Last week we shared about Mrs. Mattay’s 7th graders studying immigration. This week, Mrs. Figueroa’s students participated in a similar simulation, but focusing on Texas instead of the United States as a whole. Students participated in an exciting simulation in which they assumed various political roles that required them to make life-impacting and world-changing decisions about […]
It was Hibernation Day at the Lower School today! Kindergarten students made presentations to their classes about all kinds of animals, especially ones that hibernate! Students shared with one another why hibernation is so important and how it helps animals survive in the wild! Plus, who doesn’t want to wear PJ’s to school? […]
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: The “three pillars” of the Brook Hill mission are Education, Potential, and Christ-like Character. We believe that a school can prepare students to thrive academically while also preparing their heart spiritually. This is unique. Christian schools typically don’t balance this objective very well. Many schools don’t even attempt […]
From the desk of Glenn Ballard, Fine Arts Director: At the Brook Hill School, the visual arts are soaring to new heights. Not only are students learning from an award-winning, AP Certified art teacher; and not only are they growing in every facet of the visual arts from drawing to painting to sculpting to photography; […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: The Boarding Students had another jam packed weekend! You won’t believe all that we fit into three days. Here is what the students could have done last weekend. On Friday night students had three options: 1) they could have gone to Fresh with Mrs. Albea, […]
Every week during chapel, students and staff sing during the praise and worship portion of chapel. But, why do we sing? This is the question that Mr. Pierce, our Lower School music teacher, answered during chapel service. He explained that the Bible answers this question in scripture. Psalms 98:4 tells us to shout joyfully to the […]
Brook Hill started slowly Tuesday against Frisco Legacy Christian and spent the remainder of the game trying to catch up to the visiting Eagles before ultimately succumbing 65-61 in their game at Herrington Gym. The Guard pulled to within one point, 46-45, on a 3-pointer from Parker Galbraith with three seconds remaining, but Legacy Christian […]
6th grade is learning about the layers of the earth in science. To demonstrate their understanding, students made 3D models showing each layer in the correct proportion and a fact about each layer. Models ranged from cake to Rice Krispies to clay and beads. Creativity was flowing in Ornelas room 105!
As a part of their study of botany and taxonomy, pre-AP biology students dissected flowers and beans to observe the external and internal structures during a lab. Students then used this knowledge to determine which reproductive structures are represented in fruits and beans. Additional activities in the lab involved explaining the flow of fluids in xylem […]
In this lab our AP Physics 1 students explored simple harmonic motion. By hanging a mass on a spring, each lab group was able to produce predictable up and down motion—in other words, simple harmonic motion. The students then positioned a motion detector under each spring-mass system and recorded the position and velocity of the […]
Chemistry students in Mr. Bunger’s class are beginning a new unit. Students are learning about how electrons are arranged in atoms of different elements, the different energy levels the electrons are on, and how all of that affects the size of atoms and the way they react with other elements. Mr. Bunger introduced the new […]
Spanish 1 students practiced their oral Spanish skills this week using Brook Hill’s new Surface tablets. The students have been reading a Spanish novel in class and they recorded an oral summary of the novel in Spanish. Using the tablets allowed to students to record, listen to their summary and then rerecord again to finalize […]