4th grade is studying animals. To understand more about invertebrates students observed night crawlers. Students observed how the worm responded to touch, light, dark, moisture and food. The worms were fun to watch and all the students wanted to touch the them!

Thursday night our 4th & 5th grade students put on a show for their classmates and families. The program began with performances from each class, each routine involving a different aspect of music: hand motions and singing, bells, a stomp routine with brooms, and finally, playing recorders. Then the program took a shift, highlight 6 […]

Last weekend our boys and girls track teams competed in the state meet. Our boys team finished 4th overall, falling behind a bronze finish by one point. Leading the Guard on the track were Ty, Kris, Alex, and Jacob, our 4×100 relay team, who brought home the gold medal with a time of 43.35 sec. […]

6th Graders set up shop in the Herrington Sports Center on Friday afternoon, complete with displays and digital presentations of a country they researched. Students also brought food or drink from the country they studied. Student and faculty alike stopped by to enjoy exotic cuisine and ask students questions about the countries they researched. What […]

Seventh grade students at Brook Hill were privileged to receive a visit by the author and historian, Jack K. Selden.  Before leaving Mr. Selden presented Brook Hill with an autographed copy of his book, Return, The Parker Story. Mr. Selden, who lives in Palestine, Texas, is a freelance writer who has also contributed to publications […]

Second graders spent three weeks  devoted to Fairy Tales. They read fiction and non-fiction books about the Renaisance and medieval time period. Students also studied and compared  the well-known story of Cinderella with other similar tales around the world, learning how different countries such as  France, Africa, China, Egypt, India, Korea and Native Americans have adapted the story. Students learned about the elements […]

Brook Hill junior, Jake Anderson, recently qualified for the National merit Scholarship Program. Jake scored among the highest 50,000 participants of over 1.5 million students who took the 2013 PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test). Jake now moves on into further rounds to see if he ranks as a commended scholar, semifinalist, or finalist. […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Jubilee Wheatman, Kindergarten, came to Brook Hill two years ago just two years after being set free from cancer!  Her parents Ben and Kaprena had become concerned about her rate of development during her first year of life. When her doctor could not seem to […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Jamee Eslicker, ’10, spent 7 years at Brook Hill before graduating and heading north to Gordon College in Boston.  She took full advantage of her time with us, and was like a sponge absorbing everything her teachers laid before her.  In fact, she […]

8th grade Physical Science class built mousetrap cars for their spring project.  Students were instructed to build a mousetrap car that could travel a distance of 5 meters.  The only power used for their car was the mousetrap itself.  Using their understanding of simple machines, students created their inventions, trying to travel the fastest and/or the […]

Anna Walker, from East Texas Medical Center, presented a trauma prevention program to our MS and US students on Wednesday, May 7.  Her presentation was full of useful facts, and she showed several pictures from accidents and hospitals to underscore her points. Topics included: Why students should wear helmets when bicycling, skateboarding, or four wheeling. […]

Even though we haven’t finished spring 2014, we are already thinking about fall 2014 – and that includes our student leadership program. On Thursday, May 22, students in grades 8-11 will elect their student council officers for 2014-2015. We will hold elections for the various representative positions (including athletics, boarding, fine arts, and grade level) […]