When: November 18-22 , 8:00-4:00 pm Monday-Thursday 8:00-11:45 am Friday Where: Brook Hill Lower School Library Special Events: Tuesday: 4:00-6:00 pm Family and Friends Night Middle School students are also invited! Wednesday: 8:30-9:15 am Muffins for Mummies and Daddies Friday: Grandfriends Day shopping hours: 8:00-9:00, followed by the Program, Songs You Know by Heart, at 9:00. […]
Teachers at The Brook Hill Lower School engage students in the learning process in creative and fun ways. Mrs. Dahn’s students enjoyed spelling practice with shaving cream!
The BH Builders comprised of fourth and fifth graders accepted the First LEGO League’s Nature’s Fury challenge by sponsoring a whole school water and Gatorade drive to assist The Bullard Fire Department in their relief efforts. Over 8,000 bottles were collected thanks to the LEGO League and to the Brook Hill student body. The Bullard Fire Department recently […]
Mrs. Gibson’s students recently performed Heavenly Express, a play by Kay Chatwell. Conductor Emily steps on stage to announce, “All Aboard!” As the story unfolds, some people have no trouble boarding the train. Others, however, cannot seem to find a way to board and are puzzled about how to get a ticket. They learn that the tickets are […]
Second grade students of Mrs. Brashier and Mrs. Johnson recently conducted a mock election after reading the story, Duck for President by Doreen Cronin. Students made posters, campaign speeches, and filled out voter registration cards. The candidates running for president were Farmer Brown and Duck! The second graders voted with a secret ballot and tallied results. The […]
It was a Brook Hill day at the 2013 Mistletoe and Magic on Friday, Nov.8th with performances by the Cadet Singers, Middle School Choir, and String Orchestra. Our students demonstrated great talent and skill in their performances! You can check out this video of The Brook Hill Orchestra performing “Fiddle Like the Dickens” at the […]
Chloe Thomas was the first lower campus Spanish student to bring canned food items for the Second Annual November Canned Food Drive . Students will bring canned goods to Spanish class during the month of November. The cans will be donated to the Tyler Rescue Ministry, a ministry which helps families in crisis. A light-hearted […]
First graders in Mrs. Dahn’s class recently studied about the moon and learned that although the moon appears to change shape in the sky, the changes actually happen because of the moon’s orbit around the earth and how the sun’s light reflects off it. These changes are called phases. Mrs. Dahn taught this concept in […]
Mrs. Bickerstaff’s class created houses based on the book, My House in the Middle of Town, by Crystal Bowman. Written in rhyme, the author tells the story of a lonely grandma who lived in a dilapidated house. The kids in the town begin to clean up the yard and work on the house. The adults get involved in […]
During our Lower School chapel service, Mrs. Ponce’s fourth grade class recently performed the heartwarming musical, Donkey Tales, by Kathie Hill, and Melody Morris. The story took place on a Dude Ranch where there were no horses—only donkeys! The guests were surprised about this but soon learned about the role donkeys played in the Bible. They learned […]
Third graders are studying animal adaptations. To understand how a bird’s beak is adapted for what it eats, students used different utensils to try to pick up different items such as a marble, rubber band, macaroni, plastic disc, and styrofoam. The objective was to move the “food item” from one plate to another to represent […]
October 28-November 1 is “I Just Read a Great Book Week” at the Brook Hill Lower School. Mrs. Gibson’s fifth grade class chose one of their favorite easy-readers to read to Mrs. Powell’s Pre-Kindergarten class. Not only was this a very special time for the Pre-K students, but it was an especially fun time for […]