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Valentine’s Day Party

February 19, 2016

This past weekend Mrs Albea, Mrs Welty, and our ResLife team helped throw a Valentine’s party for our boarding students. We had fruit, desserts, drinks, Raising Cain’s chicken, and ice cream. We had a fun time taking pictures at a photo booth, hanging out with our friends, singing karaoke, and dancing to music! Since we […]

Guard Golf Takes 2nd at Brook Hill Classic

February 19, 2016

Brook Hill Guard Golf tshot 332 to finish 2nd place during the Brook Hill Classic at Eagles Bluff this week. Brook Hill tied with Grapeland for second, but won during a sudden death team match to break the tie. Our of 25 schools, Brook Hill finished one stroke behind Troop. Yeager and Garner also tied […]

Bickerstaff Takes 2nd and 3rd at State Swim Meet

February 19, 2016

Congratulate Bailey Bickerstaff on claiming 3rd in the 100 fly and 2nd 100 back at the State Swim Meet last week! We are so proud of Bailey and her excellence not only in the water, but in the classroom and in all of life! Go Guard!

Brook Hill Students Compete in Ethics Bowl

February 19, 2016

From the desk of Jordy Barksdale, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: On Wednesday, five Brook Hill students competed in the 4th Annual Ethics Bowl hosted by the University of Texas at Tyler’s Center for Ethics. Our students were grouped in to teams of five students from private and public schools across Smith County. The […]

Texas A&M, UNT & DBU Visit Brook Hill

February 19, 2016

Derek Nido from Texas A&M met with students and parents in the Academic Office this week as he talked about next steps concerning their admissions decisions. Derek encouraged students to make sure that they continue to check their Howdy Portal to stay right on track with their list of things to do. Derek’s contact information […]

How to Teach a Class When You Aren’t There

February 18, 2016

Mrs. Utz met with Ms. Cameron this week to ask for some ideas on how she could teach her Spanish 1 class on Friday while she was absent from school! The two put their heads together and had Mrs. Utz record a video of herself teaching an oral story in Spanish on a Surface tablet using the camera […]

Guard achieve third place at TAPPS 2-4A tournament, playoffs now await

February 15, 2016

GARLAND — Brook Hill began last week just wanting to make sure it qualified for the playoffs. The Guard ended it with an overtime win over Tyler All Saints Saturday to finish third overall and enter the postseason full of confidence. Brook Hill topped All Saints 48-47 in the TAPPS 2-4A Third-Place Game at Dallas […]

Upper School Headmaster’s Honor Guard

February 12, 2016

From the desk of Michelle Rozell, Upper School Principal: Brook Hill students are involved in so many activities, but they still know how to prioritize and take care of their business in the classroom!  It’s no easy task, but many of the upper school students manage to keep their grades up while also balancing their […]

Choir Presentations

February 12, 2016

Upper School choir students presented to their peers in class this week. Students researched a variety of musical genres and presented their findings to their classmates to help them understand the broad scope of music with all of its styles and nuances.

Guard Golf Begins Season Well

February 12, 2016

Our varsity boys golf team is off to a good start this year! This week our boys brought home a 2nd place finish at the Tyler Lee Invitational, and Brooks Garner tied for 2nd individually, placing 3rd overall after a scorecard tiebreaker. During the Brook Hill Tourney the week before, our boys brought home 5th […]

Val Allen Receives DAR Scholarship

February 12, 2016

Val Allen was honored as a DAR Good Citizen Tuesday afternoon at the Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarship Tea. Val was selected as a DAR Good Citizen because of her DAR Good Citizen qualities-Dependability, Service, Leadership, and Patriotism. Val is exemplifies these qualities in her life and in her relationship with others. Congratulations to Val Allen!

Orchestra Serves During Admissions Week

February 12, 2016

Members of the U.S. & MS Orchestras were on hand and prepared to perform for the various Admissions Week events and showcase our wonderful Fine Arts Orchestra program.  String ensembles provided background and dinner music for each of two Look & See events while eight different string small ensembles took turns providing music during the […]