Born in Virginia, Sam Houston became a lawyer, congressman and senator in Tennessee. After moving to Texas in 1832, he joined the growing conflict between U.S. settlers and the Mexican government and became commander of the local army. On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at […]

On Wednesday, after school, Middle School students competed in our annual Spelling Bee! The top five finishers in the Spelling Bee were: Ruby Timmons(5th place), Alexandra Koenig (4th) Rachel Berkeley (3rd), Riley Hill (2nd), Katelynn Henics (1st). Congratulate these students for their skill in spelling!

1st grade students celebrated Fall on Thursday afternoon with a variety of activities. Students sang and performed skits for their parents and then made all kinds of Fall crafts like Thanksgiving pumpkins, woven placemats, and hand-drawn turkeys! Parents enjoyed activities with their child, and students enjoyed doing so many interactive activities with one another.

By the end of Wednesday, November 19, lower campus Spanish students had brought in 1050 cans for the Tyler Rescue Ministry.  The ministry helps families in crisis in the East Texas area.  Mr. Maurice Barnes is the leader of the organization.  He and Mrs. Partida, the Spanish teacher, attended East Texas Baptist College at the […]

For their service project this year, 1st graders collected blankets, scarves and gloves for the Jesus Closet, a ministry associated with Church Under the Bridge. A few students will be delivering these items soon! In total, students collected: 70 plus blankets 98 pairs of gloves 73 hats We are so proud of these students and their […]

In 1781, Robert Morris, the Financier of the Revolution, gave General Washington $50,000 to pay his soldiers at Valley Forge. What do you think is the equivalent today? Would you be surprised to know that it would be $1,130,000.00 in today’s dollars? Mr. Roark’s 12th grade Economics classes visited the Museum last week for our […]

On Wednesday morning, we inducted 14 new students into the National Honor Society! Congratulate (Back, Left to Right) Markus Ma, Kyle Webb, Alec Kitt, Jacob Yeager, Alex Ellis, Yiling Cao, Julia Troxell; (Front, Left to Right) Monica Liang, Zeyu Li, Alexandra Ferris, Elim Oluwole, Favour Diokpo, Cynthia Cherng; Raegan Hayes not pictured. What an amazing accomplishment […]

Over the past week, kindergarten students have learned about Thanksgiving and why we celebrate the holiday. Part of our curriculum includes an opportunity for our students to eat a thanksgiving meal with their parents and classmates! We had the privilege of doing just that on Monday and Tuesday! Mrs. Newman recorded some of her students responses […]

Plate tectonics is easier to understand if you build cities on top of Playdoh and place it on wooden boards. When students do this, they can observe the different kinds of plate movements and record the damage. After studying about divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries, 6th graders did just that in science lab. Most […]

From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: I hope that all of you had a chance to attend Brook Hill’s 16th annual dinner theater production of The Medicine Man two weeks ago.   I did and I loved it – the acting was top notch, the food was delicious, and I laughed non-stop!  As I attend […]

A Knight in shining armor will greet shoppers at the Scholastic Book Fair! The book fair is open for shopping from November 17-November 21. Shop Monday from 8:00-5:00, Tuesday from 8:00-6:00, Wednesday 8:00-4:00 (closed during chapel), Thursday 8:00-4:00 and Friday 8:00-12:00. Sir Readalot promises that you will find an amazing variety of exceptional literature.

Visit the Scholastic Book Fair. We have middle school aged titles that you are sure to enjoy! Check out the books. Come shop with us after school, November 17-20.  Shop Monday from 8:00-5:00, Tuesday from 8:00-6:00, Wednesday 8:00-4:00 (closed during chapel), and Thursday 8:00-4:00 .