As part of our study of ancient Greek history in Freshman Humanities we are reading the famous Greek epic, the Iliad. We believe it is important to understand where a culture comes from historically to really understand who they are in literature. The Greeks loved to display their heroic individualism and arête (courage, manliness, and excellence) […]
From the desk of Georgia Cameron, Technology Integration Specialist: This week, Brook Hill officially began implementing Moodle, with a pilot program for our 6th grade students. Moodle? What’s a Moodle? No, it’s not some strange new breed of dog, it’s Brook Hill’s newly launched online learning platform! By definition, Moodle is an online digital learning […]
6th grade students and their parents were busy this week learning how to Moodle! The launch of our Moodle Pilot brings a period of change for our 6th grade students. To ensure we are giving our students the help they need, they will be visiting the Computer Lab each day for 45 minutes over the […]
Eighth graders recently completed their science fair projects which they started back in October. Students worked either in groups or alone to come up with a problem that they wanted to test. Students wrote an experiment and then performed it and collected data. Lastly, they drew conclusions and presented those on a science fair board. […]
We are still working on matter in science at the Lower School! This week we started with liquids using our “hands on approach.” Students learned how to use a hand boiler and you may be wondering, how does it work? The heat of your body causes the air in the hand boiler to expand. As the air […]
Jake Anderson and Lindsay Wheeler were named Students of the Month by the Bullard Rotary Club! We are so proud of these two seniors and can’t wait to see what God has in store for them in the years to come! Congratulate these two on receiving this honor!
Kindergarten students got the finish off their week by making a yummy treat! Students were able to create and eat their very own homemade ice cream! The best part is that after mixing their ingredients, all students had to do was shake and shake and shake some more until it was ready! Want to know […]
Sixth graders have been learning tons about volcanoes. As part of the unit, each student researched a specific volcano and designed a folder with the information they learned. During class, students placed folders on their desks in the science lab and students went for a Volcano Walk around the classroom recording different facts about the volcanoes […]
For the past two Fridays, PreK students have been experiencing a “Snow Playground” where students participated in building a snowman (with marshmallows), making a shaving cream snowman, playing with animals in the “snow”, and purchasing a warm cup of cocoa at the “hot chocolate shop”. What fun ways to learn about winter and celebrate a […]
Middle School clubs have started up! Our students are excited to have this opportunity to connect with faculty, high school students, and explore their interests! Here are a few pictures from strategy club and cooking club. We also have a Coding Club, Glee Club, Writer’s Block, Book Club, Pressbox Club, and Drawing Club.
We are so thankful for the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream that people would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character! We had a number of activities celebrating the life and dream of Dr. King this past week. For one of […]
At the conclusion of their study of winter, Mrs Newman’s class read the book, Snow Balls, by Lois Ehlert. In this book, there is a snow dad, snow mom, brother, sister, cat, and dog. The students chose the snow ‘thing’ they wanted to make. We also made a snowman snack.