Students in 5th grade have been studying about energy and work.  To understand conduction, they observed the melting rate of chocolate chips along a piece of foil.  Students noted which melted first, second, etc. and then placed the candle at a different spot to see if it changed the order of melting.  To understand about […]

    After studying how energy transfers from potential to kinetic energy in a roller coaster, 5th graders were given the challenge to  build one out of sentence strips and tape.  Students were given the task of building the slowest roller coaster with at least 4 ramps, 2 tunnels, 1 trap door and a surprise.  […]

Kindergarten students are learning about clothing words in Spanish class. Spanish teacher, Mrs. Partida,  finds creative ways to make learning come alive. These students decided to model the gorro, calcetines, falda, pantalones, and guantes. These kindergarten boys decided to model the vestido, camisa, and pantalones.

Mr. Pierce, The Lower School Music teacher, led chapel service this week. Students and staff were inspired by the Bible story and uplifting songs.

Based on the book, ONE WORD THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, 5th Grade Spanish students at the Lower Campus chose one word for year 2014.  Each student took time to pray and consider what one word they needed to focus on during this year.  Amazingly enough each student in each class came up with a […]

Brook Hill piano students of Mrs. Cool recently entertained the shoppers at Barnes and Noble with beautiful Christmas music. Mrs. Stacy Bell’s Prekindergarten students also sang Christmas carols. Then, Mrs. Bell read a special story to all the boys and girls. These events were part of the Lower School’s book fair at Barnes and Noble.

Brook Hill is known for its generous giving and outreach ministry projects. A perfect example of this generous spirit was recently demonstrated by the second grade students.  Second grade classes teamed with Ila England, Lower School Librarian, to assist St. Paul Children’s Foundation with their annual toy drive. Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Brashier and their students collected […]

The Gingerbread Man runs, runs as fast as he can to escape until he reaches a stream. He knows that he should not get wet. Mrs. Haugh’s Kindergarten students worked like scientists to predict what would happen if the Gingerbread Man did get wet, then conducted an experiment and reached conclusions based on their results. They learned that […]

Fourth graders have been experiencing changes of state in science lab in a fun and tasty way! After learning about the properties of solids, liquids and gases, they studied how heat transfer results in melting, freezing, condensation and evaporation. The students made ice cream in a Baggie in 5 minutes and observed energy changes taking […]

Kindergarten students made yummy gingerbread houses after reading stories about the Gingerbread Man with their teachers: Mrs. Haugh, and Mrs. Newman.