Many Brook Hill Lower School students received recognition for their outstanding work in the Arts during Fine Arts Week at Brook Hill.  Art teacher, Mrs. Allen,  announced student awards for judged art. First, second, and third place ribbons were awarded at each grade level. The results at each grade level are listed here in first, […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Rebecca LaFlure graduated Brook Hill in 2004 then moved to Baylor University.  After graduating from Baylor in December 2008, with her Bachelor degree in Journalism/Public Relations, Rebecca worked various journalism jobs.  Then, this past year, she spent five months reporting on national security in Washington […]

Music teacher, Mr. Pierce recently awarded music achievement certificates based on character attributes of several famous composers and musicians. The George Gershwin Award These students have exceptional drive and determination to succeed. Harper Harrison, Robert Love, Julianna Mize, Brooklyn Davis, Kaylee Koenig, Grayson Murray, and Katelynn Henics The Johann Sebastian Bach Award These students demonstrate a great desire to […]

In second grade, students study the life of Moses. This week students learned how the Israelite slaves were finally set free from slavery by Pharaoh. As Moses and the Israelites traveled across Egypt, the Red Sea, and the Desert of Sinai into the Promised Land, students were able to see real images of these historical […]

Thank you, 8th Grade Parents, for Teacher Appreciation Breakfast on Thursday. Here are a few words of appreciation for you from the staff: Please let the parents know how much we enjoyed the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast yesterday. Also, the scones were a little bit of Heaven. We are so blessed to have such wonderful supportive […]

Brook Hill 6th grade cellist, Hayden Gardner will perform a solo this Sunday, March 2nd at the 2014 East Texas Music Teachers Association (ETMTA) Accompanying Festival held at the Braithwaite Recital Hall on the UT Tyler campus, 3:00pm performance.   This festival is designed to give young piano students the opportunity to develop accompanying skills and provide the […]

4th Graders in Mrs. Wallace’s science class had a discovery style lesson this week where they were told to rub the balloon or comb with a piece of wool or hair and see what happens. They tested pieces of paper, tissue fish, Styrofoam, water, the wall, their shirt and their hair to see what happened. […]

    From the desk of Laurie Humphries, Director of Development: We were blessed to have Mrs. Louise Ornelas as our special guest speaker at “A Mother’s Heart” women’s luncheon on Tuesday.  The luncheon served as the kick off to the Hearts to Brook Hill Spring Fundraising Campaign benefiting The Brook Hill Fund.  Mrs. Ornelas […]

Humanities 9 uses the theme of “Homecoming” from the Odyssey to explore the concept of “home” in our own lives. They wrote thoughtful journal entries responding to questions like: what is “home”? What is the difference between a “house” and a “home”? and Why do we long or yearn for a home? Their insight was […]

Starting Early, Starting Right – 11th Grade: Juniors, Class of 2015, and their parents are making plans for next year! Students are sitting down with Mrs. Tucker and discussing graduation, evaluating transcripts, making course requests, and talking about the importance of: – taking an SAT or ACT before the end of the year; – getting […]

Brook Hill TAPPS Academic Team placed second overall in the district meet last weekend! Our students represented Brook Hill well, and demonstrated academic excellence. Please see the list of our students awards below: Elise Hawkins – 1st place in Ready Writing Nikki Evans – 2nd place in Science Cowboy Xie – 3rd place in Science […]

From calisthenics to gymnastics, to running and fancy footwork to sports activities such as basketball, dodgeball, softball, and soccer, prekindergarten through fifth grade students learn many physical education foundation skills from Coach Lemire. There is no sitting around or wasted time in PE class. Students are engaged—-stretching, jumping, hopping, leaping, skipping, running, tumbling and loving every minute. The students get quite […]