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Lower School Thanksgiving Feasts

November 16, 2017

Our Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade classes feasted on Chick-fil-A nuggets and candy corn this week in honor of Thanksgiving day! Their parents got to come to their classes and eat with them as they performed songs and played games together.

Packaging fragile products for an affordable price in Macroeconomics

November 16, 2017

Macroeconomics students participated in Mrs. King’s Egg Day this week. This activity encouraged students to look at how businesses package their products from a logistical and economical view point. Students designed and developed packaging for fragile products and tested their design in a competition with their classmates. 

Physical and chemical changes in the form of GAK

November 16, 2017

Eighth graders have been studying physical and chemical changes and physical and chemical properties in science class. As a summative activity, students made GAK following a certain formula. During the experiment, students were watching for changes in matter as well as properties. Some groups were successful in making the product and some were not due […]

Middle School Choir Fall Concert

November 16, 2017

On Monday night, the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade choir students presented a Fall Concert for their parents and other guests. Beginning the concert were the students finishing up their rotation in choir, as part of the fine arts rotation schedule for all 6th graders. The students narrated and sang a program highlighting folk songs […]

Congratulations to Samantha!

November 16, 2017

We’d love to send a big congratulations to our one of our alumna, Samantha Anderson!   Here is the text from an article on southland.org – FRISCO, Texas – Central Arkansas’ junior Samantha Anderson is the 2017 Southland Conference Volleyball Player of the Year, the league announced Tuesday along with its all-conference teams. All Southland […]

Basketball season is upon us

November 16, 2017

These girls played a great game on Monday night against Longview Christian. They hustled and came together to play as a team. “We came out with a big win 14-6,” Coach Simmons said. “We will play in Murchison on November 16. I’m excited to see these girls grow this season!”

Middle School humanities classes are building newspapers

November 16, 2017

7th grade humanities is doing a Texas Revolutionary War project.  We just finished reading a book called The Boy in the Alamo, in which the story is based during this time frame.  So to bring the story to light, as well as, integrate technology, we decided to challenge the students to use their artistic side […]

School Tool Box

November 16, 2017

We are pleased to announce that if you were one of the 100 people who ordered school supplies from School Tool Box this summer, you helped provide a meal for 340 children for one year.  At the same time, you provided a collective gift to The Brook Hill Fund–$1,247.96.   Here’s the letter we received […]

Eighth grade science students make bouncy balls

November 16, 2017

As a culminating activity of physical and chemical changes in 8th grade science, students were given a chemical engineering challenge: make a bouncy ball that bounces the highest. First, students followed a set recipe that should have resulted in a working bouncy ball. Then students were challenged to alter the ratios in the recipe to […]

Congratulations to many of our Volleyball players

November 16, 2017

We are privileged to announce that several athletes were awarded accolades this season. These ladies worked hard and competed against some tough competition to earn these awards. First team All-District: Senior Maddie Anthony and Sophomore Katherine Mondrik Second team All-District: Senior Bailea Mapes, Junior Morgan Carpenter, Junior Madeline Reed, Freshman Mary Roberts Honorable Mention: Senior […]

Fourth graders learn about the Caddo Indians

November 15, 2017

Mrs. Ponce and Mrs. Dawkins’ fourth graders enjoyed learning more about the Caddo Indian culture from Dr. Burkett. This was a wonderful extension of our study about the different Indian tribes that lived and love live in Texas.

Our new 2017 Middle School Student Council hits the ground running with enthusiasm

November 15, 2017

From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: We finished the elections and raced off to retreat. It was one of the strongest campaigns I’ve seen since my position as principal began five years ago. Students were eager, creative with their promos and puns, and Johnny-on-the-spot with their deadlines. I knew we were looking […]