HEADLINES: A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, ROD FLETCHER It’s happening!! The state-of-the-art baseball field renovation is nearing completion. In just two months, Brook Hill will be equipped with an incredible baseball facility which will include Astoturf’s top-of-the-line RootZone RBI Turf, two double lane bullpens, new R panel outfield fencing complete with […]
Play is the work of childhood. On Thursday, our pre-k students did just that when they visited Moore Farms! After learning about pumpkins this week, students were able to experience the life cycle of farming first-hand. The best part is, our parents were able to join for the fun! We went on a hayride, […]
Students have been memorizing lines, building the set, and working hard to capture the art of traditional Japanese Kabuki theatre in their upcoming One Act Play, “The Three Swine of Most Small Stature”. The play, by Lewy Olfson, is a variation of the well-known “Three Little Pigs” story retold in the style of traditional […]
This space is more than another great asset to the Brook Hill educational experience, this new space, and the resources available to students are a marker of forward progress and an exciting future! This past week we cut the ribbon and announced the official open of the Graves Family Center for Innovation and Graves […]
Dr. Mettetal presented a picture book depicting the installation and completion of the water well that Brook Hill students raised over $8,500 to have installed in Ethiopia. Partnering with Hope Springs in this has been a continued reminder of the world beyond our immediate Brook Hill community here in Bullard and reinforces our desire […]
Kelly King’s Economics class took a moment to step outside the classroom and into our American Freedom Museum for a hands-on exploration of economics through the lens of history. History touches every bit of our lives in some way or another. And for math, or rather for economics, it’s no different. What better way […]
It’s one of the highlights of our year at The Brook Hill Lower School, Community Helpers Day! Our students have been learning about what community looks like and as a part of that conversation, we had the honor of hosting local “Community Helpers” at the Lower School today for our pre-k and kindergarten classes […]
This week launched one of our favorite activities here at Brook Hill – Middle School Clubs! Because we believe that learning should be dynamic, and that character formation and FUN are key components to student growth; we invite our students to be a part of student clubs each semester. We host Friday clubs four […]
Brook Hill 2017 graduate Lauren Eden, had the incredible opportunity to intern with Young Life this past summer in Central Eastern Europe. Her internship included setting up and running youth camps in several countries for middle school and high school students. She had the opportunity to travel to seven different countries during her eight […]
HEADLINES: A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, ROD FLETCHER Collaboration, vision, imagination, and creativity are all important parts of the educational process. That is why at Brook Hill, in addition to a core curriculum, we offer areas of study like coding, robotics, entrepreneurship, visual media, and fabrication, to name a few. […]
FROM THE DESK OF Pollianne Smith, Director of Academics Student preparedness for the ACT and SAT exams is a responsibility we take very seriously at Brook Hill. We recognize how important this milestone is for families as well. It is our goal to continually provide students and parents with information, guidance, and support. In […]
Students from Mrs. Lowe’s, Mrs. Batis’ and Mrs. Atteberry’s Lower School classes took the time to write letters to the brand new boarding students, here for their first year at Brook Hill. These 3rd-grade students have been working on these letters for weeks, collecting names, nations and birthdays of the boarding students, carefully crafting […]