Pumpkins aren’t just for pies, carving, and lattes! Mrs. Haugh’s Kindergarten class strengthened their math and observation skills one pumpkin at a time. With pumpkins in season and math to be learned, one of our Kindergarten classes spent the morning with various fall-themed STEM activities that gave them a chance to explore, ask questions […]
Our 5th-grade students spent a math class putting their skills to the test in our American Freedom Museum. With measuring tapes in hand and the charge to explore the museum in teams, 5th-grade students set about to “Crunch the Numbers”. This mission was a series of exercises spread throughout the museum set to test […]
Each Monday afternoon our Director of Educational Technology and Innovation, Ashley Swinney, hosts an open lab time for students who are interested in pursuing personal projects in the Innovation Lab. This past Monday launched our Maker Monday series in the Graves Family Center for Innovation labs. Each week students will be introduced to a […]
Senior Cole Fitzgerald’s PSAT scores secured him a spot on the prestigious National Merit Commended List! Cole’s PSAT score ranked him in the top 50,000 out of 1.5 million students in the United States. Cole is heavily involved in our campus life and is a smart, kind, hard-working student so it comes as no […]
Preparing for college is more than having a perfect ACT or SAT score, it’s more than the perfect application, or the perfect resume. We want our students, and especially our seniors, to have exposure to opportunities that will prepare them for all aspects of college. Our College Guidance Counselor, Celia Tucker shares a bit […]
This past week our 7th-graders took to their microscopes for a closer look at the unique contrast between animal and plant cells. To observe animal cells, students took a swab of their own mouths and using their cheek cells, they added iodine in order to encapsulate the cell for a close clear look under […]
Each quarter our Lower School takes time to celebrate our students as they develop character, leadership, and pursue excellence in their learning. It’s a school-wide affair, providing all of our students the opportunity to learn celebration, and to cheer each other on as they excel! The awards include Scholarly Achievement, Godly Character, Leadership, Servant’s […]
Kindergarten students had the opportunity to express their creativity and practice being in front of their peers for an alphabet fashion show! Complete with a disco light and red carpet, each student had the opportunity to design and decorate their vest with a specific letter in mind and then we had so much fun […]
Students have been memorizing lines, building the set, and working hard to capture the art of traditional Japanese Kabuki theatre in their upcoming One Act Play, “The Three Swine of Most Small Stature”. The play, by Lewy Olfson, is a variation of the well-known “Three Little Pigs” story retold in the style of traditional […]
This space is more than another great asset to the Brook Hill educational experience, this new space, and the resources available to students are a marker of forward progress and an exciting future! This past week we cut the ribbon and announced the official open of the Graves Family Center for Innovation and Graves […]
Kelly King’s Economics class took a moment to step outside the classroom and into our American Freedom Museum for a hands-on exploration of economics through the lens of history. History touches every bit of our lives in some way or another. And for math, or rather for economics, it’s no different. What better way […]
HEADLINES: A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, ROD FLETCHER Collaboration, vision, imagination, and creativity are all important parts of the educational process. That is why at Brook Hill, in addition to a core curriculum, we offer areas of study like coding, robotics, entrepreneurship, visual media, and fabrication, to name a few. […]