Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Alder’s 7th Grade Humanities classes joined together for a Tall Texan Tuesday in the American Freedom Museum this past week to combine their knowledge of both history and English. Students were instructed to choose a Texas hero, event, or artifact within the museum and then read about it, answering a […]
4th Grade students put their creativity to the test this week! “Go Fizzy or Go Home” was just one of the campaign slogans that students came up with to advertise their juice creation in front of 4th and 5th-grade peers this week at lunch. Each group collaborated to creatively present a poster and “commercial” […]
Brook Hill is so excited to host Christian music artist, Austin French for this year’s Founder’s Day Celebration! In years past we have enjoyed speakers, concerts, and dinner evenings to celebrate our Founders. This year we’re thrilled to announce that we’re hosting a free concert for the whole community! Christian singer Austin French […]
Maps in hand and instructions to move around the museum in search of Middle Eastern countries, each 6th grader practiced their map reading skills in tandem with their studies on 9/11 this past week. After watching a historical documentary about the 9/11 attacks, students talked through which countries made up the Middle East and […]
Student Body President Cole Fitzgerald organized an assembly in honor of those lost on 9/11. Students, faculty, and administrators gathered on the Quad as a Brook Hill family Wednesday in order to pause and remember 9/11. Head football coach, Scott Ryle, who served in the United States Army, spoke and members of the Guard […]
JELLYBEANS, ICE CREAM CONES, AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WERE ALL A PART OF TODAY’S STEM ACTIVITIES IN KINDERGARTEN. Students wrapped up their week of learning with hands-on activities and exploration. Students have been studying the letters I, J and K this week so teachers used items like jellybeans to conduct a science experiment that looked at […]
WORDS HAVE THE POWER TO GIVE LIFE They also have the power to destroy. In Chapel this past Wednesday, John Sturrock walked students through a biblical response to gossip and challenged them to use their words in a way that fosters truth, honors the body of believers, and builds their community up rather than tearing […]
6th-grade computer science students visited the American Freedom Museum this week to explore the history of communication through a hands-on learning moment. Each student paired up with a classmate and had the opportunity to learn about how signs and flags have been used throughout history to communicate without using words. Students used flags to […]
Mr. Travis’ senior English class read through the classic American novel, “The Things They Carried” by author Tim O’Brien. In an effort to understand the context of what the platoon of American soldiers might have felt in the Vietnam war, the class took a trip to the American Freedom Museum where museum historian and […]
Each week students have the opportunity to gather with their peers to sing and learn through Chapel. Pausing to celebrate the goodness of Christ, and have conversations about character in this community setting are just a few of the many ways we strive to create a culture at Brook Hill. As students get into […]
HEADLINES: A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, ROD FLETCHER If you were involved in baseball in any way last spring in East Texas, you know that it was a frustrating season as far as the weather was concerned. IT WOULD NOT STOP RAINING! The Brook Hill Baseball Field was not exempt from […]
We’re excited to break ground on our new turf baseball field! New turf, a new baseball season and a new state of the art field were celebrated at Brook Hill this week. Brook Hill’s baseball team, Head Baseball Coach Jerry Courtney, Head of School Rod Fletcher, and Athletic Director Wally Dawkins gathered to break […]