From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Paige Wells, ’09, graduated Texas Tech in May of 2012 with her Bachelors Degree of Arts in Psychology, with an English/Literature minor and did it in only 3 years!. She then held an internship position during that summer in The U.S. House of Representative Office of […]
Hello, Dolly! was first produced on Broadway in 1964. It won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Since that time it has enjoyed three Broadway revivals becoming one of the most enduring musical hits of all time. There was also a 1969 film that starred Barbra Streisand in the title role and Walter Matthau as […]
The second grade “Hoedown” was the culminating event to the second grade study of Texas. Students showed off their dancing skills along with listening skills, following directions, and left and right directionality. By the end of the program, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Brashier even had those parents dancing!
Ms. Jeske’s Physics class is learning about light and optics. In this lab, students are exploring the how converging and diverging lenses bend light. Each lens bends light either toward or away from a focal point. By tracing three light rays, they were able to predict how the image of an object would be distorted depending […]
Fifth grade Spanish students honored a family member by writing a paragraph totally in Spanish about them. The paragraph included the person’s occupation, their relationship to the student, clothes they might wear to work, and things they liked about the family member. Fifth graders also brought pictures from home of their person to display with each paragraph.
During chapel service at The Brook Hill Lower School, first graders presented the Easter musical, Happy Day ! by Luke Gambill, Rhonda Frazier, and David Ebensberger. There were pledge leaders, speaking roles and vocal soloists: Gabbie Williams, Emma Davis, Gracie Smith (“10,000 Reasons”) and Gracie Trawick and Braxton Durrett (“Glorious is the Day”). Students sang […]
During the SPARC 2014 Community Service course, the students experienced the joys of working with their hands in order to touch the hearts of others. Each day the group was able to participate in a different service project at a new location. On the first day, we sorted clothing and cooked meals at the East […]
Choir: The Brook Hill Guard Chorale competed at the TAPPS State Vocal Meet on Friday at The University of Mary Hardin Baylor. The choir received Superior ratings on all 4 ensembles, as well as on their sight-reading event, which earned them the Sweepstakes award. This is when a choir receives a Superior rating for both […]
To be short, the goal for Strategy Games was to strengthen the mind and promote it as one’s greatest asset. While there were many physical activities that were done over the week (i.e. Ultimate Frisbee, Building, Rock Climbing, and Self Defense class at the local Dojo), which require physical skill, it was the “thinking things […]
During SPARC week students learned how to use their digital cameras. Students explored the various ways their cameras can manipulate and control light and how to get the right settings for various kinds of environments and situations. But students did more that take photos. They learned to tell stories, the fundamentals of journalism, and how […]
Ten young men along with Mr. Dement travelled to the Shenandoah Valley last week for a study in courage, character and leadership. Side trips included a day in snowy Washington, D.C., where the group attended a play at Ford’s Theater, an examination of the battlefields at Gettysburg and Bull Run, and a tour of Thomas […]
Students in Handmade Scrapbooking communicated their stories by organizing a meaningful presentation of pictures and memorabilia. Each student chose a theme, learned how to design scrapbook pages, shared their designs with each other, and then revised their designs as needed. This was accomplished through formal lectures, “hands-on” demonstrations and modeling, and individualized instruction. The girls […]