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Enjoy the outdoors and support a great cause

February 17, 2017

Make it a family event and enjoy the great outdoors. All ages are welcome to our Brook Hill Hunt with Heart Clay Shoot! Join us for a fun day of sporting clays, grilling and great raffle items. Sign up for a team of 4 or an individual shooter today. All proceeds support The Brook Hill […]

Brook Hill’s Heather McLarry, Jordon McGowen sign letters of intent

February 16, 2017

Brook Hill girls soccer coach has called Heather McLarry “The best goalie in the state in Class 4A.” She now has a chance to see if she can be the best shot stopper in Arkansas after the senior signed a scholarship letter of intent this Monday to Ouachita Baptist. Guard football star Jordon McGowen did anything his coaches […]

Eighth grade cook and compete club

February 15, 2017

From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director: Last week, the 8th grade cook and compete club worked together with a focus beyond competition. The group’s emphasis was on appreciation instead of rivalry in the kitchen. Each member worked on an appreciation snack to give the maintenance, kitchen staff and ground’s crew for all of their […]

An alumnus gives back

February 14, 2017

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Timothy Ballard, ’05, is spearheading a Pond Reclamation project at Brook Hill. Timothy is an architect with A. Gruppo Architects in the Dallas area and is assisting with the plans for the new Fine Arts Building. While home at Christmas, he shared his […]

Calling all hillbillies and city-slickers

February 14, 2017

The Brook Hill Middle School will present a “Hampers and Hoedown” party on Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 25th. “The annual Middle School event has traditionally been performed in early December,” director Glenn Ballard said. “But this school year, we decided to present the amazing Madrigal Dinner to celebrate our 20th year, so the Middle […]

Basketball: Lady Guard finish season with playoff loss

February 13, 2017

CEDAR HILL — The Brook Hill girls battled all season to make it into the playoffs, but could not keep up with Cedar Hill Trinity Christian in a 71-25 TAPPS 5A bi-district loss. AD Kuechle led the Lady Guard with 10 points in the loss. Seniors who closed out their Brook Hill Lady Guard basketball […]

Basketball: Guard win bi-district playoff at Dallas Christian, 56-52

February 11, 2017

GARLAND — Brook Hill is moving on in the playoffs! Led by 20 points from Reid Hill, the Guard went on the road Friday and knocked off Dallas Christian 56-52. This was a rematch of an earlier non-district game that DC won by three points. This time with much more at stake, Brook Hill (11-15) […]

Eighth grade counts stars instead of sheep

February 10, 2017

Eighth graders are busy making a Thinglink over their assigned stars. In the program, students can import a picture of their star and attach icons around the poster which have facts about their stars. This is a fun way to use technology to learn about stars. Students were discovering the color, temperature, mass and luminosity […]

Dining at Brook Hill

February 10, 2017

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: This is the second in a series of editorials on your child’s nutrition at Brook Hill. You might not know this, but Flik, our food services provider, features certain foods and super foods each month. Check out their post for the month: Viva La Classics! […]

Algae lab caused color changes

February 10, 2017

Pre AP Biology students used encapsulated algae beads to simultaneously study photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Algae beads were placed in a pH indicator solution sensitive to changes in CO2 concentrations. The beads were then exposed to either light or dark conditions. Over time the students observed shifts in pH as indicated by a color change […]

Middle School Spanish lessons take a different spin

February 10, 2017

Seventh and eighth grade students tried a new Spanish learning tool last week in class. The Señor Wooly website teaches Spanish through hilarious music videos designed for teens.  Jim Wooldridge AKA Señor Wooly created the fun, leveled curriculum to reinforce classroom language learning. The students started the program last week in class by watching a […]