Twenty-one students (7 Juniors and 14 Seniors) headed to Los Angeles for SPARC week 2015. Dee and Julie Hanks were the chaperones along with Ashlyn Kindberg, tour guide, and Bernard Davis, bus driver. Five warm and sunny days were spent visiting educational and entertaining venues. Day One: We landed at LAX early Sunday morning and […]
On Saturday the Guard Chorale competed in the TAPPS 4A State Vocal Contest at The University of Mary Hardin Baylor. The Ladies Choir and Men’s Choir both received Superior ratings for their performances. Also receiving Superior ratings for their solos were Brianna Young, Lauren Eden, Claire Dixon, Chipper Adams, and Taylor Armstrong. Receiving an Excellent rating for their solos were David Chambless and DanielChambless. […]
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: We do a lot of incredible things here at Brook Hill, but SPARC Week is one of my favorites. Spring Potential and Reality Course (SPARC) Week is a week of non-traditional, experiential courses offered during the spring semester at Brook Hill. The purpose of the week is to […]
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The young knight in shining armor stands high on a hill just outside of the glorious city. It is almost sunset, and it is here that he will meet the fire breathing monster that has been terrorizing locals for hundreds of years. The brave, confident warrior awaits […]
PreK students have been learning about farm and oviparous animals this week, and they got to learn about the life cycle of a chicken. But the biggest treat of all came on Friday when a parent from Mrs. Chesley’s PreK class brought a lamb, pig, goat, and calf for our students to see. Students from kindergarten, […]
A parent in Mrs. Bell’s PreK class manages Bonnie Farms Nursery and donated plants for this year’s PreK garden! Students had the opportunity to learn about plants, including vegetables and flowers, and then to even learn how to plant them. In the coming months students will learn about taking care of these plants and helping […]
Final donations can be dropped off at the POD by the cabin at the Upper School Campus by 5 pm on Tuesday, March 31. What can you donate? shoes in any condition, backpacks, pillows, scrap fabric, clothing, draperies, belts, or Anything with fabric. Donate your clothing and linens in any condition and they will be […]
After 3rd grade Spanish students studied the days of the week, they illustrated a book using not only the days, but also numbers and colors in Spanish. Each student then had the opportunity to read their book to PreK students. The 3rd grade students encouraged the PreK students to count the items on the pages […]
Prekindergarten students witnessed the hatching of several baby chicks. One even hatched during chapel and students excitedly counted one, two, three chicks when they returned to class. Mrs. Fritcher said, “We should name them A,B, and C!”
PreKindergarten students recently discovered that clean hands spread less germs than dirty hands! They experimented touching slices of bread with dirty hands and clean hands and then waited a few days to see what happened to the bread. The results are pictured below. We now know why we need to wash our hands!
First graders were able to complete a lab project thanks to fourth grade friends from Mrs. Ponce’s class. The task was to type a list of describing words using a Word document. Then the students copied and pasted the list to create a “word cloud” called a Wordle.
Many of us “hate to wait” and we saw first hand how a lack of patience can impact our lives during chapel on Wednesday. Mrs. Johnson’s 2nd grade class taught us through two skits and a song about the necessity of patience in our lives. We saw how Abraham, Joseph, and Moses needed patience to […]