From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: As a parent of a student athlete, many choices are made available to you as to where your child may decide to participate in athletic activities.  Non-school sport participation has been all the rage for the past several years with opportunities like Club Volleyball, AAU Basketball, Select […]

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: Maybe you’ve never heard the term Third Culture Kid.  As the name implies, the Third Culture Kid (TCK) is an amalgamation of two other cultures, his passport country and the culture in which he resides.  From his passport country he will learn things like national […]

Is it a solid or is it a liquid?  8th graders were exploring oobleck. It  is a type of non-Newtonian fluid which is  strange and perplexing.  When a force is applied, the viscosity increases and any force you exert on it will make the fluid behave more like a solid than a liquid.  Students poked […]

“Uh, and why do I need to know this formula?” is every Math teacher’s favorite question! There are many questions about history that only math can provide the answers to. While touring the Museum, our minds begin to wonder about survival rates, force of impacts, and all kinds of “what ifs.” Shannan McEuen’s 9th grade […]

From the Desk of Sandra Fritcher, Lower School Principal REQUIRED CONFERENCES AT THE BROOK HILL LOWER SCHOOL   Next Thursday and Friday, October 9-10, are scheduled conference days at the Lower School.  Students will not come to school these days.   Instead, moms and dads will come to the Lower School to meet with the teachers.  […]

Did you know that John Adams is the Father of the Navy and was also the attorney for the British at the Boston Massacre? Did you know that James Madison is the Father of the Constitution and James Monroe was an ambassador to France and Secretary of the War? Judy Bunn’s 8th grade students visited […]

Pre-k and Kindergarten have been learning about community helpers and what they do for our community. To help our students understand, Bullard Firemen, Policemen, and ETMC Paramedics came to our Lower School Campus Friday morning for a visit. Jennifer Haugh, Kindergarten Teacher, organizes this annual event. “I believe it’s important for the students to know […]

First grade is ready for some football!  First graders borrowed the Brook Hill Guard’s teams’ jerseys today to tackle some math skills.  We built the numbers with tens and ones, discovered if they were odd or even and practiced putting them in order.  We even ran into Mr. Fletcher while practicing running for the end zone!  Watch […]

Fifth graders have been studying ecosystems. Students made self-sufficient contained sealed plant terrariums in science lab with Mrs. Brindley.  

Second graders at Brook Hill have created a personal Writer’s Notebook. Student were assigned with taking home a composition notebook and decorating the cover with pictures, stickers, words, quotes, or photographs that are special to them. These items will help spark writing ideas when they begin writing original stories. Students shared their notebooks with the […]

Geometry lessons in Kindergarten include learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Students found 3 dimensional shapes at home to sort and share. From necklaces of spheres to Lego rectangular prisms, students learned about shapes from objects found at home.

This is one way fifth grader Anna chose to serve others. She is helping the little ones at recess as they play Duck, Duck, Goose!