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Seniors Named as Commended students in Preliminary National Merit Scholar Qualifications

October 16, 2020

  Brook Hill is proud to announce that Mengxian (Annabeth) Gao, Nicole Tng, Timothy Humphries, and Soowan (Olivia) Kim have been named Commended students for their performance on the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.   Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise, as they are among the top 50,000 scorers of more […]

Faculty Highlight: Wes English

September 24, 2020

Wes English teaches 9th grade Humanities and English Language Learning 1 (ELL 1) at Brook Hill. Mr. English is passionate about teaching students the truth. We got to talk with him about why he loves teaching and how he’s even teaching students virtually from across the globe.     Mr. English, can you tell us […]

Welcome to Senior Seminar

September 23, 2020

A letter from our Academic College Counselors, Ashley Bouwer and Celia Tucker…       Questions, answers, writers block, personal stories, remember activities from 9th, 10th, and 11th grade (and having to write them down in detail), realizing how important senior year is, realizing that GPA matters, learning that “optional” on a college application means […]

CELEBRATING OUR SENIORS

April 24, 2020

As of this week, the Class of 2020 has been accepted to 104 different universities and has been awarded $3,865,352 in scholarships!   We are so proud of our seniors and as their career here at Brook Hill winds down over the coming weeks, we are taking every opportunity we can to celebrate them! Today […]

Alumni Highlight: Wade Karam

April 03, 2020

This month we’re highlighting Brook Hill alumnus, Wade Karam ‘12 as he celebrates matching for his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at UT Houston McGovern Medical School!   Seeing our Brook Hill Alumni thriving in their lives after high school is one of the absolute greatest joys. As a school, our mission is to challenge and affirm […]

Alumni Highlight: Mason Lieberman

February 28, 2020

We recently had the chance to catch up with Brook Hill alumnus, Mason Lieberman ’10 about where he’s at, and how Brook Hill’s multi-cultural setting (along with playing copious amounts of Super Smash Bros) prepared him for his dream career.   As educators and administrators, we care deeply about our students. We count it an […]

RACHEL BERKLEY RECEIVES GOOD CITIZEN AWARD

February 13, 2020

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently awarded Brook Hill senior Rachel Berkley with their Good Citizen award!   Nominated by her teachers and peers, Rachel was selected as Brook Hill’s Good Citizen this year because of her dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism to an outstanding degree. Rachel was honored recently at […]

College Prep: Lightning Round of Representatives

February 05, 2020

Twelve college representatives joined us on campus for an information session with the junior class.   Following our annual junior “College Kick-Off Night” this past week, we had the opportunity to host college representatives for a lightning round of “real talk” with our junior class. Ouachita Baptist, Arkansas, UT Austin, Texas Tech, High Point University, […]

BROOK HILL PARTICIPATES IN ETHICS BOWL

February 04, 2020

Brook Hill recently sent two teams to participate in The 8th Annual UT Tyler High School Ethics Bowl for East Texas.   Sophomores Marlee Gunter and Sarah Sims, along with seniors Sebastian Bayles, Cole Fitzgerald, Kegan Gunter, Cate Kimball, Tai Le, and Cole Overbeek all dressed in business professional attire and made the early morning […]

BROOK HILL STUDENTS DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS

January 24, 2020

The Texas Bank and Trust Student Board of Directors applications have arrived on campus at Brook Hill!   The TB&T Student Board is a prestigious program recognizing outstanding high school seniors in the community. Seniors Rachel Berkley, Florencia El Hay, James Gragg, Kegan Gunter, Tai Le, Natalie Leal Blanco, Chloe Martin, Laurel Reed, David Roberts, […]

BROOK HILL JUNIORS EXPLORE FUTURE CAREERS

January 17, 2020

Thirteen Brook Hill students recently attended a career event hosted by the Tyler Chamber of Commerce that provided an opportunity for students to explore future careers as they navigate dreaming and decision making for their future.   The Chamber of Commerce Career Connections (C4) Event is a one-day event that links students and real-world workplace […]

THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF COLLEGE PREP

December 13, 2019

As our fall semester comes to a close we’re reflecting on all of the hard work our students have put in to prepare for life after Brook Hill through the college application process.   One of the ways we seek to practically equip our students as they go through the application process is by providing […]