Every morning our teacher assistants lovingly great our students with a hug and a smile even on rainy days! What a great way to start each new school day. Teacher assistants pictured below are Jodi Smith, Sonya Fox, and Brooke Overbeek.
As part of our study of ancient Greek history in Freshman Humanities we are reading the famous Greek epic, the Iliad. We believe it is important to understand where a culture comes from historically to really understand who they are in literature. The Greeks loved to display their heroic individualism and arête (courage, manliness, and excellence) […]
From the desk of Georgia Cameron, Technology Integration Specialist: This week, Brook Hill officially began implementing Moodle, with a pilot program for our 6th grade students. Moodle? What’s a Moodle? No, it’s not some strange new breed of dog, it’s Brook Hill’s newly launched online learning platform! By definition, Moodle is an online digital learning […]
6th grade students and their parents were busy this week learning how to Moodle! The launch of our Moodle Pilot brings a period of change for our 6th grade students. To ensure we are giving our students the help they need, they will be visiting the Computer Lab each day for 45 minutes over the […]
Eighth graders recently completed their science fair projects which they started back in October. Students worked either in groups or alone to come up with a problem that they wanted to test. Students wrote an experiment and then performed it and collected data. Lastly, they drew conclusions and presented those on a science fair board. […]
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: During the Spring Semester I have the opportunity to teach a course to the senior class called Senior Transitions. Senior Transitions provides students the opportunity to encounter, observe, and reflect on a variety of life skills necessary to successfully transition out of high school and into college. The […]
We are still working on matter in science at the Lower School! This week we started with liquids using our “hands on approach.” Students learned how to use a hand boiler and you may be wondering, how does it work? The heat of your body causes the air in the hand boiler to expand. As the air […]
Jake Anderson and Lindsay Wheeler were named Students of the Month by the Bullard Rotary Club! We are so proud of these two seniors and can’t wait to see what God has in store for them in the years to come! Congratulate these two on receiving this honor!
Kindergarten students got the finish off their week by making a yummy treat! Students were able to create and eat their very own homemade ice cream! The best part is that after mixing their ingredients, all students had to do was shake and shake and shake some more until it was ready! Want to know […]
Mark your calendars! Brook Hill is hosting Admissions Week during the first week of February and we need you to make this week special! Start wearing your BH gear around town and invite your friends and people you meet to some of these events: “All Orange, All Week” Admission Events Feb 2-7, 2015 Monday, Feb […]
From the desk of Krista Wallace, Director of Admissions: I am deeply thankful you have chosen Brook Hill for your family this year. This academic year, we have been blessed with our largest enrollment in history. Our goal this year was to reach 600 and we currently have 604 enrolled to date! Re-enrollment will begin […]
Sixth graders have been learning tons about volcanoes. As part of the unit, each student researched a specific volcano and designed a folder with the information they learned. During class, students placed folders on their desks in the science lab and students went for a Volcano Walk around the classroom recording different facts about the volcanoes […]