From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: It was the end of May 2008. I was facing one of the toughest decisions of my life. Or so it seemed. I had just concluded 30 years of teaching and coaching in public schools in Texas. The last 21 years at Whitehouse where I served as […]
Visit the Brook Hill Lower School Book Fair, March 2-4 from 8:00-4:00 with late shopping hours on Tuesday, 3/3 until 5:00 pm. This year parents are invited to eat lunch and learn about a computer web-based program writing program where they can work with their child to make a book. This is one fun way to […]
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: Last week I wrote that one of the main things that makes Brook Hill distinct is that we are both Christ-centered and college preparatory – something that many Christian schools don’t balance very well. Another balancing act that schools often get wrong is the balance between having teachers […]
In their regular classroom, costumed 3rd grade students were celebrating Magellan Day, but in Spanish class they were saying Bible verses in Spanish! What an awesome way to learn another language while also learning about our Lord and Savior at the same time! [wpvideo 1JAyhdOE] 5th grade Spanish students conjugated verbs this week. It may […]
As part of differentiating their learning, Calculus students have been giving class presentations the last two weeks. Topics ranged from differentiation and integration of exponential functions to inverse functions, bases other than “e” and applications, and even differentiation and integration of inverse trig functions. That’s a mouthful isn’t it? Not for our calculus students! They […]
Brook Hill musicians, Mimi Jackson, Hannah Windsor, Jackson Fath, Taylor Kennedy & Matthew Kimball were thrilled and honored to serenade Daddy/Daughter couples at the Rose Heights King & Princess Ball held on Saturday, February 14th. The ensemble played romantic and warm string music while the couples danced in the balloon castle and were served royal […]
8th graders traveled to Kilgore College to participate in the regional science fair. During the time that judges were evaluating the projects, students were treated to lots of interactive science labs such as chromatography, polymer making and flame tests of different chemicals. When it came time for awards, the day got even better! Paintball Ballistics […]
We read Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss in Kindergarten this week. As an activity to go along with the story, Mrs. Haugh’s students guessed what they were going to have for a snack while they read the story. Students guessed cheese and noodles but we ended up having blue goo (blue jello) and pink ink […]
Third graders just finished reading the book Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? They went on the long journey as sailors on his ship The Trinidad. Using their sailor names, students kept a journal along the way. They found out many interesting facts about his life. For instance, Did you know he found El Paso or the […]
For the first time since 2002, Texas’s high court heard oral arguments here in Tyler on Thursday and invited the public to attend. Eight upper school students attended the Texas Supreme Court session. Mr. Ballard and Ms. Adams accompanied Mr. Ballard’s debate students and several students interested in studying law. The students heard excellent lawyers […]
Sixth graders had fun completing a weather rotation lab this week. The four mini labs included making a cloud model with cotton balls, observing and recording the weather using weather instruments, making a pet tornado in a jar and tornado tubes in two liter bottles, and then finding the dew point in a metal can. […]
Kent Travis, Chair of our Humanities Department, visited our 8th grade classes this week to help our students become better writers. Students have been learning how to write essays, and Mr. Travis did a presentation specifically on how to write body paragraphs. Students were enthralled by the lesson and will now begin the process of using […]