From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: Student leaders from around East Texas were invited to share in the excitement, be inspired, get motivated and develop a plan of action to improve their own campus at The Emerging Leaders Conference hosted by The University of Texas at Tyler. Students were guided through core leadership […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: Dozens of top 51AV视频 colleges & universities from around the US and Canada were in town recently at the Tyler Area 51AV视频 College Fair. The Fair was free, open to the public and included a financial aid workshop. Many Brook Hill students attended the Fair making contacts […]
From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director: Success is often defined differently depending on factors such as age, season of life, culture and personal expectations. For some, success means happiness; for others it may be wealth or job title. Yet, one key to success no matter how you define it is organization. On Tuesday […]
To help students better understand subatomic particles in the atom, 8th聽graders have been building Bohr models of different atoms using beans and peas. Once the model was checked and found to be correct, students then drew pictures and made electron dot diagrams for each atom studied. Students were constantly heard saying , 鈥淭his聽 makes so […]
Kindergarten and 1st graders are in the process of making a monochromatic self-portrait with lines in the background. Each class has been assigned a different color of the rainbow to color their artworks. Once all the classes have completed their art, the portraits will make a giant rainbow display. The first couple of days we […]
Today, many of our community helpers drove their emergency vehicles onto our campus to teach Pre-K and Kindergarten students about what they do in their job. Our students were able to crawl through the back of a police car, get their heartrate checked in the back of an ambulance, walk through a smoke house and […]
Mrs. Ponce’s fourth grade students trekked to the American Freedom Museum to play a not-so-classic game of hide-and-seek.聽 Mrs. Bynum, museum guide and educator, directed the lesson “Texas Hide-and-Seek”.聽 A lesson sheet was given to each pair of students with facts about Texas and famous Texans throughout U.S. history. 聽Instead of the students hiding the […]
Eighth grade is making models of each of the different atomic theories. Students used Play Doh, Petri dishes, beans and peas to illustrate each idea and students had to name the scientist whose theory each model represented. A good concrete way to learn the different theories.
In fifth grade, we study the passage in Ephesians about putting on the armor of God. Emma Davis took it upon herself to make a life size rendition. In the picture, she is wearing her helmet of salvation, belt of truth and breastplate of righteousness! Thanks, Emma, for giving your class a wonderful visual of […]
This week in Pre-K, students are learning about the letter A, and we were also discussing Our Pets.聽The students brought pictures of their pets, we graphed them and discuss how many different kinds of pets we all had. On Friday we made puppy chow, and the kids enjoyed it. There are many things that start […]
Mrs. Berry’s class worked in groups this week as they learned about rural, urban and suburban communities.
Third graders at Brook Hill Lower School launch their Community Service DimesProject. Students collect dimes when they complete chores and jobs at home. Third graders learn all about dimes through history, math (such as place value) and reading. The students collect dimes all year and in the spring, the Bullard Mission House and Clinic receive […]