6th grade Humanities students played Jeopardy to review for their fall semester exam this week. Categories included Grammar, Vocabulary, History, Literary Terms, and Literature. It was a great way to have fun while also reviewing material for the exam next week!
Our kindergarten students made gingerbread houses with their families on Friday afternoon! It was a great way to end the week and start celebrating the Christmas season!
Ms. Adams’ chemistry students finished the semester learning about different types of chemical reactions and how to balance chemical equations. In lab, students saw examples of five different types of reactions and observed indications that chemical reactions were taking place. Parents, if you hear an unfamiliar barking in your kitchen, your student may be decomposing […]
From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Coordinator: Studying for semester exams can bring on a variety of emotions and feelings such as anxiety, nervousness, dread, and being overwhelmed. There are lots of great study tips and test taking tips that can help ease some of the apprehension going into exam week. Following are some […]
Kindergarten visited Plantation Pines Christmas Tree Farm last Friday! Students got to learn all about Christmas trees and begin to get into the Christmas spirit!
As part of our continuing efforts to prepare seniors for college and beyond, Brook Hill partnered recently with Kelly Community Federal Credit Union to sponsor a “Reality Fair” for our Brook Hill seniors, which is a financial literacy program designed to familiarize students with personal money management skills. Seniors first met with Mrs. Michelle Small, […]
Mrs. Dawkins’ 4th graders used the computer game “Plickers” to answer comprehension questions over the book Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamilio, that they are currently reading in class. Each student uses a card with a special bar code to answer the questions. After scanning the room with her iphone Mrs. Dawkins is able to […]
The Brook Hill Lower School will Present “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”, based on the book by Barbara Robinson, Tuesday, December 15 at 6:30 pm. We are busy with rehearsals and are very excited about sharing this delightful story! This story is about the Herdmans and what happened when they took over the church Christmas […]
Thank you to everyone who helped us with the Book Fair, it was a huge success! This literacy event will help us buy $2,500 for books and materials for our Lower School Library. The book fair was made possible with support from Mrs. Fritcher, Tammy Stephenson, our many volunteers (over 20), and our wonderful teachers who published […]
Mr. Bunger’s chemistry students have been learning how to calculate the formula of a compound from data generated during a lab experiment. Students got some hands-on experience by burning magnesium in the lab to produce magnesium oxide. Careful mass measurements by the students produced lab data that was then used to calculate the formula of magnesium oxide. This lab […]
6th grade science students are exploring with two simple machines. Experiments were performed with inclined planes and two kinds of pulleys – a fixed pulley and a movable pulley. They discovered how much less work they had to do while using an inclined plane to lift a load and how pulleys help them do work […]
Students in Lower School science have been busy learning and experimenting in class. Our students can truly say that they receive instruction that is truly experiential! 2nd graders have been exploring light and color while 5th graders have been hard at work using the scientific method. Students recently discovered that prisms separate out light on the visible spectrum and […]