From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: “Experience…is what you get…when you don’t get…what you wanted to get”. Coach Harry Fry told me that as a 9th Grade football player at St. Stephens High School in Hickory North Carolina. He was referring to the fact that I had not been selected as the starting […]
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: Like everyone, I am acquainted with trials and hardships. Through the years I have come to expect suffering as a necessary part of life in a fallen world. But I have also seen God use trials to transform me into more of the man he has called me […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: Once upon a time there lived several children between the ages of eleven and fourteen. They all went to school together in a quaint little East Texas town where not much really ever went wrong. They played together nicely, skipping to class and laughing at each […]
From the desk of Jordy Barksdale, Director of Campus Life & Ministry All of the middle school is invited to join us for the Fall Field Night on Tuesday, November 10th from 7:00-9:00 pm. This will take place on the football field. The Seniors will be running games and we will have hot chocolate and […]
The Rotary Club of Tyler recognizes one male and one female student from our senior class as part of their “Most Outstanding High School Senior Students” Program. Those selected and honored from Brook Hill this year were Morgan Moss and Chipper Adams. The selection of these “Most Outstanding Senior Students” is based on their achievements […]
We had a special guest on our campus this week! Jared Dickey graduated Brook Hill in 2012 and is now a US Marine. He recently finished boot camp and came home for a visit before he ships off to training. Jared spent time with his former teachers and even in some of our classes speaking with […]
From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Coordinator: Here at the Brook Hill School we are dedicated to teaching the whole student. As a part of this commitment, we offer a distinctive program designed to come alongside our students in their academic journey in order to help foster a sense of collective engagement between the […]
On Wednesday morning, November 4th, the members of the student council underwent a core values and mission statement design training with Mrs. Mize. As a final piece of completing her Master of Ethical Leadership, Mrs. Mize designed a training session for the members of the student council that taught them the importance of values-based decision […]
Technology and The Academic Office have teamed up once again to provide access for seniors to complete college and scholarship applications. During Senior Seminar recently seniors came to the Academic Suite to find laptops ready and accessible during class time. Last year seniors had to go to the computer lab to work but with the […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Has there ever been a time when you just could not get a song or a chant or a rap out of your brain? You found that it just kept coming back over and over again when there would be a slight moment that you weren’t thinking […]
On Sunday, November 1, 2015 Brook Hill Middle School students celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at the Tyler Museum of Art. Students participated in traditional Dia de los Muertos activities, had refreshments and viewed the work. This is the 6th year the Tyler Museum of Art has hosted the exhibit and nine […]
How do you keep student’s interested in exponents? Go to the museum and answer the ancient question: How many rats were in one of the trenches at the end of World War I? Mrs. McEuen brought her College Algebra classes to the museum to introduce the importance of exponents. After a brief introduction to WWI […]