’s class read Swimmy.  This was especially fun since four of our 1st graders have a sibling in the 3rd grade.  It is […]

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

October 29, 2015

Mrs. England and Mrs Ponce’s fourth graders presented Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears during the “Great Book Week” chapel at the Lower school. In the story, Mosquito tells such a ridiculous lie that Iguana plugs up his ears so that he won’t hear any more nonsense from Mosquito. When Iguana covers his ears he does […]

Brook Hill Olympics & Talent Show

October 29, 2015

On Wednesday we cancelled regualr class for our Upper School and engaged in some fun activities! We played capture the flag, dodgeball, knockout, ultimate frisbee, and tug-of-war. After our morning of fun, we held a Talent Show! We had some awesome performances! Our senior boys won the competition with thier Lip Sync Battle. Our headmaster, […]

“God gave her to us, now we are giving her to you”

October 29, 2015

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: “God gave her to us, now we are giving her to you.” I’ll never forget that conversation.  I was talking with a mother and father from Nigeria.  They were in Nigeria.  I was here at Brook Hill.  The call was over something minor, like a […]

3rd Grade World Series of Math

October 29, 2015

Mrs. Newsom’s and Mrs. Bickerstaff’s third graders held a math competition to celebrate the World Series. They created a bar graph to chart their progress each day. To celebrate all the learning they did, baseball cookies, courtesy of Mrs. Durrett, were enjoyed. You could say both the learning and cookies were big hits!

8th Grade Learns Meaning of The Declaration of Independence

October 29, 2015

8th grade humanities learned the meaning of the Declaration of Independence when they visited the American Freedom Museum this week. Student even rewrote the document in their own words as an exercise to help them understand it more fully.   

6th Grade Students Teach Math Lesson to Peers

October 29, 2015

Macie Wilson and Josh Collins were “Teacher for a Day” in Mr. Johnson’s Math 6 Class this week. These two students actually taught a complete math lesson to their classmates!            

4th Reads to PreK

October 29, 2015

Mrs. Ponce’s 4th grade class read their favorite picture books to Mrs. Haugh’s pre-k class this week!                      Later in the week, Mrs. Ponce’s class visited again and we made a pig craft and a pig snack to go along with our 10 Pigs Epic Bath Adventure book.               […]