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1st Grade Fall Festival

November 20, 2014

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.

Canned Food Drive

November 20, 2014

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 […]

1st Grade Donates Blanks, Gloves, and Hats for the Jesus Closet

November 20, 2014

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 […]

Economics Learns About the Origins of Money in the US

November 20, 2014

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 […]

National Honor Society Inducts 14 New Members

November 19, 2014

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 […]

A Kindergarten Thanksgiving

November 18, 2014

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 […]

Studying Plate Tectonics in 6th Grade

November 18, 2014

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 […]

Visit the Sir Readalot’s Castle Scholastic Book Fair!

November 14, 2014

A Knight in shining armor will greet shoppers at the Scholastic Book Fair! The book fair is open for shopping from November 17-November 21. Shop Monday from 8:00-5:00, Tuesday from 8:00-6:00, Wednesday 8:00-4:00 (closed during chapel), Thursday 8:00-4:00 and Friday 8:00-12:00. Sir Readalot promises that you will find an amazing variety of exceptional literature.

Calling all Middle School Students!

November 14, 2014

Visit the Scholastic Book Fair. We have middle school aged titles that you are sure to enjoy! Check out the books. Come shop with us after school, November 17-20.  Shop Monday from 8:00-5:00, Tuesday from 8:00-6:00, Wednesday 8:00-4:00 (closed during chapel), and Thursday 8:00-4:00 .

Raining in the Science Lab!

November 14, 2014

Mrs. Dahn’s first graders learned how to make rain in the science lab with Mrs. Brindley. How do you make rain? Just ask a first grader!

Prayer: Praises and Requests

November 14, 2014

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: As you may know, we have been supporting Brook Hill mom, Christi Wyatt Zimmerman, with prayer as she travels through her journey with ALS.  The desire of her heart has always been that the Lord be glorified through this journey, and He has provided […]