We will “fallow” Jesus Everywhere! Shown here are Mrs. Powell’s Prek students. Mrs. Gragg captured joyful pictures of these students to help create this beautiful fall bulletin board.
The BH Builders comprised of fourth and fifth graders decided to to accept the First Leago 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. The results of the contest were recently revealed. Third place went to Mrs. Bell’s PreK class class. Mrs. […]
Our 5th grade students viewed plant cells under the microscope in science lab this week! Onions, tomatoes and lettuce were among the cells observed under the microscope. What a unique opportunity for our students to see the relevance of science with their own eyes and to notice the differences at the cellular level of food […]
Inspired by the story, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume, students in Mrs. Ponce’s class recently held a contest to determine which flavor would be the favorite of Brook Hill third-fifth graders. Mrs. Ponce’s class worked in teams to create posters and commercials for their juice flavor concoctions which included a secret ingredient. Students […]
“This little light of mine…. I’m gonna let it shine!” Students from Mrs. Davis’s class shared the story of David and Goliath found in First Samuel 17 of the Bible. It tells the story of the giant Goliath, who boasted he could beat any individual soldier in the Israelite army. The challenge was accepted by […]
Rehearsals for the Brook Hill Lower School Cadet Singers, under the able direction of Kevin Pierce, are well underway. This select group of singers, comprised of 27 third through fifth grade students meet every Monday for rehearsals. The Cadet Singers are currently preparing for the Mistletoe and Magic performance as well as the for the Cadet Singers Annual […]
To help our 5th grade students understand scientific concepts about plants, Mrs. Wallace devised a mystery case the students needed to use leaves to solve. As the story goes, a robber had escaped and the only evidence police had on the suspects were leaves stuck to the trucks’ tires. In order to solve the case […]
This morning lower school students’ car doors opened to a friendly face as our Varsity football players greeted our kids. For any student that wanted, a personal football escort was provided to walk them to class and make their day special. What a great way for our students to impact one another and to share […]
The BH Builders have adopted the theme of the First Lego League: Nature’s Fury as their service project. In the 2013 NATURE’S FURY℠ Challenge, over 200,000 children ages 9 to 16* from over 70 countries will explore the awe-inspiring storms, quakes, waves and more that we call natural disasters. Teams will discover what can be […]
This week, our second graders learned how John Chapman became known as Johnny Appleseed. In a literacy unit our second graders read many tall tales about Johnny Appleseed and saw how Johnny loved helping people and planting apple trees. We read about his dream of spreading apple orchards all across the western states. September 26 […]
Brook Hill Lower School kindergarten students participated in a marriage ceremony uniting letters Q and U Friday, September 27th. Reverend Matt Stone officiated the ceremony under the expert guidance of “Teacher of the Bride”, Mrs. Newman, and “Teacher of the Groom”, Mrs. Haugh. When asked about the reason for the marriage ceremony, the bride and […]
In 4th grade science, the students observed different soils to learn about soil profiles and then they tested the sediment rate in a graduated cylinder filled with water.