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Middle School Clubs in Full Swing!

January 16, 2015

Middle School clubs have started up! Our students are excited to have this opportunity to connect with faculty, high school students, and explore their interests! Here are a few pictures from strategy club and cooking club. We also have a Coding Club, Glee Club, Writer’s Block, Book Club, Pressbox Club, and Drawing Club.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Computer Lab Research

January 16, 2015

We are so thankful for the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream that people would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character! We had a number of activities celebrating the life and dream of Dr. King this past week. For one of […]

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

January 16, 2015

At the conclusion of their study of winter, Mrs Newman’s class read the book, Snow Balls, by Lois Ehlert.  In this book, there is a snow dad, snow mom, brother, sister, cat, and dog.  The students chose the snow ‘thing’ they wanted to make.  We also made a snowman snack.

Prayer – Praises and Requests

January 16, 2015

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: I’m so grateful to start this new year with praises and gratitude for prayers answered.  All of our students are safely back in the fold after a wonderful break and students scattered all over the globe!  Our Louie Lou who had emergency surgery […]

Alum Encouragement

January 16, 2015

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: On Monday, January 5, Tyler Baker, ’11 returned to Brook Hill to share with the Middle and Upper School faculty during Staff Development.  Tyler graduated from Washington State in December with a Bachelors Degree in Marketing.  However, he is staying at Washington for […]

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

January 16, 2015

Prekindergarten and Kindergarten students participated in a relay race to put on clothes they might have to wear in the snow if it ever snowed in East Texas. This activity was a reading response to the story, The Jacket I Wear in the Snow.

Praise and Worship at the Lower School

January 16, 2015

Music teacher, Kevin Pierce, led chapel service at the Lower School. Praising the Lord  in song and hearing the story of Daniel made for a worshipful and meaningful chapel.

Bridging the Math

January 15, 2015

On Tuesday in Mrs. Mize’s 7th grade math class, drawing, algebra, and computer-based research all came together. Students are wrapping up a unit on Ratios, Proportions, and Probability and Mrs. Mize chose a project that would bring a real life application to the classroom in the form of bridges. Students used the computer lab to […]

Silver and Stoichiometry in Chemistry

January 15, 2015

We have reached a milestone in our study of chemistry this year, stoichiometry. That’s a five dollar word for measuring the amounts of elements in a chemical reaction. The abstract became real in the laboratory this week as we observed the growth a silver crystals on a copper wire. Using some fancy calculations we were […]

Troubling Times

January 15, 2015

From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The recent events in Paris, France are disturbing. Innocent people killed and for what reason? Oh I remember, they expressed freedom of speech…and three of them just happened to be policemen.  Oh I remember now!  It was because four of them were Jewish and in a market… […]

Sound Waves in Physics

January 15, 2015

In this a physics lab this week, students explored the properties of sound, particularly how the frequency of sound affects the way we hear it. They first used a microphone to record the sounds of two different tuning forks and measured the frequencies of the sound from their data. Students found that a higher frequency makes a higher […]

College Acceptances Are Coming In. How Will Our Seniors Decide?

January 15, 2015

The senior class at Brook Hill ( and their proud parents and Brook Hill family) are happy happy happy! Admissions decisions and scholarship offers are coming in, showing this outstanding group of almost graduates that their hard work and commitment really do pay off. In the life of a high school student it is sometimes […]