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The candy is almost gone—yeah! Seniors dropped by the Academic Office on October 31st to get a treat if they had completed a college application. Seniors 2014 are on the ball!

Brook Hill students and families had multiple opportunities to visit with representatives from a variety of colleges this week. College Representatives from The University of Arkansas, The University of Alabama, The University of Mississippi, Southern Methodist University, Abilene 51AV视频 University, Austin College, Hendrix, and Trinity were in the Library to share information and items with […]

Su鈥�perb 聽[soo-purb, suh-]聽adjective 1. excellent 聽“a superb performance” synonyms:聽聽聽聽 excellent, superlative, first-rate, first-class, outstanding, remarkable, marvelous, magnificent, wonderful, splendid, admirable, noteworthy, impressive, fine, exquisite, exceptional, glorious; This describes the middle school’s first ever spelling bee contestants today at 3:30 in the Commons! The top 18 students from grades 6-8 gathered to battle it out Akeelah-style! […]

October 28-November 1 is 鈥淚 Just Read a Great Book Week鈥� at the Brook Hill Lower School. Mrs. Gibson鈥檚 fifth grade class chose one of their favorite easy-readers to read to Mrs. Powell鈥檚 Pre-Kindergarten class.聽 Not only was this a very special time for the Pre-K students, but it was an especially fun time for […]

From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Questions, answers, laughter, more questions, laughter, more answers; 鈥淥h, no, I have to write an essay for my college application?鈥�; writers block; personal stories; 鈥淚 have to write 2 essays for my college application?鈥�; remembering activities from 9th grade, 10th grade and junior year (and having to […]

Fifth Graders recently read about Pete the Cat to preschool students during “Read a Great Book Week”. Pictured here are fifth graders with their “reading buddies”.

The Lower School students participated in many special activities and events during Great Book Week. The culmininating activity was the “Great Book Week”聽character parade. The entire student body dressed up as a story or real life character.聽The variety of characters included聽Pete the Cat, Mice and Cookies from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Office […]

The 鈥渨ild things鈥� recently made an appearance at chapel service this week. Pictured below are the 鈥渨ild鈥� Lower School teachers with Mrs. Fritcher who was a bit on the wild side herself!聽 All was in fun as teachers dressed in the spirit of the story, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak. This was […]

Pumpkins on Parade was a very successful event at the Lower School Library! We had 45 students create pumpkin characters based on a favorite story character. All Brook Hill Lower School students then voted for their favorite pumpkin.聽The聽“Children’s Choice” award winners are pictured on the front row below. The first place winner was Wilbur from […]

Sixth graders are studying 聽how scientist learn about the earth by using core samples.聽 To bring this concept home, each student given a model earth (cupcake) in which they took core samples and then predicted what the inside of their cupcakes looked like.聽 Once 8 core samples were taken, the students were allowed to open […]

5th graders dissected owl pellets this week as part of their study of different ecosystems.聽 At first it seemed gross, but they quickly adjusted and had a great time finding the bones!聽Once students dissected the pellets, they classified the skulls to determine what the owl ate. 聽After this each student classified the bones by placing […]

Brian Nelson, Dean of Academics, honored Nikki Evans at Chapel this morning for her commitment to academic excellence as she was recently recognized as a National Merit Commended Scholar. Congratulations Nikki! We are so proud of you!