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Save The Date for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!

December 04, 2015

The Brook Hill Lower School will Present “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”, based on the book by Barbara Robinson, Tuesday, December 15 at 6:30 pm. We are busy with rehearsals and are very excited about sharing this delightful story! This story is about the Herdmans and what happened when they took over the church Christmas […]

Spirit Night: Three Z Azian Cuisine

December 04, 2015

Tuesday, December 8th ALL DAY (11:00am-9:00pm) Dine in or Take out Plan a business lunch or enjoy dinner with the family Check out the GREAT reviews here! Mention Brook Hill to your server on Tuesday, December 8th, and Three Z Azian Cuizine will donate 10% of your ticket back to The Brook Hill School. 5201 […]

Brook Hill Moms Ornament Exchange

December 04, 2015

We had an awesome time at the ornament exchange this morning! We had a beautiful spread of food provided by Fresh. Moms mingled, enjoyed a devotion lead by Heather Fletcher, and then played an ornament exchange game. It is special anytime moms can get together, and this event was not exception! Thanks to everyone who […]

Book Fair was a Huge Success!

December 04, 2015

Thank you to everyone who helped us with the Book Fair, it was a huge success! This literacy event will help us buy $2,500 for books and materials for our Lower School Library. The book fair was made possible with support from Mrs. Fritcher, Tammy Stephenson, our many volunteers (over 20), and our wonderful teachers who published […]

Magnesium Lab

December 04, 2015

Mr. Bunger’s chemistry students have been learning how to calculate the formula of a compound from data generated during a lab experiment. Students got some hands-on experience by burning magnesium in the lab to produce magnesium oxide. Careful mass measurements by the students produced lab data that was then used to calculate the formula of magnesium oxide. This lab […]

Potatoes & Plays

December 04, 2015

ANNOUNCING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL POTATOES AND PLAYS IN LAUDERDALE COMMONS On Friday and Saturday night, December 11 and 12, the Middle School drama and choir students will present their eighth Annual One Act Play and Musical. This year there are two featured One Act Plays, directed by Glenn Ballard. The first  play showcases our 7th […]

Simple Machines in 6th Science

December 04, 2015

6th grade science students are exploring with two simple machines.  Experiments were performed with inclined planes and two kinds of pulleys – a fixed pulley and a movable pulley.  They discovered how much less work they had to do while using an inclined plane to lift a load and how pulleys help them do work […]

College Prep – Lessons learned

December 04, 2015

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: I recently had a visit with Jake Anderson, ’15.  Jake is now attending the University  of Alabama and says, “Roll Tide”!  When reviewing all Jake had to say about the impact his time at Brook Hill had on his life, I was struck by how […]

Lower School Science

December 04, 2015

Students in Lower School science have been busy learning and experimenting in class. Our students can truly say that they receive instruction that is truly experiential! 2nd graders have been exploring light and color while 5th graders have been hard at work using the scientific method. Students recently discovered that prisms separate out light on the visible spectrum and […]

Remembering Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy”

December 04, 2015

From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: At 7:55 a.m. on December 7, 1941, a Japanese dive bomber appeared out of the clouds above the U.S naval base at Oahu Island’s Pearl Harbor. A swarm of 360 warplanes, launched from six aircraft carriers, followed and began a fierce attack on the base […]

We Would Love Your Feedback

December 04, 2015

From the desk of Tony Welty, Director of Finance & Operations: One of the great features of our new relationship with Flik Independent Dining Services is the existence of a Customer Feedback Survey built into Brook Hill’s website. The survey can be accessed by either going directly to http://myschooldining.com/brookhill or clicking on the ‘Parents & […]

Testing Newton’s Laws of Motion

December 04, 2015

8th grade was tested Newton’s Laws of Motion in a film canister lab this week.  First, students used different sizes of tablets to launch canisters using the same amount of water.  Then, students changed the mass of the canisters by adding different coins to the bottom.  The canisters were laid on the ground and students observed the […]