Each fall we look forward to introducing our youngest Brook Hill students to the American Freedom Museum! It’s always so much fun to see their wonder, their minds grasping something new. The museum is used by all of our students as a learning space and has been a pivotal part of our experiential education […]
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” This quote from Dr. Seuss captures the delight and goal of our mission to cultivate a love for learning through the lens of reading. One way we celebrate the importance of reading at […]
This week launched one of our favorite activities here at Brook Hill – Middle School Clubs! Because we believe that learning should be dynamic, and that character formation and FUN are key components to student growth; we invite our students to be a part of student clubs each semester. We host Friday clubs four […]
HEADLINES: A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, ROD FLETCHER Collaboration, vision, imagination, and creativity are all important parts of the educational process. That is why at Brook Hill, in addition to a core curriculum, we offer areas of study like coding, robotics, entrepreneurship, visual media, and fabrication, to name a few. […]
Students from Mrs. Lowe’s, Mrs. Batis’ and Mrs. Atteberry’s Lower School classes took the time to write letters to the brand new boarding students, here for their first year at Brook Hill. These 3rd-grade students have been working on these letters for weeks, collecting names, nations and birthdays of the boarding students, carefully crafting […]
Mrs. Jeske’s Physics class is studying magnetic fields. Last week students performed a lab where they could observe how magnetic fields work first hand. Students placed a magnet on paper and then spread tiny shreds of metal to show how the magnetic field worked. Check it all out here:
Third Graders recently selected a class president and vice-president. Candidates each made campaign promises. Candidate Luke’s platform consisted of several promises which according to teachers may not be able to be fulfilled but included: providing third grade with a chocolate fountain, unlimited recess, and allowing all student homework to be given to fellow third grader, […]
Second grade students of Mrs. Brashier and Mrs. Johnson recently conducted a mock election after reading the story, Duck for President by Doreen Cronin. Students made posters, campaign speeches, and filled out voter registration cards. The candidates running for president were Farmer Brown and Duck! The second graders voted with a secret ballot and tallied results. The […]
Mrs. Bickerstaff’s class created houses based on the book, My House in the Middle of Town, by Crystal Bowman. Written in rhyme, the author tells the story of a lonely grandma who lived in a dilapidated house. The kids in the town begin to clean up the yard and work on the house. The adults get involved in […]
During our Lower School chapel service, Mrs. Ponce’s fourth grade class recently performed the heartwarming musical, Donkey Tales, by Kathie Hill, and Melody Morris. The story took place on a Dude Ranch where there were no horses—only donkeys! The guests were surprised about this but soon learned about the role donkeys played in the Bible. They learned […]
Christmas bells were ringing in Mrs. Mize’s classroom on Wednesday and the tune was ruffled papers and the smell was ink and sale papers! Mrs. Mize’s classroom gave meaning to the chapter they just finished in 6th grade (Decimal Operations) by creating a budget for Christmas spending. Each student came up with their own dollar […]
Sixth grade density lab. Students tested 5 different liquids to determine how the liquids compared in their densities. Studying density helps students understand how scientists believe the earth’s layers have formed.