The Brook Hill Middle School kicked off the academic competition season this past week by participating in the Academic Rodeo’s Academic Challenge Quiz. One eighth grade student, Aaron Nguyen, and five seventh grade students, Kai Glenn, Nathan Hill, Price James, Jackson Locker, and Cam Ryle comprise the Quiz Bowl team. Congratulations go out to […]
This year has given us new spaces, and new opportunities as a school. One of those spaces is our Lower School Leap Lounge. The Lower School Learning Enrichment & Academic Potential (LEAP) program exists to not only help students realize their academic potential through support programs but also to enrich the learning environment of […]
3rd grade led our students in chapel this week, teaching us how to use our gifts and talents for God’s glory. This modern retelling of the parable of the talents brought the story to life for our lower school. The owner of Lucky Lou’s Licks-a-lot Lollipops went away on a trip, leaving money to […]
Everything begins as an idea. It starts with noticing, and then moves to evaluating, which turns to thinking and talking and trying to solve the problem at hand! Our classes, specifically our Robotics class this past week, have been making good use of our new Idea Lab that recently opened as a part of […]
This week, our 4th graders worked in teams to invent a game as a part of their Mind Mission challenge. Mind Missions is a curriculum that offers makerspace type challenges that push students to think outside the box, collaborate, and innovate. In this week’s Mind Mission, our 4th graders were required to invent a […]
Cole Fitzgerald and Florencia El Hay were honored at the Rotary Club of Tyler this past week for being named Outstanding Senior Girl and Boy at Brook Hill. Students are chosen based on their achievements through academics, leadership, extracurricular involvement, and athletics. We are proud of their accomplishment and for the way Cole and […]
This quote from Enda Kenny captures the essence of our “why” we offer coding classes at Brook Hill. It also inspires us to consider the possibilities beyond the classroom as our students strengthen their ability to problem solve, create, and to think outside the box. Our middle school coding class has been doing that […]
Each fall we look forward to introducing our youngest Brook Hill students to the American Freedom Museum! It’s always so much fun to see their wonder, their minds grasping something new. The museum is used by all of our students as a learning space and has been a pivotal part of our experiential education […]
This past Tuesday our Forensic Science class had an up-close opportunity to learn from Bullard Police Officers and their canine partner. Detective Hill and Patrol Officer Hays, along with their canine partner, demonstrated a practice drug search of a vehicle and allowed students the opportunity to see forensic knowledge at work. They also took time […]
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” This quote from Dr. Seuss captures the delight and goal of our mission to cultivate a love for learning through the lens of reading. One way we celebrate the importance of reading at […]
Middle School science students took to the Innovation Lab this past week to wrap up an Earth Science project by creating persuasive presentations! Each student was assigned a famous rock formation to research. They were to find information which would help convince people to visit their specific formation. Once students completed their research, they […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: With the Free Application for Federal Student Aid being more streamlined and easier to navigate, attendance at the FAFSA workshop this week was slim. I had parents who called and said, “If we filed the FAFSA this weekend do we still need to come to […]