From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: I recently had this talk with our Middle School Boys Basketball Team. I would say the following applies to 100% of these student athletes, if not, then at least 99.5%. We meet in the middle of the gym each morning at 7:30 AM, and just prior to […]
Do you know which animals hibernate during the winter months? Just ask one of our kindergarten students. After researching, creating posters, presenting information to classmates, and even pretending to hibernate in a cave, students are quite the experts! Here are just a few examples of the interesting research projects.
Are you taller than an Emperor Penguin? Mrs. Dahn’s first graders found out that these penguins can reach 48 inches tall! Some of our first graders were in fact taller than an emperor penguin, but most were not! After comparing heights, students also tried to be penguins. We learned that God made them better suited for the cold, […]
We were blessed with a visit and a message from Viki Skinner, Children’s Minister from Lanes Chapel UMC, during Lower School chapel this week! In addition to our regular praise and worship, we sang the “Books of the Bible” by memory. After an amazing demonstration of how Jesus can make our cloudy hearts pure, Mrs. […]
The Northern Regional Swim Meet was held on Friday, Jan. 30. Brook Hill swimmer, Bailey Bickerstaff, placed third in the 100 Butterfly and placed fourth in the 200 Freestyle. This qualifies her to compete in the State Swim Meet on February 13 for the third year in a row! We are so proud of Bailey […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: Just an ordinary stick, that’s all it was. Moses used it for years for the daily task of tending his flock. Can’t get more ordinary than that! But God used that regular old stick in Moses’ hand to do mighty things. Maybe Moses picked it […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: I have a special request for prayer this week. Morgan Moss, a long time student at Brook Hill and a member of the Junior class this year, will be having significant surgery next Tuesday, February 10 in Dallas. Please join us in praying […]
Third grade Spanish students made bilingual Valentine cards for KVNE’s Valentines for Kids & Seniors Campaign. The Valentines will be given to children and seniors in local hospitals and nursing homes/assisted living centers for Valentine’s Day. What a great way for our students to not only practice their Spanish, but give back to our community! […]
Brook Hill second grader and beginning cellist, Kai Glenn (pictured), along with several other Brook Hill orchestra students, attended the East Texas Symphony Orchestra “Dueling Fiddles” concert on Saturday, January 17th at the UT Tyler Cowan Center. Brook Hill orchestra students got to hear ETSO Concertmaster, Mark Miller solo on violin classics and witness the fiddling and […]
7th grade Humanities visited the American Freedom Museum to continue their study of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas! Students worked as a group to answer questions, and enjoyed seeing real artifacts from the Texas Revolution in the exhibit.
This year our art students have been commissioned by The Historic Tyler to sketch this year’s selected historic Tyler homes for The Candlelight Tour and event. Students began working on their sketches of various historic homes in Tyler and will finish this next week! We are excited about this opportunity to share our abilities by […]
4th graders visited the Ross Perot Museum of Nature and Science on Thursday this week. Students had the opportunity to explore the mysteries of our world and interact with inventions. Our students particularly liked the dinosaur and the engineering sections where they got to see fossils and build robots and test a variety of machines. It […]