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Friday, March 29 is International Night!

March 27, 2019

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: As always, this will be a spectacular event with our boarding students showcasing their home country. They will be eager to tell you about their culture, customs and country with many dressed in traditional attire from their homeland. You will be able to sample delicious […]

Sharing love across the generations

February 20, 2019

I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with loving kindness. Jeremiah 31:3 Some of our Brook Hill boarding students wrote this verse and many others in the over one hundred Valentines that they handmade and delivered to residents of The Heights nursing care facility. They enjoyed wishing the residents Happy […]

The Mavs defeat the Rockets…

December 12, 2018

…and the boarding students were there to be a part of it. This past Saturday night a group of boarding students traveled to Dallas to cheer on the Mavs and watch the moves of James Harden as they battled the Rockets for a real nail biter in the American Airlines Center. For some this was […]

Mom, I’m bored. We never do anything!

October 31, 2018

From Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Perhaps you’ve received a phone call similar to the title of this blog. I know at least some of you have because I have received phone calls from parents relaying the message back to me. Whenever I get those calls I always scratch my bald head, while looking […]

Our boarding community celebrates Oktoberfest

October 31, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: A great time was had by one and all at this past Saturday’s Oktoberfest as a taste of Europe came to the Brook Hill Village.  Staff and students enjoyed bratwurst, soft pretzels, and apple strudel as well as hayrides, pumpkin carving, House competitions and live […]

Join in on the fun

September 14, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Res Life: There are constantly lots of fun things happening amongst the Boarding Students, and we don’t want to keep all that fun to ourselves. So far the kids have had a Luau slip-n-slide party, gone on multiple movie outings, including Studio Movie Grill, gone to Northpark […]

Meet Sharad and Ibrahim

May 09, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Two guys I would like to introduce, one who is new to us this year and one whom you probably already know.  Sharad Doshi comes to us as a Junior from Black Forrest Academy, the largest Christian boarding school in Europe.  Sharad is great at […]

Update on the New Boarding Houses

May 09, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: I thought I would take some time to let you all know where we are in the construction of the new boarding houses, as well as the future plans of the boarding program here at Brook Hill. Jacobe Brothers construction has been working non-stop since […]

Meet Sharon and Esther

April 27, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: This week we’d like to introduce you to Esther Adeyemi and Sharon Chai. Esther is in her senior year and has been with us two years now. She comes to us from Nigeria, and even though she is small in stature she is big in […]

Meet Florencia and Seungje

April 20, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Meet Seungje Lim and Florencia Elhay, our two newest international additions to the boarding community! Seungje joins us from South Korea as a Freshman and Florencia is an incoming Sophomore from Argentina. Although Seungje and Florencia have only been at Brook Hill for a matter […]

International Night is coming up

March 02, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Hey, friends! Set Friday night, March 23rd aside for International Night. As always, this will be a spectacular event with our boarding students showcasing all the countries from which they come. They will be eager to tell you about their culture, customs and country with […]

It’s a small world after all

February 09, 2018

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Ms. Hayes, our Middle School Principal, recently kicked off a great, new Club Block for our Middle School students. One of those new clubs, The International Club, is headed up by Mrs. White and Mrs. Fitzgerald. Just this past week ten Middle School students learned […]