From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The young knight in shining armor stands high on a hill just outside of the glorious city. It is almost sunset, and it is here that he will meet the fire breathing monster that has been terrorizing locals for hundreds of years. The brave, confident warrior awaits […]
PreK students have been learning about farm and oviparous animals this week, and they got to learn about the life cycle of a chicken. But the biggest treat of all came on Friday when a parent from Mrs. Chesley’s PreK class brought a lamb, pig, goat, and calf for our students to see. Students from kindergarten, […]
A parent in Mrs. Bell’s PreK class manages Bonnie Farms Nursery and donated plants for this year’s PreK garden! Students had the opportunity to learn about plants, including vegetables and flowers, and then to even learn how to plant them. In the coming months students will learn about taking care of these plants and helping […]
Final donations can be dropped off at the POD by the cabin at the Upper School Campus by 5 pm on Tuesday, March 31. What can you donate? shoes in any condition, backpacks, pillows, scrap fabric, clothing, draperies, belts, or Anything with fabric. Donate your clothing and linens in any condition and they will be […]
After 3rd grade Spanish students studied the days of the week, they illustrated a book using not only the days, but also numbers and colors in Spanish. Each student then had the opportunity to read their book to PreK students. The 3rd grade students encouraged the PreK students to count the items on the pages […]
Prekindergarten students witnessed the hatching of several baby chicks. One even hatched during chapel and students excitedly counted one, two, three chicks when they returned to class. Mrs. Fritcher said, “We should name them A,B, and C!”
PreKindergarten students recently discovered that clean hands spread less germs than dirty hands! They experimented touching slices of bread with dirty hands and clean hands and then waited a few days to see what happened to the bread. The results are pictured below. We now know why we need to wash our hands!
First graders were able to complete a lab project thanks to fourth grade friends from Mrs. Ponce’s class. The task was to type a list of describing words using a Word document. Then the students copied and pasted the list to create a “word cloud” called a Wordle.
Many of us “hate to wait” and we saw first hand how a lack of patience can impact our lives during chapel on Wednesday. Mrs. Johnson’s 2nd grade class taught us through two skits and a song about the necessity of patience in our lives. We saw how Abraham, Joseph, and Moses needed patience to […]
As Brook Hill’s Orchestra Director, I wanted to offer a great music course that would provide a variety of musical educational experiences and open up awareness to a bigger, broader musical world. Without having to incur the expense of travel abroad, an excellent US music spot was none other than “Music City”, Nashville! A main […]
Our high school girls that participated in Mountain Women SPARC spent their days in the Ozarks hiking up and down trails along the Upper Buffalo River and exploring the caves of Lost Valley. They ended up doing quite a bit more hiking than originally planned due to surprise weather and vehicle issues, but they still saw incredible rock […]
The 2015 SPARC Great American Cities Tour took our group of 40 to New York City. The week was packed with exciting activities including visits to Central Park, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the 9/11 Memorial Museum, the Statue of Liberty, the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum featuring the USS Enterprise (the […]