Our heart is for the nations and we loved having the opportunity to celebrate our boarding community in our annual Parade of Nations! It’s quickly become a favorite Brook Hill tradition and one that captures our desire to celebrate the exciting opportunity we have as a Brook Hill family to know each student who […]
The Lower School students participated in many special activities and events during Great Book Week. The culmininating activity was the “Great Book Week” character parade. The entire student body dressed up as a story or real life character. The variety of characters included Pete the Cat, Mice and Cookies from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Office […]
From the desk of Brian Nelson, Dean of Academics: The goal of the Academic Center for Excellence is to oversee the academic success of the students by providing a variety of services in order to empower them to be successful at Brook Hill and beyond. Since its opening in 2010, ACE has proven to be […]
Mrs. Dawkins’s fourth grade students created their own costumes and props for a reader’s theatre performance about the life of Christopher Columbus.
From the desk of Laurie Humphries, Director of Development: This past Monday night The Brook Hill School held its 6th Annual Founder’s Day. We had the privilege of honoring the original Board of Trustees along with hosting Christian Recording Artist, Michael W. Smith, as he performed live in concert. The evening began with a reception […]
Tuesday night Mr. Fletcher (Headmaster) and his family invited our boarding community into their home for an Ice Cream Social. Our students played games, socialized, and, of course, created and consumed their own ice cream creation. With activities, 3 flavors of ice cream, 7 toppings, and 65 students we had the recipe for an enjoyable evening.
This week, our second graders learned how John Chapman became known as Johnny Appleseed. In a literacy unit our second graders read many tall tales about Johnny Appleseed and saw how Johnny loved helping people and planting apple trees. We read about his dream of spreading apple orchards all across the western states. September 26 […]
From the desk of Jenna Winegeart: Myth #1: Private school lacks diversity. One of Brook Hill’s most distinctive features is our Boarding program—a program for 8th-12th grade students to join the community of Brook Hill from all areas of the globe. We started this school year with over 60 boarding students living on campus from […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads: What’s new at The Village? A whole lot, that’s what. New house, new parents, new bus, new countries, new faces. Our new girls’ house, with its customized suites for forty, its separate study, 40-locker food pantry and expansive common area, is just days away from its grand opening. Our […]