The Brook Hill Middle School Math Olympic Team advanced ten students to the Area round of the Math Olympics! This past Friday our students traveled to St. Paul Preparatory Academy in Arlington where we competed against 17 other schools. Our students received the following honors. 6th-grade: Tommy Hilliard – 1st Place in Computation, Tucker […]
Mrs. Dahn’s class celebrated being 100 days smarter by making books, doing 100 exercises, taking a 100 second spelling challenge and lots of math activities. Each student brought in 100 items that were grouped, measured and weighed. Atley Jones’s empty water balloon weighed the least, Camden Wilson’s Jolly Ranchers weighed the most, and Gretchen Ault’s crayons were […]
Mrs. Dahn’s first graders turned tens and ones into candy canes and wreaths as students discovered place value and regrouping. What a fun way to learn math and celebrate Christmas at the same time!
First grade is ready for some football! First graders borrowed the Brook Hill Guard’s teams’ jerseys today to tackle some math skills. We built the numbers with tens and ones, discovered if they were odd or even and practiced putting them in order. We even ran into Mr. Fletcher while practicing running for the end zone! Watch […]
Geometry lessons in Kindergarten include learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Students found 3 dimensional shapes at home to sort and share. From necklaces of spheres to Lego rectangular prisms, students learned about shapes from objects found at home.
Students in Mrs. Haugh’s Kindergarten class participated in St. Patrick’s Day learning activities. Graphing with Lucky Charms cereal was a fun way to apply mathematics skills. Mrs. Newsome and Mrs Haugh wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Library lesson included folktale stories from Ireland. Students followed leprechaun footprints to treasure.
Kindergarten recently combined a lesson about measurement with President’s Day. Students learned that Abraham Lincoln was 6’4″. Teachers measured each student next to a paper version of Mr. Lincoln and discovered that they had a lot of growing to do!
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Last spring, a gentleman stopped by the campus asking questions about Brook Hill alum, Kira Langsjoen, ’07. Come to find out, he was asking questions as part of his job researching Kira’s background in regards to her appropriateness for top secret government clearance. And, she […]
Thursday, February 6, marked the 100th day of school at the Brook Hill Lower School. Prekindergarten, kindergarten and first grade students and teachers celebrated the day with educational math activities. Kindergarten students wore capes covered with 100 things. Teachers even dressed for the occasion wearing capes or visors decorated with 100 items. Mrs. Bell pretended to […]
Brook Hill Lower School students Karissa, Kayla and Nate Dahn earned first place in their respective grade levels at the Mathnasium of Tyler “TriMathLon” completion. These Math Wiz Kids earned $100.00 for The Book Hill Lower School! The amount earned was based on the number of correct answers. We are so proud of Karissa, Kayla, and Nate.
Mr. Wayne Mahaffey’s Algebra 1 classes visited the American Freedom Museum today. Their objective? To discover the many options to create a real-life math problem in part to think mathmatically and in part to have a better understanding of our history! Students were assigned the task of creating three mathmatical problems from three different parts […]
From the Desk of Jan Hommel, Director of the American Freedom Museum. Over the past 12 months, the American Freedom Museum’s focus and programming has moved us in the direction of being defined and shaped as a “Teaching Museum”. You might wonder, what is a “Teaching Museum”? A “Teaching Museum” is a museum that aligns […]