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Kindergarten Explores the Letter “P”

September 02, 2016

Kindergarten students have been busy over the last two weeks studying the letter “P”. Students plotted out their favorite kinds of pickles, used their senses to observe and study pop rocks, and even debated their favorite kind of popcorn.    

3rd Grade Visits Museum

September 02, 2016

Mrs. Newsom’s and Mrs. Brown’s 3rd grade classes visited the American Freedom Museum on Wednesday and did the unthinkable…they touched stuff!! Don’t worry! They had permission and a good time! As a way to introduce their year in U.S. History, our Brook Hill 3rd graders came for the “Can I Touch That?” tour. They found […]

Lower School Cheer

September 02, 2016

Our Lower School Cheerleaders are continuing to practice with our Varsity Cheerleaders! These girls are learning how to cheer The Guard on to victory!

Always Improving

September 02, 2016

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: If you have been around Brook Hill for any length of time you know that continual improvement is a way of life.  We are always asking ourselves, “How can we improve our boarding and day students’ educational experience and enhance their quality of student life?”  […]

Middle School Firsts this Week

September 02, 2016

From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: From the classroom to athletics, we had a lot of “firsts” in the middle school this week. It is our first year to run on a block schedule and on the blue/orange schedule. Classes are longer at 70 minutes and study hall is every Monday, Tuesday, […]

8th Graders Study Design Process

September 02, 2016

Eighth graders are learning about the design process. To introduce the subject, students were challenged to build a barge out of a 20 X 20 cm piece of foil and 4 straws that could hold the greatest amount of pennies. Students built the bridge and then tested it. The range of pennies held was from […]

Literary Presentations in Humanities

September 02, 2016

Pre-AP sophomores and AP juniors gave their first presentations in Dr. Brunson’s humanities classes this week. Juniors presented literary-critical analyses of Robinson Crusoe within his historical context as an entrepreneur and colonialist. Students not only read the novel, but researched and analyzed Crusoe within history. Students then wrote essays on a selected subject, and presented […]

If I Weren’t A Teacher

September 02, 2016

Our Lower School teachers did a wonderful skit for our students at chapel this week. In “If I Weren’t a Teacher”, our teachers imagined what they might be if they weren’t a teacher – a rock star, trombone player, baseball player, ballerina, taxi driver, princess, or even a cheerleader. In the end though, our teachers […]

AP Chemistry Lab

September 02, 2016

AP Chemistry got to use some new technology this week as students were learning the relationship between concentration and  the amount of light absorbed by a solution. We used a Vernier lab quest connected to a spectrophotometer to measure the absorbance values for samples of known concentration in order to generate a calibration curve. Then […]

Calling All Supporters of the Fine Arts

September 02, 2016

From the desk of Glenn Ballard, Fine Arts Director: One of the distinctives of The Brook Hill School is our award-winning Fine and Performing Arts program. It is becoming more and more common for parents to tell me that they chose Brook Hill for their son or daughter because of the fine arts opportunities offered […]

Lady Guard MS Volleyball sweeps Grace in season opener

September 02, 2016

Brook Hill Middle School volleyball started their season Monday with a flourish, as all four teams secured victories over Grace Community Middle School. In the 7th Grade A and B matches, Brook Hill won 25-10, 25-10 and 25-15, 25-17. In the 8th Grade A match, Brook Hill split the first two games before taking care of […]