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Feliz Navidad!

December 06, 2013

                 Lower School Spanish classes recently delivered canned and other food items to The Tyler Rescue Ministry.  The students collected 536 food items for the Rescue Ministry organization. Mrs. Partida organized the yearly food drive at Brook Hill Lower school and offered a prize to the class collecting the most items. Mrs. Savage’s class (below) won […]

Potatoes & Plays Coming Next Week!

December 05, 2013

From the desk of Glenn Ballard, Director of Fine Arts: On Friday and Saturday, December 13 and 14, the Middle School drama and choir students will present their seventh Annual One Act Play and Musical. This year the featured One Act Play, directed by Glenn Ballard, is titled “A Christmas Chaos” by Michael Wehrli. When […]

Congratulations to Math Wiz Kids!

December 05, 2013

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.

Remembering Ben Lauderdale

December 05, 2013

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family & Alumni Relations: Ben Lauderdale was an educator.  Though he retired from education at least 3 times over his lifetime, he was still an educator when he went to his Heavenly Home last week.  It was just who he was.  He taught in schools, taught others […]

Upper School Worship Chapel

December 05, 2013

From the desk of Dr. Stan Ward, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: Did you know we have a new chapel program for MS and US students this year? Chapel is now part of our daily Campus Life Block. On Wednesdays, students meet for chapel from 10:45-11:10 in the commons. On Wednesday, we hosted a […]

Holiday Shopping

November 22, 2013

This past weekend the boarding community went to Dallas for a shopping spree. One group of students went to the Galleria then to an Asian Market for food, while another group traveled to North Park. Students had a blast shopping and stocking up on their favorite cuisines.

The Lower School Scholastic Book Fair Was a Huge Success!

November 22, 2013

The “Reading Oasis” themed Scholastic Book Fair was a tremendous success thanks to the generous support of students, parents, faculty, Grandfriends, and some very special volunteers. Thank you Kara Helm for recruiting all the wonderful volunteers:  Ashley Harrison, Jennifer Clements, Stacey Gillespie, Holly Gunter, Diane Gibson, Toni Collins, Kelly Renaud, Ashley Durrett, Melissa Reynolds, Carrie Tonroy, Teri […]

We Love our Grandfriends at The The Brook Hill Lower School!

November 22, 2013

     Prekindergarten students were asked why they love their Grandfriends. “I love my grandfriends because they give me hugs and kisses”, “…they love me”, “…they give me cupcakes and cookies”, “…they play with me”, “… they have a toy chest!” For all these reasons and more, we really love our Grandfriends at The Brook Hill Lower […]

Thanksgiving Feast

November 22, 2013

Thursday night our boarding community along with some Brook Hill Faculty gathered for a family style Thanksgiving meal! Boarding parents helped to decorate and bake delicious goodies, while the kitchen staff labored to make turkey, dressing, stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and other Thanksgiving dishes. Our students were able to enjoy time together, […]

TAPPS Academic Meet

November 22, 2013

The Brook Hill Academic Team had the privilege in participating in our first Virtual Academic Meet with over 30 1A-5A public and private schools in the Texas area. Our team of 27 students tested in our very own Bell Library and competed in 10 different events falling under the categories of: Math, Science, Current Events, […]

RYLA Winners

November 22, 2013

Congratulations to Lindsay Wheeler and Gabe Lucio for being chosen as the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) winners from Brook Hill! All juniors were considered and faculty/staff nominated four girls and four boys to move on to the next round. These eight students (Samantha Anderson, Hope Cooper, Avery Langemeier, Lindsay Wheeler, Grant Hanks, Phillip Kitt, […]