The Boarding community threw a block party on Halloween! We baked all kinds of treats, drank apple cider, played lawn games, carved and painted pumpkins, and took goofy photos! Enjoy some laughs and see what a great time we had!

The candy is almost gone—yeah! Seniors dropped by the Academic Office on October 31st to get a treat if they had completed a college application. Seniors 2014 are on the ball!

Brook Hill students and families had multiple opportunities to visit with representatives from a variety of colleges this week. College Representatives from The University of Arkansas, The University of Alabama, The University of Mississippi, Southern Methodist University, Abilene Christian University, Austin College, Hendrix, and Trinity were in the Library to share information and items with […]

From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: Each year, before classes begin, I meet with the new senior class and challenge them.  I challenge them by stating, “As the Senior Class goes…so goes the school-year.”  I let them know that although the school’s faculty, staff, and administration works and plans and strategizes, the real direction […]

Su•perb  [soo-purb, suh-] adjective 1. excellent  “a superb performance” synonyms:     excellent, superlative, first-rate, first-class, outstanding, remarkable, marvelous, magnificent, wonderful, splendid, admirable, noteworthy, impressive, fine, exquisite, exceptional, glorious; This describes the middle school’s first ever spelling bee contestants today at 3:30 in the Commons! The top 18 students from grades 6-8 gathered to battle it out Akeelah-style! […]

October 28-November 1 is “I Just Read a Great Book Week” at the Brook Hill Lower School. Mrs. Gibson’s fifth grade class chose one of their favorite easy-readers to read to Mrs. Powell’s Pre-Kindergarten class.  Not only was this a very special time for the Pre-K students, but it was an especially fun time for […]

From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Questions, answers, laughter, more questions, laughter, more answers; “Oh, no, I have to write an essay for my college application?”; writers block; personal stories; “I have to write 2 essays for my college application?”; remembering activities from 9th grade, 10th grade and junior year (and having to […]

Fifth Graders recently read about Pete the Cat to preschool students during “Read a Great Book Week”. Pictured here are fifth graders with their “reading buddies”.

The Lower School students participated in many special activities and events during Great Book Week. The culmininating activity was the “Great Book Week” character parade. The entire student body dressed up as a story or real life character. The variety of characters included Pete the Cat, Mice and Cookies from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Office […]

The “wild things” recently made an appearance at chapel service this week. Pictured below are the “wild” Lower School teachers with Mrs. Fritcher who was a bit on the wild side herself!  All was in fun as teachers dressed in the spirit of the story, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak. This was […]

Pumpkins on Parade was a very successful event at the Lower School Library! We had 45 students create pumpkin characters based on a favorite story character. All Brook Hill Lower School students then voted for their favorite pumpkin. The “Children’s Choice” award winners are pictured on the front row below. The first place winner was Wilbur from […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations Ten years ago, Brittney Tellez graduated Brook Hill.  What has she been doing since?  She studied Nursing at Mary Hardin Baylor, joined the Navy and then served with  the Veterans Health Care System of Central Texas. And now, Brittney is serving in Kandahar, […]