Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Powell’s prekindergarten students recently completed a community service project that “warmed the hearts” of Reunion Plaza residents. Students entertained the 60 residents by singing “Jesus Loves Me” and “This little Light of Mine”. Each adult also received a special homemade Valentine card from their little prekindergarten friend. This was truly a gift from the heart!
From the Desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: Who says a late start is a wasted day? Certainly not me after sweeping the hallways this morning at The Brook Hill Middle School! Students scurrying fast to class, there was a strong sense of excitement in the air! Teachers were in their places all ready to go with lessons […]
Brook Hill’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes hosted Luke Yarborough at this week’s meeting during the campus life block on Monday. He challenged students to consider how to establish their identities on their relationship with Christ rather than their athletic skills alone. Luke Yarborough is the youth pastor at Bethel Bible Church in Tyler. He has […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family & Alumni Relations: Lai-Yu (Kimberly) Wan came to Brook Hill from Taiwan during the summer of 2006 with very little English, and more gifted at art than as a student. During her years at Brook Hill, she sat up, took notice, and began to form a […]
Art students went to Dallas to visit International artist, Steve Ko, at his studio and gallery. Ko gave a live demonstration of an oil painting from a model and talked about the painting process when using oil. Ko shared many personal experiences about his work ethic as well as the rigor and discipline it takes […]
The Upper School Guard Chorale had a successful day at the TAPPS Region Vocal Meet on Thursday. Three ensembles ( mixed group of guys and girls and also two girls’ groups) received Superior ratings and will advance to the state meet in March. Also, ten soloists received Superior ratings and will also advance to the […]
These chemistry students were doing a lab called Stoichiometry and Gravimetric Analysis. The procedure they used is similar to one that could be used commercially to determine how much of a particular compound is present in a large amount of solution. The students combined aqueous sodium carbonate with aqueous calcium chloride. This reaction produces sodium […]
Freshman, Julia Ha, spent many hours preparing for her orchestra competition on the piano in the boarding house this week! So proud of her hard work and dedication – watch the video here: [wpvideo G6XpGbwu] All that work payed off as she and other students receive superior ratings! Four Small Ensemble performances by Varsity Orchestra […]
Miss Jeske’s Pre-AP physics class is building simple circuits with resistors and light bulbs to explore Ohm’s Law.
Mr. Bunger’s AP Chemistry class has been studying the kinetics of chemical reactions, which is the rate at which a reaction occurs. In the lab the students reacted calcium carbonate (limestone) with hydrochloric acid and measured the amount of carbon dioxide gas that was produced in order to estimate the rate of this reaction. The […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: Well, we are off and running and having a big time learning the seven habits that make teens effective! Habit #1- Be Proactive-Take Responsibility for your Life! In order to take responsibility for your life, you first have to understand and identify the habits of your […]
From the Desk of Dr. Stan Ward: Ah, the spring. In spite of the cold temperatures of January, we have technically entered the “spring” semester. For my senior students, it is a time of decision making: where to attend college, who to ask to the winter formal on February 15, etc. When students ask for […]