Brook Hill is pleased to announce that our Brook Hill Board of Trustees has selected Rod and Heather Fletcher to be this year’s Founder’s Day honorees. As you know, the Fletchers are beginning their 15th year at Brook Hill. As Headmaster, Rod has had a profound and positive impact on our school as we strive […]
Every month this year, 5th Grade will immerse themselves in a different part of our museum. In August, the students had hands on experiences with artifacts from each area of the museum. This week, the students focused on Sept. 11, 2001. Since they were not born in that year, many were hearing and seeing events […]
Second graders have been studying the three types of communities in Social Studies. As a review, the students played “Scoot.” With a partner, students traveled through stations around the room to look at several pictures of different communities and recorded urban, suburban or rural. Seconds later, students moved to a new picture until they had […]
From the desk of Candise Wise, Head Volleyball Coach: The 2017-18 Lady Guard Volleyball Season is well underway. The girls have fought through a tough preseason and have grown to become more of a team each time they step on the court. Yesterday, instead of practicing our skills on the court we bonded more as […]
From the desk of Candise Wise, Head Volleyball Coach: Brook Hill MS Lady Guard 8th A and 7th A played lights out this past weekend in the Bullard MS Tournament. Both teams faced off against Grace, Rusk, and Bullard. The 8th A team fell to Grace early in the morning but came back to beat […]
From the desk of Candise Wise, Head Volleyball Coach: This is the second year after launching this program. Pepper Pals is a program I started last year to help bridge the gap between our middle school volleyball program and upper school volleyball program. I wanted to help make the younger volleyball players fell more engaged […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Sam Nechi, Alvin Mgbmene, Ini Adeleye and Zack Nguyen greet church members to the second service at South Spring Baptist Church, where the boys attend with their House Parent, Mr. Wilson, or Mr. Rhoads. The boarding kids, who attend South Spring also, take part with […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: This past week, Middle and Upper schools had the opportunity to learn about and interact with representatives from several non-profit organizations and ministries in the Greater Tyler Area. The event was spearheaded by Brook Hill’s new Community Service Coordinator, Mrs. Stephanie Williams, who is also […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life & Director of Campus Ministry: As Director of Residence Life I never know what a day might hold. With eighty students from twenty one countries, in four different grades, and a variety of upbringings, anything is possible. Sometimes the challenges can be difficult. And sometimes, […]
From the desk of Sandra Fritcher, Lower School Principal: Next week, September 11-15, Lower School students in 2nd through 5th grades will be taking the CTP 4 achievement test. This assessment will provide us with another source of information that is helpful in determining individual and group needs of our students. It also will help […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: It’s that time of the school year where the new has begun to rub off, reality is starting to kick in, and everyone is realizing the level of work it requires. No worries; we mix it up at The Brook Hill School with lots of activities […]
Mrs. Wallace and her 8th grade science classes visited the American Freedom Museum this week for our “History Under A Microscope” tour and activity. We have discovered that students often learn a concept or are introduced to an evaluating tool during class, such as the Scientific Method, but they never learn how to recognize the […]