On Friday, Coach Bobby Brasher announced this year’s Football Classic at a luncheon sponsored by Cavender’s Boot City. We are excited that this year’s Classic will be bigger than ever as we have a school from California and another from Florida joining us at Herrington Stadium! Here are the details: On August 27th, 28th, and […]
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: Remember this quote: “Athletes aren’t made during the season; they are made during the off-season”. Truer words have not been spoken. To improve as an athlete, to become stronger, faster, quicker, more flexible, and increase stamina, an individual must find the time to actively engage in activities that […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Kirby Vinson, ’13, recently reflected on her time at Brook Hill and her words speak volumes about why and how Brook Hill makes a difference. Kirby left Brook Hill for Texas A&M after spending her middle and upper school years with us. […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: If your life is anything like mine you are running for extended periods of time at very high RPMs. It seems like it’s been like that since returning from Spring Break. We all have the finish line in sight and live with the admixture of stress […]
Our Lower School students had a very special chapel this week as our award-winning Cadet Singers lead students in song. The Cadet Singers performed a variety of songs in a variety of languages. This talented group of young people sang songs about our great God in French, Latin, and even Hebrew. What a blessing to […]
Art students have been learning how to paint digitally for the past couple weeks. Using Photoshop, our Mac Lab, and our Wacom pens and tablets, we’ve combined our creativity with technology to make some beautiful pieces!
Our choir and orchestra students serenaded us on Tuesday night for our annual Spring at the Brook. Our Middle School orchstra kicked off the evening, followed by our Upper School Choirs, and concluded by our Upper School orchestra. Students performed both classic and modern melodies, making for an entertaining evening!
7th grade Humanities is reviewing grammar concepts by diagramming sentences. Diagramming sentences require a strong understanding of various parts of speech as well as complex sentence structures. The students also enjoy trying to figure out the different patterns each sentence makes!
Mary Poppins made her debut on The Brook Hill Stage last weekend, and it was beautiful! This is surely a play you won’t want to miss, and because tickets were already sold out for Friday and Saturday’s showings, we’re doing a matinee show on Sunday, May 10th at 2pm. It’s also mother’s day, so bring […]
Grant Hanks signed to compete at the next level in both football and basketball today! Hanks will play for ETBU, but he will always bleed orange. Congratulate Grant on his exciting future! You can see some video interviews here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQGW8Ys8NgA?showinfo=0&w=560&h=315] You can read another story here: http://www.kltv.com/story/28987087/brook-hills-grant-hanks-to-play-two-sports-in-college
From the desk of Brian Nelson, Academic Dean: College preparation is vital to the success of our students, and at Brook Hill you can see this woven into all that we do. Adjusting to a collegiate class schedule has always been a large part of the academic transition for college freshmen. True preparation is what […]
6th graders are studying the solar system in science class. To help students understand how vastly different our planets are in size, students used Play-Doh to make models of each planet in proportion to their sizes. Students saw first hand how small Earth is compared to Jupiter. For the exercise, students started with 3 lbs of Play-Doh […]