Brook Hill’s Lower School Third Graders went to a naturalization ceremony on Wednesday, April 6. The ceremony was held in the federal courthouse in downtown Tyler. There were 40 new citizens being honored in the ceremony. One of the new citizens was one of our own – Wentzel Bouwer whose country of origin was South […]
On Friday members of the Guard Chorale competed at the first round of the TAPPS State Vocal Competition in Arlington. Earning Superior ratings for their solos were Chesley Kelly, Allie Lake, and Elaina Yeager. The Guard Chorale Men’s Ensemble also received a Superior rating. Members of this ensemble include Chipper Adams, Andrew Edwards, David Chambless, […]
On Friday, April 1, 2016, the Guard Junior Scholars competed in the 2016 Private Schools International Association (PSIA) Academic District Competition. 15 schools with 500 students = 1 tough contest! Brook Hill sent 60 4th – 6th graders to compete and they represented Brook Hill well! Guard Junior Scholars brought home a total of 407 […]
This past Saturday morning the Spirit of the Guard Brook Hill Drum Line performed by invitation at the Race for Autism. The Line was in place by 8:00 AM to cheer on the runners and represent Brook Hill. Drum Line members are Tanner Smith (Capt.), Bohee Kim, Anne Kimball, Jasmine Lee, Mikayla Willis, William Bunn, […]
Continuing their study of acids and bases, Ms. Adams’ Chemistry students performed a neutralization reaction between a strong acid, HCl, and a strong base, NaOH. Acid/base neutralization reactions yield water and a salt, in this case, NaCl, common table salt. After performing the neutralization using phenolphthalein to determine the equivalence point, students boiled off the water, […]
From the desk of Katie Ramirez, Director of Admissions: Four years old is an amazing age. My daughter will be turning four this year and I cannot believe how the time has flown by. What amazes me each day is her curiosity for learning and the funny things she says. As I look forward to […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Have you heard about our Moms in Prayer program? Thursday mornings after drop off, you are invited to join other mothers at the log cabin to pray for our community. Stacy Sims is now leading our prayer time and we begin at 8:30. […]
TYLER — Brook Hill trailed 2-0 through the first three innings before taking over with three runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and four in the seventh to run away from Tyler Grace Community 9-2 on Tuesday. The win keeps the Guard (12-5) tied for first place in TAPPS District 2-4A at 6-1. […]
The Brook Hill Lady Guard nearly erased a 5-run deficit late against Dallas Christian, but fell one run short in a 7-6 loss. Alyssa Duplichain was in scoring position at second base in the bottom of the seventh with one out after Kasey Anderson singled home Taylor Schultz to make the score 7-6. But Brook Hill’s next […]
The Brook Hill Upper School competed in the 2016 TAPPS Academic Championships on Monday and Tuesday April 4-5, 2016 in Waco. After 2 days of competition, Winslow Conneen came home with 5th Place for his performance of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” in Solo Acting and Chesley Kelley advanced all the way to semi-finals […]
First Graders have been working on animal research projects. Teachers and librarian collaborated on a word art project called a “wordle” or “word cloud”. Students first typed a list of describing words about the animal in a Word document. Then, they copied and pasted their list into a “wordle” which allows the list to be formatted in […]
The Brook Hill softball team remained unbeaten in district play by edging Tyler Grace Community 8-2 on Thursday. Then the Lady Guard took on powerhouse Shreveport Evangel Christian in a non-district double header on Saturday. The Lady Guard were topped 10-6 in Game 1 before responding with a 9-3 victory in Game 2 to split […]