First grade was excited today! Everyone brought a special stuffed animal guest to the grand opening of our classroom library. We spent the day reading to our animals and measuring and comparing with them. They even joined us for Bible time when we learned about how our amazing God made all the animals. We are […]
Today was Mrs. Smith’s class first trip to the Science Lab! Students learned all about lab safety and how to use the science lab for their frequent visits throughout the year!
Eighth graders are learning about the design process of engineers. To introduce the unit, students were challenged to build a barge out of a piece of aluminum foil that measured 20 cm X 20 cm and four straws. Students came up with very interesting designs. The barges held anything from 8 pennies up to 133 […]
“P” was our letter of the week in Kindergarten! We did all kinds of activities like writing a pickle poem. We also read “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse” and on Friday we made a pizza. One of the coolest activities we did was try a variety of pickles and chart our favorites as a class. What […]
Rod Fletcher, The Brook Hill School Headmaster, visited the Lower School chapel service this week. He expressed his thankfulness to all the students for coming to Brook Hill adding that he has been praying and hoping that God would send all these students to Brook Hill. Then, he talked about “The Guard Charge”. “The Guard […]
The Lower School kicked off the 2015-2016 String Academy season on Thursday, September 3rd with an informational meeting and instrument petting zoo. LS strings teacher, Jamie Reason spoke to parents about the string instruction pull-out program at the Lower School, minimal equipment needs for first year beginners and the parents role in assisting their child in string instrument […]
Glenn Ballard, Fine Arts Director, hosted auditions for our Annual Fall Dinner Theatre this week. This year’s show will be “Shrew” and it is based on “The Taming of The Shrew” by Shakespeare. Mr. Ballard doesn’t look at auditions in an interesting light. Rather than simply having students perform their auditions, Mr. Ballard uses them […]
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: As the 92 year old World War II Veteran was helped to mid-field last Thursday for the pre-game coin toss, the smile on his face and the joy in his eye was not reflective of that day 70 years ago when fellow soldiers stormed Omaha Beach. The […]
Legacy is about life and living. It’s about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. In Junior English we have been discussing the fact that each of us are currently leaving a legacy. The type of legacy we are leaving is entirely up to us as individuals. As this […]
Some awesome Brook Hill students made it in the VMI Alumni News! Check out the story here: http://issuu.com/vmi_alumni_agencies/docs/2015-3_web/31?e=1542599/14715802
Brook Hill lost its season opener in a heartbreaker, 43-40, Thursday to the St. Bernard’s Crusaders from Eureka, California. The Guard started the game perfectly by stopping St. Bernard’s on its first possession. Senior Marion Falco sacked the quarterback to force a three-and-out. Then senior Jacob Dumesnil returned the ensuing punt 43 yards for a touchdown. Caleb Chadwell […]
Cathy Cook came to visit PreK this week and brought cookies for the kids to graph their favorite cookies. She also brought other things that started with the letter “C” like carrot, a car, coffee cup, crayon and corn. We even got to do a magical milk experiment! We had an awesome time learning the […]