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Bickerstaff takes 1st in Butterfly at Swim Meet

October 26, 2015

Bailey Bickerstaff took first place in the 100 Butterfly at the Nacogdoches Swim Invitation this past weekend! Way to represent Brook Hill! Congratulate Bailey on this incredible accomplishment!

Regional Orchestra Winners!

October 26, 2015

We had four young ladies win at High School Regionals for orchestra! Our winners were:  Denise Tan, Minseo Kwak, Seeun Kim & Hannah Windsor. Congratulate these young ladies on their incredible accomplishment!

Lady Guard clinch playoff spot with win at Tyler Grace

October 26, 2015

TYLER — It was all on the line for the Brook Hill varsity volleyball team and the Lady Guard did not falter. Led by senior Charlie Niles and junior Megan Priddy, the Lady Guard defeated Tyler Grace in four games to finish with an 8-8 record in TAPPS District 2-4A and secure the final playoff […]

Powderpuff Football Game

October 25, 2015

On Monday night our Junior and Senior girls competed against one another in our Annual Homecoming Powderpuff Football Game. It was a tight game, but the juniors rose to the occasion to win 14-7!

Rain, lightning delays stop Brook Hill in 16-14 loss at Frisco Legacy Christian

October 25, 2015

FRISCO — Brook Hill rallied from 14-0 down, but a safety was ultimately the Guard’s undoing on a blustery, rainy Friday night. Senior quarterback McCray Fletcher finished 8 of 19 for 121 yards and a touchdown while the Guard finished with 262 yards total in the loss. Brook Hill’s normal air-it-out attack was forced to keep it […]

Financial Literacy in Senior Seminar

October 23, 2015

Mr. Tony Welty, Director of Finance & Operations at The Brook Hill School and Ms. Claire Mizell, Program Coordinator, The University of Texas at Austin, Office of Admissions, East Texas Admissions Center, talked with seniors recently about financial literacy and the importance of pursuing scholarship and financial aid opportunities for college. The two guests also talked […]

Writing Songs in Spanish

October 23, 2015

Justin Powell sang in Spanish to Miss Massingill’s Spanish 2 class. Justin presented a song he wrote as well as a popular Spanish song from Mexican duo Jesse y Joy. Very invested in Spanish culture, Justin takes it to new levels! (Corre! & Ahora Mismo)   

Senior Night

October 23, 2015

Se celebrated our senior volleyball players on Tuesday night! We will miss these girls on the volleyball court next year! Brook Hill varsity volleyball was denied a first chance to clinch a playoff spot on Tuesday in a 3-1 loss to Tyler All Saints at Herrington Gym. The Lady Guard (7-8 in TAPPS District 2-4A) […]

Ortega, Guard CC deliver strong performances at TAPPS 2-4A meet

October 21, 2015

FORNEY — Brook Hill’s Chasca Ortega finished the Varsity Boys 5K course in a time of 18 minutes and 44 seconds to deliver a Top 10 performance at the TAPPS District 2-4A cross country meet held Thursday at Dallas Shelton School. Ortega’s efforts helped the Guard finish sixth as a team. He was followed by […]

Seniors Work on Applications in New Academic Suite

October 21, 2015

Seeing students hard at work on college applications and scholarship applications makes hearts flutter in the Academic Office. These students know that the way to reduce stress and their tuition bill is to say “no” to procrastination and apply!

Environmental Science

October 19, 2015

This Friday the AP Environmental Science class followed in Adam’s footsteps as we continued learning about taxonomy, the system by which scientists classify living organisms. Part of that process is learning the names of ten common orders of insects. We were able to utilize the outdoor learning center behind the football stadium as we captured and […]

Rice University Visits Brook Hill

October 19, 2015

Sheila Baisden, Associate Director of Admissions at Rice University, visited campus this week to talk to interested students and answer their questions. Ms. Baisden said that Rice University looks at students holistically, meaning that they look at the whole individual. Admissions looks at grades, courses taken in high school, test scores, extracurricular activities, their life […]