From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: Brook Hill enjoys the distinct pleasure of having alumni scattered around the planet. This photo was taken in Seoul Korea earlier in November when I was there visiting our Korean families, agencies, prospective students and alumni. Pictured here, from left to right, are Han Jun […]
Fourth grade students helped PreK Spanish students draw pictures of themselves to be used with the Spanish lesson about feelings. Many were feliz (happy), but some were triste (sad), enfermo (sick), or enojado (mad). When chapel ran over a bit, Mrs. Ponce’s 4th graders noticed that Mr. Gonzales was having to pick up the chairs […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Hunter Shattuck graduated from Brook Hill in May of 2013. He headed to McLennan Community College on a golf scholarship and there continued his winning ways. We received great news this week! Baylor University has hired a new golf coach, Mike McGraw. Coach […]
Born in Virginia, Sam Houston became a lawyer, congressman and senator in Tennessee. After moving to Texas in 1832, he joined the growing conflict between U.S. settlers and the Mexican government and became commander of the local army. On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at […]
On Wednesday, after school, Middle School students competed in our annual Spelling Bee! The top five finishers in the Spelling Bee were: Ruby Timmons(5th place), Alexandra Koenig (4th) Rachel Berkeley (3rd), Riley Hill (2nd), Katelynn Henics (1st). Congratulate these students for their skill in spelling!
1st grade students celebrated Fall on Thursday afternoon with a variety of activities. Students sang and performed skits for their parents and then made all kinds of Fall crafts like Thanksgiving pumpkins, woven placemats, and hand-drawn turkeys! Parents enjoyed activities with their child, and students enjoyed doing so many interactive activities with one another.
By the end of Wednesday, November 19, lower campus Spanish students had brought in 1050 cans for the Tyler Rescue Ministry. The ministry helps families in crisis in the East Texas area. Mr. Maurice Barnes is the leader of the organization. He and Mrs. Partida, the Spanish teacher, attended East Texas Baptist College at the […]
For their service project this year, 1st graders collected blankets, scarves and gloves for the Jesus Closet, a ministry associated with Church Under the Bridge. A few students will be delivering these items soon! In total, students collected: 70 plus blankets 98 pairs of gloves 73 hats We are so proud of these students and their […]
In 1781, Robert Morris, the Financier of the Revolution, gave General Washington $50,000 to pay his soldiers at Valley Forge. What do you think is the equivalent today? Would you be surprised to know that it would be $1,130,000.00 in today’s dollars? Mr. Roark’s 12th grade Economics classes visited the Museum last week for our […]
On Wednesday morning, we inducted 14 new students into the National Honor Society! Congratulate (Back, Left to Right) Markus Ma, Kyle Webb, Alec Kitt, Jacob Yeager, Alex Ellis, Yiling Cao, Julia Troxell; (Front, Left to Right) Monica Liang, Zeyu Li, Alexandra Ferris, Elim Oluwole, Favour Diokpo, Cynthia Cherng; Raegan Hayes not pictured. What an amazing accomplishment […]
Over the past week, kindergarten students have learned about Thanksgiving and why we celebrate the holiday. Part of our curriculum includes an opportunity for our students to eat a thanksgiving meal with their parents and classmates! We had the privilege of doing just that on Monday and Tuesday! Mrs. Newman recorded some of her students responses […]
Plate tectonics is easier to understand if you build cities on top of Playdoh and place it on wooden boards. When students do this, they can observe the different kinds of plate movements and record the damage. After studying about divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries, 6th graders did just that in science lab. Most […]