Second graders at Brook Hill have created a personal Writer’s Notebook. Student were assigned with taking home a composition notebook and decorating the cover with pictures, stickers, words, quotes, or photographs that are special to them. These items will help spark writing ideas when they begin writing original stories. Students shared their notebooks with the […]
Geometry lessons in Kindergarten include learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Students found 3 dimensional shapes at home to sort and share. From necklaces of spheres to Lego rectangular prisms, students learned about shapes from objects found at home.
This is one way fifth grader Anna chose to serve others. She is helping the little ones at recess as they play Duck, Duck, Goose!
The theme for chapel this week was “Happiness Is Living For Jesus” – “God Wants to Shower Us With Blessings.” Mrs. Gibson’s 5th grade students put on quite the performance for our Lower School as students showed us that happiness isn’t in things, but in a relationship with Jesus Christ and serving him with our lives!
This weekend several of the boarding students traveled to the Collin Creek Mall in Plano. Each student with their own goals, some were the same, some were different, but the common denominator was to have fun. Collin Creek mall is the home of Amazing Jakes, and activity center with miniature golf, climbing walls, and numerous […]
In one of our college prep physics class we were doing a lab to explore projectile motion—figuring out how objects behave when they travel vertically and horizontally at the same time. We had two different types of projectiles (plastic and steel), and we were measuring the range of each projectile using our projectile launcher and […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Do you have a praise for answered prayer or a request for prayer you would like to share? Simply put the details in an email to me at [email protected] and I will gladly share it with our community. We certainly know the power of prayer […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Rogan Heim graduated Brook Hill in 2012. Since then, he has been a student of American History at the University of Texas, Tyler. It is Rogan’s belief that God is nudging him toward teaching American History, hopefully at his alma mater! Thus, he […]
The Art 2 students were invited to a tea party at Mrs. Cargile’s Art Studio. It is always inspiring to visit a working art studio to learn how artists work and organize their space. You can see firsthand the materials and art supplies they use and which brands of paint they prefer! Such an experience […]
Sixth graders did a rock cycle lab this week using different kinds of chocolate morsels to represent the various minerals in a rock. First, students weathered their rocks and then layered them in a piece of foil. They placed books on top to apply pressure like layering in the real world. Students then examined their “sedimentary rock.” Next, they […]
Jessica Mize taught real-life math to her 7th graders this week. The project involved showing 7th grade students how to create and work in Excel so that they could see first-hand the real numbers to leasing a car! Students chose their own car and compared it to a more economical choice Mrs. Mize offered. Questions […]
Dr. Stan Ward hosted a forum on beliefs and theories of beginnings for Mrs. Brunson’s biology students. Topics covered included biblical creation beliefs, evolution theories, cultural beliefs, intelligent design and irreducible complexity. It was a huge opportunity for us to integrate faith and learning in the classroom, discuss various viewpoints, and learn the theological consequences […]