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Eighth grade counts stars instead of sheep

February 10, 2017

Eighth graders are busy making a Thinglink over their assigned stars. In the program, students can import a picture of their star and attach icons around the poster which have facts about their stars. This is a fun way to use technology to learn about stars. Students were discovering the color, temperature, mass and luminosity […]

Dining at Brook Hill

February 10, 2017

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: This is the second in a series of editorials on your child’s nutrition at Brook Hill. You might not know this, but Flik, our food services provider, features certain foods and super foods each month. Check out their post for the month: Viva La Classics! […]

Algae lab caused color changes

February 10, 2017

Pre AP Biology students used encapsulated algae beads to simultaneously study photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Algae beads were placed in a pH indicator solution sensitive to changes in CO2 concentrations. The beads were then exposed to either light or dark conditions. Over time the students observed shifts in pH as indicated by a color change […]

Middle School Spanish lessons take a different spin

February 10, 2017

Seventh and eighth grade students tried a new Spanish learning tool last week in class. The Señor Wooly website teaches Spanish through hilarious music videos designed for teens.  Jim Wooldridge AKA Señor Wooly created the fun, leveled curriculum to reinforce classroom language learning. The students started the program last week in class by watching a […]

JV Guard Basketball stepped up this season

February 10, 2017

The Brook Hill junior varsity’s record was 12-7 overall and 4-2 in district this year, beating every team in the district at least once. They finished the season with a bang, winning three straight games the last week against Gorman, McKinney Christian and All Saints. “Throughout the year, whether in practice or in a game, […]

Two teams of Brook Hill students placed at Regional Ethics Bowl

February 10, 2017

We had two teams compete in the 2017 Regional Ethics Bowl this year on the campus of UTTyler. The team of Ty OverBeek, Chesley Kelly, Saair Khawaja, and Nancy Nshuti came away with 4th place. The Team of Lauren Eden, Peyton Adams, and Diana Ramirez came away with 6th place. These students competed and represented […]

Fifth grade builds compound machines

February 10, 2017

Fifth graders had to imagine that they were mechanical engineers that just invented a new Compound Machine. They had to explain to others what their invention does, how it works, and why someone should use it.

Mrs. Figueroa’s class went to the American Freedom Museum

February 10, 2017

The 6th grade Humanities students are studying the Far East in History. They took a trip to the American Freedom Museum to explore the geography and major events from countries in Eastern and Southeastern Asia. Then they used the school’s Surface tablets to begin a major research project in which they are exploring a country […]

Dalmatians were not spotted in the 101 things brought to Mrs. Dahn’s class

February 10, 2017

First graders brought in 101 items to celebrate the one hundred and FIRST day of school on Monday. We counted, grouped and even measured and weighed our items. We had fun comparing our times. Cannon and Kolton had the longest items with their Popsicle sticks while Corr’s BBs were the shortest! Presley and Saundi’s stickers […]

Racial sensitivity discussed in chapel this week

February 10, 2017

On Wednesday we were honored to welcome a panel from Mentoring Alliance at our Middle and Upper School chapel to discuss racial sensitivity and how important our words are. The panel reiterated that we are all created equal and should be careful in what we say and how we act toward people because we are […]