We celebrated Valentine’s Day on Friday at the Lower School. Classes played games like Bingo and made valentine bags and other crafts. Students also shared valentines with one another and enjoyed delicious treats with their classmates and parents! We are so grateful for our awesome parents who came to our class parties to help decorate […]
Second grade has been busy the last three weeks researching great Americans in Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Brashier’s classes. To learn the research process, students have read biographies and researched online about one person that did something great in America’s history. This past week students have written their own research paper with the facts they […]
Our 4th grade students celebrated Valentine’s Day this week! Mrs. Ponce’ class made Valentine’s cards for nursing home patients. 4th graders from Mrs. Dawkins class got to have a great Valentine party thanks to some of our incredible moms!
This week kindergarten has been learning about measurement. As part of our study, we traced each student and they used their cut outs to measure themselves. We didn’t use the traditional tools to measure with, however. Instead, students used books, blocks, pencils and even Play-Doh cups. It was a great way to differentiate the way our students […]
Eleven eighth grade students participated in the District Science Fair held at Tyler Junior College on February 12, 2015. Brook Hill was well represented by these students at the fair. Students were treated to a planetarium show at the Earth and Space Center after the public viewing of the projects. Students will now participate in […]
8th grade physical science students have been studying and observing Newton’s Laws of Motion in lab. First, students made parachutes with different designs and masses to test the second law that says Force = Mass X Acceleration. Then, students had balloon races to test the third law by measuring the distance traveled and the time to […]
6th Graders in Mr. Roquemore’s Humanities class have been reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. As part of their review of the book, students performed skits over chapters they recently read. The skits are meant to reinforce the facts of the chapter and allow the students to express their learning in a creative way. Activities like […]
5th grade Spanish students got into the computer lab during class this week. Students completed a cross-curriculum assignment with their classroom George Washington Carver vocabulary and the Spanish language. Using Quizlet, students practiced the vocabulary words in Spanish and English on the computers. Students were also able to work more on their vocabulary words at home using the […]
The upper school U.S. History classes at Brook Hill have been studying the Spanish-American War through World War I. To better understand their period of study, they visited the American Freedom Museum on Tuesday morning. Students learned more about Teddy Roosevelt’s bugler who took a Spanish bullet to his buttocks, the horrific conditions of trench warfare […]
From the desk of Brian Nelson, Dean of Academics: February marks the beginning of scheduling planning for the 2015-2016 school year. As our office is meeting with students to select courses that best fit them, I want to offer a charge and encouragement to you as you begin thinking about next year. 5 Things to […]
Our PreK students started working on Valentine’s Day Cards to deliver to a nursing home in class this week. We were so blessed to have one of our BH grandmothers, “Juju” come to help our little ones make beautiful cards! Students wrote words like “Love” and “Happy Valentine’s Day”. Students even decorated their cards with […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor, It was an honor to accompany Brook Hill students ranked in the top 10 academically to Tyler Junior College this week as they were honored for their outstanding academic achievements. Sitting with them and watching and listening as they talked with TJC Administrators about the prestigious colleges […]