From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: It’s that time of the school year where the new has begun to rub off, reality is starting to kick in, and everyone is realizing the level of work it requires. No worries; we mix it up at The Brook Hill School with lots of activities […]
Mrs. Wallace and her 8th grade science classes visited the American Freedom Museum this week for our “History Under A Microscope” tour and activity. We have discovered that students often learn a concept or are introduced to an evaluating tool during class, such as the Scientific Method, but they never learn how to recognize the […]
From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director & SPARC Coordinator: Although the back-to-school hype is switching into full-on school routine mode, we are still early enough in the semester to discuss beginning of the year tips and habits that will positively influence student performance. Just like the first step in building a house is […]
Kindergarten is learning how to graph. Last Friday, they used their tasting sense to decide which pickles they liked best before graphing the results.
We had an awesome time at the Warrior Bowl on Saturday as the USA took on Canada (and won 51-27). Check out all the fun we had at the tailgate party and the game!
Our Pre-K classes are learning the alphabet in correlation to the five senses God gave them. Last week, they had an octopus in class to point out what they could see, hear, touch, taste and smell. One student was especially overwhelmed with how cool her class visitor was. “I am so glad I came […]
In concordance to our Guard Charge, we were able to “Serve Others” by having two donation centers on campus for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Our Dean of Students, Bobby Brasher, took the supplies to Turning Point Church in Vidor this week to deliver them to victims and begin to help clean up. <iframe
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: I love conflict! Struggle! Pain! No, maybe I don’t. I am not sure. Well, I guess it depends on what exactly the conflict is. There are conflicts between husbands and wives, friends, siblings, teams, etc. You know. And if conflict is not addressed it becomes […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: Brook Hill student, John Dixon, was selected by The American Legion to attend Boys State this past summer. American Legion Boys State, founded in 1935, is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for U.S. high school students. It is a participatory program […]
Eighth graders are learning about the design method used in science. Students were challenged to build a barge out of a 20 X 20 cm piece of foil and 4 straws. The contest was to build the barge that would hold the most pennies before taking on water.
Our Class of 2018 led a combined Middle and Upper School chapel this week as many of them shared about different aspects of the Guard Charge and how they got to implement it on their senior trip last week. They also encouraged students younger than them to “Live Pure. Speak True. Right Wrong. Serve Others. […]
Join us at the Brook Hill School for a FREE movie showing of The Case for Christ on Sunday, September 10 at 3 p.m. in Founder’s Lecture Hall. The movie is a true story about our 2017 Founder’s Day Speaker, Lee Strobel, an investigative journalist – and avowed atheist – who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove […]