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A Day in the Library for Prekindergarten

February 03, 2016

Prekindergarten students are delightful people. They enjoy singing, dramatizing, listening to stories , asking questions, answering questions, and participating in any and all library activities. After dramatizing the story of The Three Little Pigs, students cut out story pictures and retold the story after sequencing the events.

Lighthouses in Art

November 07, 2014

The students in Mrs. Johnson’s and Mrs. Brashier’s second grade classes have been working very hard to create these beautiful watercolor paintings of lighthouses on the ocean. These paintings go along with the book that they have been reading in language arts called Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter. E. Hanson. The illustrator of the book […]

Fourth Grade Reading Pals

October 24, 2014

Mrs. Dawkin’s fourth graders  chose a book that they thought a kindergartener might enjoy.  Then students went to Mrs. Newman’s room where the teacher matched each 4th grader with a Kindergarten partner. The 4th grade students met their younger buddy and read the book.  Students plan to visit their new friends again next week to do another activity to prepare […]

Fourth Grade Novel Inspires Juicy-O Contest!

September 25, 2014

Inspired by the story, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume, fourth grade students recently held a juice contest to determine which flavor would be the favorite of Brook Hill third through fifth graders.  Students worked in teams to create  a new juice flavor. Each team made posters and presented commercials for their juice flavor concoctions […]

Great Book Week Parade

November 01, 2013

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 […]