WHITEHOUSE — Brook Hill competed at the TASO tournament last week in Whitehouse, playing five games in three days. The Lady Guard finished with two wins, two losses and a tie. The Lady Guard captured wins over Athens (6-5) and Harmony (6-3) with losses against Van (6-4) and Brownsboro (11-2). Brook Hill capped it by battling […]
Students in Mr. Bunger’s Chemistry class are studying oxidation-reduction reactions. The reaction students studied in the lab this week involved potassium permanganate which has a deep purple color and another solution containing iron. The purple permanganate solution becomes colorless when it contacts the iron solution due to an oxidation-reduction reaction. One of the key indicators of […]
Juniors in Dr. Brunson’s AP Humanities class presented literary-critical analyses on their primary text of choice this week. Students use an element of fiction, such as “verbal irony or “huberis,” as an analytical device to closely scrutinize literary or philosophical classics. After writing their textual analyses, students present to the class and dialogue to learn more […]
From the desk of Sandra Fritcher, Lower School Principal: Do you remember your first grade teacher? Even though most kids go to PK and kindergarten, first grade is where you truly feel like a real school student. It is where you feel somewhat grown up because you don’t need your parents to walk you to […]
The Lower School Fine Arts Week is February 29th through March 3rd. We have planned several interesting programs for the students to celebrate the week. Monday, 2/29: The Upper School Theater Department and Orchestra will present a short program for Prek-5th grades. Tuesday, 3/1: Students in 3rd-5th grades will enjoy storyteller Mary Brook Casad who […]
Kindergarten students read Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss in class. The next great adventure happened when students came to the science lab to make their own Oobleck! Mrs. Brindley discussed the properties of matter and the students were excited to discover that an Oobleck was both a liquid and a solid! In fact, an Oobleck […]
Art 1 students are in the middle of their printmaking unit. Students are creating reduction prints with linoleum blocks. Tons of thought and effort go into this art form. First students develop an idea and draw an image. Next they transfer their drawing to a linoleum block and carve it with a carving tool called […]
6th grade Humanities students created Playbills for Jack London’s The Call of the Wild as part of their study of the book. Students analyzed characters and conducted an in-depth study of the protagonist’s character development. Students then focused on the changes in setting and how it influenced the novel’s plot. They created fantastic playbills, complete with […]
Dr. Candice Dennison from Bullard Family Dentistry visited our PreK and Kindergarten students this Friday to share with them about dental health. We learned about brushing our teeth, how to take care of our mouth, and the proper use and storage of our tooth brush. We even got to learn about flossing! It was a great […]
From the desk of Jordy Barksdale, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: Being in Middle School at Brook Hill is more than just going to class, making good grades and going to practices. Last night, our Middle School students got to compete in the 2016 Mega Riot, which puts each grade up against each other […]
Eighth graders are studying ocean currents. To understand how density drives currents students compared room temperature water, cold water, and salty water to see how they interact with one another.
Sixth graders are studying about planets in our solar system. To understand how they compare in sizes students made models using play doh. Each group started with 3lbs and followed steps to get the right ratio of each planet size. Jupiter was quite large compared to the tiny spec for Mercury!