The 7th graders explored the East Texas Baptist University campus Tuesday and enjoyed lunch on campus before returning to Brook Hill. The tour guides were very informative and Mrs. Hayes shared wonderful memories and experiences about her alma mater. It’s never too early to start learning more about college!
Sixth graders were treated to an up close and personal look at the University of Texas at Tyler campus on Monday as they toured, listened to a presentation, and had a multitude of questions answered. Stepping foot on college campuses is what really gives students a feel for whether or not it might be the […]
Fifty-three travelers from the Brook Hill School dove into the Puerto Rican culture during SPARC week. The first night, the group put their feet to work with salsa dancing followed by a dinner of traditional Puerto Rican cuisine. A highlight of the trip was jumping into the waterfall at El Yunque, the United States’ […]
The second grade “Hoedown” was the culminating event to the second grade study of Texas. Students showed off their dancing skills along with listening skills, following directions, and left and right directionality. By the end of the program, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Brashier even had those parents dancing!
Ms. Jeske’s Physics class is learning about light and optics. In this lab, students are exploring the how converging and diverging lenses bend light. Each lens bends light either toward or away from a focal point. By tracing three light rays, they were able to predict how the image of an object would be distorted depending […]
Fifth grade Spanish students honored a family member by writing a paragraph totally in Spanish about them. The paragraph included the person’s occupation, their relationship to the student, clothes they might wear to work, and things they liked about the family member. Fifth graders also brought pictures from home of their person to display with each paragraph.
During the SPARC 2014 Community Service course, the students experienced the joys of working with their hands in order to touch the hearts of others. Each day the group was able to participate in a different service project at a new location. On the first day, we sorted clothing and cooked meals at the East […]
During SPARC week students learned how to use their digital cameras. Students explored the various ways their cameras can manipulate and control light and how to get the right settings for various kinds of environments and situations. But students did more that take photos. They learned to tell stories, the fundamentals of journalism, and how […]
Ten young men along with Mr. Dement travelled to the Shenandoah Valley last week for a study in courage, character and leadership. Side trips included a day in snowy Washington, D.C., where the group attended a play at Ford’s Theater, an examination of the battlefields at Gettysburg and Bull Run, and a tour of Thomas […]
Students in Handmade Scrapbooking communicated their stories by organizing a meaningful presentation of pictures and memorabilia. Each student chose a theme, learned how to design scrapbook pages, shared their designs with each other, and then revised their designs as needed. This was accomplished through formal lectures, “hands-on” demonstrations and modeling, and individualized instruction. The girls […]
Our SPARC course had several different areas of focus within the arena of outdoor recreation. One part of the course focused on hunter education. We were privileged to have a Texas Parks and Wildlife certified instructional team to guide the students through the various parts of hunter education resulting in them receiving their hunter education […]
The 2014 SPARC Great American Cities Tour took us to Chicago, Illinois, which for good reason is called “the Windy City.” Our first outing was to Millennium Park where we saw the world famous “Cloud Gate,” also known as “the bean.” We also saw the world’s largest Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural Center. […]