Fifth grade Spanish students honored a family member by writing a paragraph totally in Spanish about them.  The paragraph included the person’s occupation, their relationship to the student, clothes they might wear to work, and things they liked about the family member. Fifth graders also brought  pictures from home of their person  to display with each paragraph.

During chapel service at The Brook Hill Lower School, first graders presented the Easter musical, Happy Day ! by Luke Gambill, Rhonda Frazier, and David Ebensberger. There were pledge leaders, speaking roles and vocal soloists:  Gabbie Williams, Emma Davis, Gracie Smith (“10,000 Reasons”) and Gracie Trawick and Braxton Durrett (“Glorious is the Day”).  Students sang […]

During the SPARC 2014 Community Service course, the students experienced the joys of working with their hands in order to touch the hearts of others. Each day the group was able to participate in a different service project at a new location. On the first day, we sorted clothing and cooked meals at the East […]

Choir: The Brook Hill Guard Chorale competed at the TAPPS State Vocal Meet on Friday at The University of Mary Hardin Baylor. The choir received Superior ratings on all 4 ensembles, as well as on their sight-reading event, which earned them the Sweepstakes award. This is when a choir receives a Superior rating for both […]

To be short, the goal for Strategy Games was to strengthen the mind and promote it as one’s greatest asset. While there were many physical activities that were done over the week (i.e. Ultimate Frisbee, Building, Rock Climbing, and Self Defense class at the local Dojo), which require physical skill, it was the “thinking things […]

During SPARC week students learned how to use their digital cameras. Students explored the various ways their cameras can manipulate and control light and how to get the right settings for various kinds of environments and situations. But students did more that take photos. They learned to tell stories, the fundamentals of journalism, and how […]

Ten young men along with Mr. Dement travelled to the Shenandoah Valley last week for a study in courage, character and leadership.  Side trips included a day in snowy Washington, D.C., where the group attended a play at Ford’s Theater, an examination of the battlefields at Gettysburg and Bull Run, and a tour of Thomas […]

Students in Handmade Scrapbooking communicated their stories by organizing a meaningful presentation of pictures and memorabilia.   Each student chose a theme, learned how to design scrapbook pages, shared their designs with each other, and then revised their designs as needed.  This was accomplished through formal lectures, “hands-on” demonstrations and modeling, and individualized instruction.  The girls […]

Our SPARC course had several different areas of focus within the arena of outdoor recreation. One part of the course focused on hunter education. We were privileged to have a Texas Parks and Wildlife certified instructional team to guide the students through the various parts of hunter education resulting in them receiving their hunter education […]

  The 2014 SPARC Great American Cities Tour took us to Chicago, Illinois, which for good reason is called “the Windy City.” Our first outing was to Millennium Park where we saw the world famous “Cloud Gate,” also known as “the bean.” We also saw the world’s largest Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural Center. […]

Twenty students and parents, along two BH faculty members, saw the major sights of Paris, France, in a whirl-wind eight-day tour of the city.  We rose to the top of the Eiffel Tower, toured major historical sites by bus and on foot, including Notre Dame Cathedral, Montmartre, Versailles, and the castle of Henry IV; took […]

Students who participated in parent/student led mission trips, internships, and college trips concluded SPARC week last night in the Lecture Hall with cookies, soft drinks, and presentations. When we turned out the light and walked out the door we felt like we had been a doctor, a lawyer, a veterinarian, a reporter, a journalist, a […]