From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: Brook Hill is growing, and we’re working to make our school even better as we continue to put the needs of our families first. As you have probably heard, we started morning bus runs from south Tyler and Jacksonville for our students in Kindergarten through 12th grade, helping […]
Join us at the tailgate tent for food and fun on Friday, September 30! Our spot is located next to the Kyle Lake Athletic Center entrance. Reminisce with former classmates and catch up with Brook Hill faculty and staff. Be sure to pick up your athletic pass and t-shirt while you’re there! To RSVP […]
Ever wondered why graphs are useful? AP Physics 1 and College Preparatory Physics students can tell you why! They spent a class period reading graphs of position and time and using them to predict exactly when, where, and how quickly their lab partner should walk to copy those graphs. Along the way they discovered that […]
EDGEWOOD — Brook Hill Middle School volleyball traveled to Edgewood on Saturday to compete in a tournament and returned with runner-up trophies after two strong showings against larger UIL schools. The Lady Guard 8th Grade 8 team began by defeating Mabank in two games (25-22, 25-13) and host Edgewood in three games (28-26, 23-25, 25-16). […]
Brook Hill middle school volleyball went traveled to Tyler to take on All Saints in four volleyball matches on Monday. Said Brook Hill coach Candise Wise about the middle school effort: “Our girls played with courage and heart.” The Lady Guard 8th Grade A team won its match in a hard-fought three set victory, 22-25, 25-20 […]
On Wednesday evening, members of the Brook Hill Guard Chorale were invited to sing at the Great Getaway Retreat for cancer survivors at Pine Cove in Tyler. The group performed a variety of music, and a few small groups performed as well. Performers were: Kyle Webb, Bailey Gunter, Daniel Chambless, David Chambless, Anne Kimball, Audrey […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: I received this prayer request on Tuesday. “I would appreciate prayers for my grandson, Luke. He is 13 months old and began experiencing seizures Monday evening. He had an episode of these back in May that we thought was fever induced. After having […]
Mr. Pierce invited a special guest, Mrs. Skinners, a Children’s Minister, to share a message during Chapel. Mrs. Skinners asked, “What is sin?” Students gave examples of sin while Brooklynn and Gracie wrote answers on the board. Mrs. Skinner then explained how the blood of Christ washes away our sins, using John 3:16 and a […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: Everybody needs a “do over” now and again. One of the most difficult feelings in life is to feel that you have messed something up so early in the game that you can never recover. I remember being a newlywed and playing Scrabble. On the very […]
Brook Hill unleashed its offense, defense and special teams Friday against Katy Pope and the result was a dominating 40-7 victory at Herrington Stadium to remain undefeated. Guard junior quarterback Hood Taylor completed 11 of 17 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns while junior Jermiah McGowen rushed 18 times for 135 yards and a […]
From the desk of Travis Albea, Interim Director of Admissions, Director of Marketing: Our admissions office (Jamie, Jenny, Landry & Jade) wanted to share some exciting news with our Brook Hill family: we just enrolled our 660th student! This is the highest enrollment in our school’s history and we couldn’t be prouder! 20 years […]
In Pre-AP chemistry we are beginning a unit on recognizing and writing chemical equations. Students went in the lab this week to observe a chemical reaction between aluminum foil and a copper solution. The solution starts off bright blue and it dissolves the aluminum foil completely, producing solid copper metal. It seems almost like magic […]