From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: I’m so grateful to start this new year with praises and gratitude for prayers answered.  All of our students are safely back in the fold after a wonderful break and students scattered all over the globe!  Our Louie Lou who had emergency surgery […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: On Monday, January 5, Tyler Baker, ’11 returned to Brook Hill to share with the Middle and Upper School faculty during Staff Development.  Tyler graduated from Washington State in December with a Bachelors Degree in Marketing.  However, he is staying at Washington for […]

Prekindergarten and Kindergarten students participated in a relay race to put on clothes they might have to wear in the snow if it ever snowed in East Texas. This activity was a reading response to the story, The Jacket I Wear in the Snow.

Music teacher, Kevin Pierce, led chapel service at the Lower School. Praising the Lord  in song and hearing the story of Daniel made for a worshipful and meaningful chapel.

On Tuesday in Mrs. Mize’s 7th grade math class, drawing, algebra, and computer-based research all came together. Students are wrapping up a unit on Ratios, Proportions, and Probability and Mrs. Mize chose a project that would bring a real life application to the classroom in the form of bridges. Students used the computer lab to […]

We have reached a milestone in our study of chemistry this year, stoichiometry. That’s a five dollar word for measuring the amounts of elements in a chemical reaction. The abstract became real in the laboratory this week as we observed the growth a silver crystals on a copper wire. Using some fancy calculations we were […]

From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The recent events in Paris, France are disturbing. Innocent people killed and for what reason? Oh I remember, they expressed freedom of speech…and three of them just happened to be policemen.  Oh I remember now!  It was because four of them were Jewish and in a market… […]

In this a physics lab this week, students explored the properties of sound, particularly how the frequency of sound affects the way we hear it. They first used a microphone to record the sounds of two different tuning forks and measured the frequencies of the sound from their data. Students found that a higher frequency makes a higher […]

The senior class at Brook Hill ( and their proud parents and Brook Hill family) are happy happy happy! Admissions decisions and scholarship offers are coming in, showing this outstanding group of almost graduates that their hard work and commitment really do pay off. In the life of a high school student it is sometimes […]

From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Have you ever felt like you needed to be in two places at one time? By taking Dual Credit classes at Brook Hill, it is an easy thing to do. Taking Dual Credit classes means you are taking courses for both high school and college credit at […]

Mrs. Susan Lindsay, Director of School Relations, talked with students about Gordon College this week in the Library. In her presentation Mrs. Lindsay told students about the many programs and opportunities that await them at this outstanding Liberal Arts College in Wenham,  Massachusetts. The Gordon Commission is to stretch the mind, deepen the faith, and […]

Seven Brook Hill students and their very proud counselor, Celia Tucker, attended the Chamber of Commerce’s Career Connections Event on January 9th at the Tyler Junior College West Campus. Students attended sessions led by professionals who are currently working in the fields the students are considering pursuing. Students also had the chance to work with […]