Mrs. Dahn’s class celebrated being 100 days smarter by making books, doing 100 exercises, taking a 100 second spelling challenge and lots of math activities. Each student brought in 100 items that were grouped, measured and weighed. Atley Jones’s empty water balloon weighed the least, Camden Wilson’s Jolly Ranchers weighed the most, and Gretchen Ault’s crayons were […]
How Many Hundreds of Books Can be Found in the Lower School Library? Students and several adults including Travis Albea had fairly close estimates but no one guessed the correct answer of 67 hundreds, or to be exact, 6,732 books. The top four winners of the contest with the closest answers were Skylar Anthony, Mr.Travis Albea, […]
From the desk of Michelle Rozell, Upper School Principal: For the past 17 years, I have had to opportunity to teach and serve at The Brook Hill School. I can truly say that my life has been blessed and enriched by my time here. When you drive by our campus it’s clear to see that […]
To celebrate the 100th day of school, second grade created mystery bottles filled with 100 mysterious items. Each student came up with 3 clues about their mystery bottle. After hiding the bottle in a bag, students brought their project to school and participated in the Case of the Mystery 100th Day Bottle. Students presented their […]
Chemistry students are learning about limiting reactants both at home and in lab. Over last weekend they did a chocolate chip cookie recipe at home and considered how many cookies you could bake with an altered ingredients list–that is, which ingredient limited the number of cookies you could bake. In lab they performed a double-displacement […]
As an introduction to Romanticism, students in Mrs. Huggins Humanities class explored elements of poetry in music. During class, students listened to a variety of songs, discussed poetry terms, and then identified figurative language and sound devices within the lines of music. The class also discussed how they use and enjoy poetry every day in the […]
One of our favorite things about Brook Hill is advisory. Every week, faculty and staff meet with a small group of 7-10 students to get to know them and lead them into a closer walk with Christ. Many times, this relationship extends outside of school, and our Founder, Steve Dement, is a prime example. Last […]
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: Before I was a headmaster, I taught. When I was finishing up seminary I began working as a youth pastor, pursuing God’s call on my life to ministry. At first I loved it, but I found myself wishing I could connect with my students while they were at school. A […]
We are currently studying vertebrate diversity in biology. Frogs belong to the vertebrate class amphibian, so this species worked perfectly for our dissection lab. Dissection allows the student to explore the external and internal structures of a common vertebrate, identifying anatomy and seeing how what they’r learning in class looks in real life. This experience […]
Mrs. Bell’s PreK class had a teddy bear picnic on Friday to celebrate the end of the week! We had bear claws, berries, fish (gold fish) and bugs (raisins/cranberries). We also learned through an experiment about different bears and how polar bears have blubber to keep them warm, even in ice water.
Five Brook Hill Middle School students competed in the District Spelling Bee on Friday. BH representation included sixth graders Riley Hill and Katelynn Henics, seventh graders Rachel Berkley and Ruby Timmons, and eighth grader Ali Koenig. The students competed in a grade-level Bee followed by a Final Spelldown with the top four performers from each […]
Sixth graders attended the student day at the Gem and Mineral Show at the Rose Garden Center in Tyler. Students saw demonstrations of gold mining, faceting stones, cutting and polishing gems, and making jewelry. They even got to see rocks that glowed in the dark and an amazing display of rocks and minerals that look […]