Among other weekend opportunities, many of our boarding students enjoyed a beautiful day at the Tyler Caldwell Zoo! Mr. and Mrs. Longenecker led the outing, allowing boarding students to enjoy seeing some animals from their home countries and also get acquainted with other wildlife they had not seen before. Everyone paused mid-day to get […]
The Boarding Community is off and running. we had a great Welcome Week to kick off the new school year. Brand new students began arriving Thursday, August 8th and were taken through a number of orientation sessions and activities to get them Brook Hill ready (pictured). They were followed by returning students on Saturday the […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Meet our Res Life Student Council for the 2019-2020 school year! These students will meet together with Mr. and Mrs. Dulany to discuss Res Life events, activities and entertainment. They will greatly impact the morale and spirit of the Boarding Community with the ideas and […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: As always, this will be a spectacular event with our boarding students showcasing their home country. They will be eager to tell you about their culture, customs and country with many dressed in traditional attire from their homeland. You will be able to sample delicious […]
I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with loving kindness. Jeremiah 31:3 Some of our Brook Hill boarding students wrote this verse and many others in the over one hundred Valentines that they handmade and delivered to residents of The Heights nursing care facility. They enjoyed wishing the residents Happy […]
…and the boarding students were there to be a part of it. This past Saturday night a group of boarding students traveled to Dallas to cheer on the Mavs and watch the moves of James Harden as they battled the Rockets for a real nail biter in the American Airlines Center. For some this was […]
From Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Perhaps you’ve received a phone call similar to the title of this blog. I know at least some of you have because I have received phone calls from parents relaying the message back to me. Whenever I get those calls I always scratch my bald head, while looking […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: A great time was had by one and all at this past Saturday’s Oktoberfest as a taste of Europe came to the Brook Hill Village. Staff and students enjoyed bratwurst, soft pretzels, and apple strudel as well as hayrides, pumpkin carving, House competitions and live […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Res Life: There are constantly lots of fun things happening amongst the Boarding Students, and we don’t want to keep all that fun to ourselves. So far the kids have had a Luau slip-n-slide party, gone on multiple movie outings, including Studio Movie Grill, gone to Northpark […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Two guys I would like to introduce, one who is new to us this year and one whom you probably already know. Sharad Doshi comes to us as a Junior from Black Forrest Academy, the largest Christian boarding school in Europe. Sharad is great at […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: I thought I would take some time to let you all know where we are in the construction of the new boarding houses, as well as the future plans of the boarding program here at Brook Hill. Jacobe Brothers construction has been working non-stop since […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: This week we’d like to introduce you to Esther Adeyemi and Sharon Chai. Esther is in her senior year and has been with us two years now. She comes to us from Nigeria, and even though she is small in stature she is big in […]