From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: Zach Lozano, The University of Texas at Austin Admissions Representative, popped in Senior Seminar a couple of weeks ago to give students information and to answer questions. The college representatives are always the go-to people for the right answers because they know exactly what is going on, […]
The Lower School library recently “set the table” for a special reading event. Third through fifth grade students enjoyed a “book tasting” event to sample all of our award winning Texas Bluebonnet Books. Students first examined each book, then checked the books on their “menu” that they were most interested in reading.
The mobile iPad cart rolled into Ms. Spradlin’s kindergarten class this week. Students were so excited and did a great job working and learning while having fun, just another benefit the Lower School has to offer! We loved playing ABC Starfall, tracing our letters, and even building legos! Also, Kindergarten studied the letter A this […]
Mrs. Mattay’s 11th grade Humanities classes visited the museum for a lesson on 9/11 this week! Students watched a video and heard from Mrs. Bynum about the causes and effects of that day on the U.S. They were tasked with making decisions as the President did, based on the events that took place on that […]
Kindergarten is learning about apples this week. Today, each student brought an apple for our Math/Science lesson. The students decided how to sort the apples. Their ideas were color, size, stems, stripes, dots and bumps. Next, we used our five senses to describe the apples. Apples can be loud when 15 children are crunching at […]
Every month this year, 5th Grade will immerse themselves in a different part of our museum. In August, the students had hands on experiences with artifacts from each area of the museum. This week, the students focused on Sept. 11, 2001. Since they were not born in that year, many were hearing and seeing events […]
Second graders have been studying the three types of communities in Social Studies. As a review, the students played “Scoot.” With a partner, students traveled through stations around the room to look at several pictures of different communities and recorded urban, suburban or rural. Seconds later, students moved to a new picture until they had […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: It’s that time of the school year where the new has begun to rub off, reality is starting to kick in, and everyone is realizing the level of work it requires. No worries; we mix it up at The Brook Hill School with lots of activities […]
Mrs. Wallace and her 8th grade science classes visited the American Freedom Museum this week for our “History Under A Microscope” tour and activity. We have discovered that students often learn a concept or are introduced to an evaluating tool during class, such as the Scientific Method, but they never learn how to recognize the […]
From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director & SPARC Coordinator: Although the back-to-school hype is switching into full-on school routine mode, we are still early enough in the semester to discuss beginning of the year tips and habits that will positively influence student performance. Just like the first step in building a house is […]
Kindergarten is learning how to graph. Last Friday, they used their tasting sense to decide which pickles they liked best before graphing the results.
Our Pre-K classes are learning the alphabet in correlation to the five senses God gave them. Last week, they had an octopus in class to point out what they could see, hear, touch, taste and smell. One student was especially overwhelmed with how cool her class visitor was. “I am so glad I came […]