Author Sarah Wynn visited The Brook Hill Lower School to read her new book, The River Royals Master the Mississippi. Sarah is a former student of principal, Sandra Fritcher. Students enjoyed learning about the places and people made famous along the Mississippi. .
This SPARC group focused on finding our identity in Christ instead of what the world says we should do or how we should look. Each day had a different focus. Monday’s was poise, fashion, make-up, hair, etc…Guest speaker, Doug Conn, has spent his career in the modeling and pageant business, training young girls to be […]
Seventh grade parents: Thank you so much for providing Thursday’s Teacher Appreciation Breakfast. Melissa Kravitz did a great job organizing this event that the teachers appreciate so much! Here are a few words of appreciation. Breakfast was amazing!! What a great way to start the day….wonderful fruit….yummy breakfast burritos….quiche…..YOU ARE AMAZING PARENTS with AMAZING KIDS!!! […]
Brook Hill’s 2014 Junior-Senior Prom will be Saturday, April 26. Location: Lake Tyler Petroleum Club Tickets will go on sale beginning April 14. Tickets are $40 per person. This year’s theme: Masquerade. Non-Brook Hill guests must complete a permission form from Dr. Ward’s office in order to attend. They must also bring photo ID to […]
Twenty-four young men from Brook Hill experienced the week of a lifetime along with Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Rhoads. On Catalina Island at Campus by the Sea, an Intervarsity camp, this crew of 26 arrived by way of the Catalina Express on Monday, March 17th and began their adventure. The theme for the week was Mere […]
The Behind the Scenes SPARC group learned all about the many different avenues possible in the athletic/sporting industry after a player is done competing. After all, every athletic career comes to an end, so what is there for those who are passionate about athletics and the sporting industry when competing on the field […]
The Intention: This SPARC course was meant to be a fun time in the natural world to realize ourselves as God’s perfect creations…well, it only exceeded those expectations. Our journey to the Arkansas Ozarks was a trek that proved inner strength and beauty beyond our original plan—which is how God usually works. Each day […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: As we told you last week, we are now featuring a prayer element in our blog. We know prayer brought BH into existence and continues to sustain us. We have many members of our community who are praying people, and we have decided to […]
For the Fundamentals of Coaching SPARC we traveled to three colleges and got to meet with the respective coaches from each. First, we toured the facilities at Tyler Junior College and got to see some of the best Junior College athletic facilities in the country while also getting to visit with TJC women’s soccer […]
During SPARC 2014 a group of Brook Hill 8th grade students had the opportunity to see firsthand that America is a Christian nation founded on Biblical principles. The 17 students and 6 sponsors and chaperones were privileged to visit such places as Mt. Vernon, the Holocaust museum, and Ford’s Theater. Although they had to view […]
Hill Country Hiking began with a trip to the Waco Mammoth Site outside of Waco. Students were given a tour and taught about what scientists believe happened to the Columbian Mammoths whose fossil remains were found in that area. Afterward, students were given a chance to look for fossils in a bucket of […]
This week Brook Hill students expanded their horizons across East Texas, our nation, and the world. But our students didn’t just travel to new places, they gained new experiences. Students saw new things and learned new skills. They went hiking, fishing, and sightseeing, but they also created books, wrote stories, and captured memories – all the […]