This past weekend our boarding community took trips to Stonebriar Mall in Dallas and to watch FC Dallas play soccer. Our students had a blast! Our residential life program offers optional trips like these every weekend for our students!
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: This past week marked the annual Brook Hill senior class trip to Taos, NM. The trip’s purpose is bonding, leadership development, spiritual growth and frankly just having a great time together as the senior class with the Upper School Principal, Director of Campus Life, Headmaster (and his wife), […]
This week in second grade, students studied Johnny Appleseed. Students learned about the legend of John Chapman also known as Johnny Appleseed by reading multiple stories by different authors. Although each story was a little different, the main idea of Johnny Appleseed spreading apples across our country during the pioneer days was pointed out by […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: What do you get when you mix two parts high adventure with one part yummy food, combined with a little information about your school’s new Guard Charge and set it down in the middle of the beautiful piney woods for two full days with 122 middle […]
Students in sixth grade science are learning how to identify minerals by different properties. They are recording the color, feel, hardness, streak color, luster, smell and specific gravity. Students are also testing the minerals for special properties, such as being magnetic or having a salty taste. Once they record all of their observations, they will […]
“Am I French?” No “Did I make four voyages to the New World?” Yes “Am I Columbus?” Yes! Juniors in Humanities class played the Head Bands game to practice identifying 15th and 16th century explorers. Each student held a note card to his or her head and then asked yes or no questions to get […]
Our annual Brook Hill Moms Coffee will be held at the home of Heather Fletcher next Friday, September 26th from 9:30-11:30 am. This is an annual event for moms of PreK through 12th grade students and is an exciting opportunity to connect with other families at Brook Hill. It is one of our favorite events, […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: The Junior class took their college trip this week, visiting Texas A&M, Texas State University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Baylor University. Many Brook Hill alumni took the time to stop by and say hello. What a treat! In fact, Suyang […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Thank you for your prayers this week. We had successful and safe trips to the Middle School Retreat, the college trip for our Juniors, and I know the Seniors will arrive safely and in one piece from their trip to Taos. The Freshman left […]
Kindergarten students learned the Chicken Dance in music class this week. As you can tell, our students LOVED the dance, and broke out in giggles when Mr. Pierce showed them the motions. If you have a facebook, you can view the video here: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=940177906009330&set=vb.126194957407633&type=2&theater
Kevin Pierce, our Lower School music teacher taught the boys and girls what is means to serve others. The Bible tells us in Peter 4:10: “as each has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace”. We can serve others by loving, helping and praying for each […]
How many Skittles filled Gannon’s jar? First grade counted 932 Skittles! Whew, that’s a lot of counting for a first grader! Mrs. Dahn says, “Thanks for filling our estimation jar, Gannon!”