From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: Save the Date: East Texas Salute 2016: Honoring the Patriot Guard Riders and Welcome Home Soldiers groups from all over East Texas Saturday, May 14th 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Admission Free Community Event American Freedom Museum Traveling Vietnam Wall Texas Veteran Car Show with […]
From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director Mrs. Mattay and Mrs. McHugh’s 7th grade Humanities classes visited the American Freedom Museum this week to wrap up their study on Texas and the War Between the States. After reviewing facts on the leaders, causes, advantages, victories, spies and battle cries of the war, […]
The Regional Track Meet was held on Thursday, and our students performed well! Maddi Travis & Grace Brasher took 1st & 2nd in the High Jump, advancing to state. Also advancing to state were Kristen Clarke who earned 2nd in the 100m dash and Jordan McGowen who threw 46 ft in the shot put to earn […]
Brook Hill honored its seniors and took are of business Tuesday with a 7-4 Senior Night victory over Tyler Bishop Gorman. The win moved the Guard one more victory away from tying for first place and clinching a share of the TAPPS District 2-4A title. The Guard close out the regular season Thursday on the road […]
GARLAND — Brook Hill used a big four-run fourth inning to defeat Dallas Christian 9-5 on Monday and clinch at least a share of the TAPPS District 2-4A championship. The win moved the Lady Guard up into a tie for first place with Dallas Christian in the league standings. Both teams are 9-1 with the […]
4th graders are learning to collect and organize data. The students asked a question of their fellow classmates and gave them 4 choices. Questions included: what is your favorite sport, who is your favorite Bible character, where is your favorite place to eat, and your favorite recess spot. After collecting the data the students were […]
Shannan McEuen used Brook Hill’s Surface Pro Tablets to give a test during class this week. In order to accomplish this, she used a locked down, controlled environment via Moodle on the surface tablets with a software called Insight. Insight allows Shannan to keep students from leaving Moodle on their device and also allows her to view […]
Last Friday we ate all the parts of a plant. We ate seeds, roots, stems, leaves, and flowers, of course, will a little Ranch dressing added!
Our First Graders are learning about the three different kind of rocks. Ask them to tell you the difference between Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks! U
Our 4th graders are learning about magnetism and directions as we build our own compasses with foam balls and needles. Students discovered that Earth has a magnetic force field around it and learned how to use it for directions.
Brook Hill achieved a split in its two games in two days against Tyler All Saints. The Guard edged the Trojans 5-4 Friday in their first meeting before being stopped Saturday, 4-0. The end result of the split is Brook Hill (14-8 overall) in fourth place in the TAPPS District 2-4A standings at 8-4. The Guard, however, […]
Students in 6th grade science are learning how to properly use the microscope by viewing an “e” under the scope. Students soon discovered that everything you view with the microscope is upside down and backwards. Students then looked at different colors of paper, threads, hair and salt to practice focusing on low and high power. […]