Our Brook Hill Track & Field team performed well at their regional meet this week. Many of our students excelled in their competitions, advancing to state. Maddi Travis cleared 5’4″ in the high jump, giving her 1st place and a chance to compete for the state title. Malik Alley came in second for shot put, […]

Brook Hill faculty member, Jamie Reason was honored at The East Texas Symphony Orchestra season finale concert on April 25, 2015, for her 30 years of service with the Orchestra! We’re so proud to have such a dedicated and talented musician and teacher for our orchestra students at Brook Hill! Congratulate Jamie on this incredible […]

Swaze Smith, a Kindergarten student from Mrs. Newman’s class, won the opportunity to become a librarian at the Lower School when her winning ticket was selected at a recent Lower School auction. Swaze performed her duties admirably and quickly mastered the library scanner. She also read a story to students and scanned lunches in the […]

Mary Poppins visited Mrs. Newman’s very excited kindergartners this week! Miss Poppins sang for the students and invited them to come see her perform this weekend and next weekend!

Thursday was a beautiful day for second grade to walk over to the American Freedom Museum. Students toured the museum quickly with Mrs. Robyn Bynum and then were tasked with finding information on their own. Students partnered up with one another and where given a single picture that they had to go find in the […]

Science was electrifying in 8th grade this week. Students used balloons and their hair to test out static electricity and see what they could attract with balloons and combs.  This followed with a lesson on current electricity and how it travels in circuits.  Students tested all kinds of materials to see if they were insulators […]

Our girls softball team has played a stellar season so far, remaining undefeated on their home turf at Schwab field ever since its construction. Our boys baseball faced off against Gorman and Legacy Christian on Thursday, defeating both to clinch a spot in the playoffs. You can read more about it here: http://etsn.fm/brook-hill-captures-two-wins-clinches-playoff-spot/ Let’s wish our […]

This week we celebrated the love of language learning during our annual Spanish Chapel. Our lower school students sang worship songs in Spanish, and heard testimonies from 5th graders in Spanish as well. At the conclusion of Chapel, each 5th grader gave a quick “about me” in Spanish to their classmates.

Adam Traylor was chosen as Cherokee County’s Outstanding 4-H Member of the Year and honored at a banquet this past week. Adam has been actively involved in 4-H projects since birth, as his father has been the Lookout 4-H Club manager for more than 20 years. Adam has served in many leadership positions in 4-H […]

The University of Texas at Austin was on campus this past week distributing information and personally answering questions about UT Austin. What is the best way for students to find out answers to specific college questions? Visit the representatives when they are on campus! Students will find that representatives have  a wealth of knowledge about […]

In Physics, students explored how thin lenses create real images by trying to focus light onto a screen. At first they experimented by focusing light from a window onto the screen, and found that the resulting image was upside down and smaller than the original object. Afterward, they investigated the effect that different types of lenses […]

Chemistry students are learning about reversible chemical reactions in the lab this week by using a color-changing reaction. This lab helps students visualize whether the chemical reaction was going forward or backward. Students added different substances to the reaction and then adjusted the temperature in order to gather data, observe changes, and make predictions.