From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Guidance Counselor: “Nothing can take the place of being there…” This past week I attended a North American Coalition for Christian Admissions Professionals Conference at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana (yes, one should think carefully when scheduling a conference in hot, hot, hot July and really think about how […]
Lower School Principal, Mrs. Sandra Fritcher, recently read to several Brook Hill students at Barnes and Noble. This Sunday, December 15, also at Barnes and Noble, Mrs. Cool’s piano students will play Christmas music beginning at 1:00 pm. At 3:00 pm, Prekindergarten students will perform and Mrs. Stacy Bell will read a special Christmas story.
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: Here it is already! Exam Time! I often find humor in weird similarities of culture that often clash. For instance, the idea that we start listening to Christmas music in November as we prep the turkey for Thanksgiving…I would like to believe that it is because […]
Fourth graders have been learning about the physical properties of matter. They measured length, volume and mass of different kinds of matter, and learned to use the appropriate tools and measurements for each. To learn more about our Lower School and how we teach our students visit us on the web: www.brookhill.org
Sixth graders have been learning about plate boundaries in the theory of plate tectonics. Students built a city out of play doh and Legos on top of boards which represented two plates. Then the three different plate boundaries were tested with students recording the amount of damage.
Brook Hill seniors gave a warm welcome to our Texas Tech Admissions representative last week when she was on campus during the Campus Life Block on Monday. As these two students found out, stopping by to visit college representatives provides you with a wealth of information from someone whose job is to know their college […]
Brook Hill Lower School students Karissa, Kayla and Nate Dahn earned first place in their respective grade levels at the Mathnasium of Tyler “TriMathLon” completion. These Math Wiz Kids earned $100.00 for The Book Hill Lower School! The amount earned was based on the number of correct answers. We are so proud of Karissa, Kayla, and Nate.
The “Reading Oasis” themed Scholastic Book Fair was a tremendous success thanks to the generous support of students, parents, faculty, Grandfriends, and some very special volunteers. Thank you Kara Helm for recruiting all the wonderful volunteers: Ashley Harrison, Jennifer Clements, Stacey Gillespie, Holly Gunter, Diane Gibson, Toni Collins, Kelly Renaud, Ashley Durrett, Melissa Reynolds, Carrie Tonroy, Teri […]
The Brook Hill Academic Team had the privilege in participating in our first Virtual Academic Meet with over 30 1A-5A public and private schools in the Texas area. Our team of 27 students tested in our very own Bell Library and competed in 10 different events falling under the categories of: Math, Science, Current Events, […]
Congratulations to Lindsay Wheeler and Gabe Lucio for being chosen as the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) winners from Brook Hill! All juniors were considered and faculty/staff nominated four girls and four boys to move on to the next round. These eight students (Samantha Anderson, Hope Cooper, Avery Langemeier, Lindsay Wheeler, Grant Hanks, Phillip Kitt, […]
Ask a kindergarten student and they may just know the answer! They are learning how to tell time using their entire body!