SAVE THE DATE The Brook Hill School’s Annual Founder’s Day October 12, 2015     KIRK CAMERON Kirk is best known for his memorable role of “Mike Seaver”, a cultural icon of the 80’s, with his mullet hairstyle, cool sunglasses, and wisecracking comebacks. More recently, he enjoyed much success with the #1 grossing inspirational film […]

PreK Students got a special treat on Friday as they got to touch a real octopus! Students have been learning about the alphabet, and used their five senses to explore the octopus and to learn more about the letter “O” Students also had the opportunity to try different kinds of popcorn and chart their favorites […]

This year we’ve taken some steps to make Brook Hill an even safer place for our students. One of the most important things we’ve done is bring on a full-time Bullard police officer to be on our campus every day. Brook Hill, meet Ryan Brown, your new on-campus police officer! Ryan Brown, native of North Carolina, […]

From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: A new school year is a great time to make some “new year’s resolutions.”  For the student, teacher, or even parent sending their kids off to school, the new school year is a new beginning, a fresh start, and a clean slate.  What a great time to resolve […]

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: Has it really just been two weeks?  With all that has been going on it seems like so much more.  When you’re part of a school, and a program, that always has tons of opportunities available to its students each day can seem fuller than […]

From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: What it’s All About in the Middle What is The Brook Hill Middle School all about?  Well, a few weeks ago, as I stood in front of a host of new families to Brook Hill, I asked the group, “If you could go back to any point […]

Mr. Brunson is new to our faculty and teaches our 9th, 10th, and 11th grade Pre-AP and AP humanities courses. Mr. Brunson’s classes are both text-based and student-led, meaning that classes are not only primarily discussion-based, but students also have regular speaking assignments. Essays are written in class by hand, but then students are also […]

Dual Credit Biology students applied the concepts of chemistry to a real life situation – soil analysis.  The students performed tests on several types of soil to determine the pH levels as well as the amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium present.  Knowing this information can help avid gardeners or people involved in agriculture industry […]

Second Grade’s bags are packed! They are about to embark on a journey through Writer’s Workshop where they will learn to become authors. Last week the children learned about the writing process and why authors write stories. Then, they were each given a suitcase to pack full of ideas they could write about. Watch for […]

Mrs. Dawkins’ 4th graders made their first visit to the American Freedom Museum to kick off their study of Texas History. Mrs. Bynum shared with them the rich heritage that Texas has in our country including, presidents, governors, provisions during war time, and much more. After a brief walk-through and introduction, the students were given […]

Sixth graders are learning to find the volume of irregular objects in science class.  Students measured 50 ml of colored water into a graduated cylinder.  Next, they dropped in the test object and recorded the ending value on the graduated cylinder.  To find the volume, they had to subtract the ending amount with the beginning amount.  […]

6th grade students are working with invented patterns! Have you ever noticed that designs are printed on practically everything from your iPhone case to your furniture fabric? The product designers of today use this method, but they don’t have anything on our 6th graders! Students started with an expressive portrait and then added outrageous hair […]