“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.
Mrs. Dahn’s first grade class celebrated their love of learning to read by opening up a classroom library. The students each brought a favorite stuffed animal to school to read with. “We also had some math fun with our animals as we measured their length (really fun since Landon brought a snake), circumference, and weight. […]
Emergency personnel from ETMC, police officers, and Dr. Freimer recently paid special visits to Brook Hill Kindergarten students. Our Kindergarten students learned how community helpers keep them healthy and safe!
Thursday our PreK classes studied their 5 senses as they observed an Octopus! Our students drew pictures of the Octopus and came up with some very funny answers to a questionnaire about our 5 senses. Our bravest students even tasted “Octopus” (Calamari)!