From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: Brook Hill student, John Dixon, was selected by The American Legion to attend Boys State this past summer. American Legion Boys State, founded in 1935, is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for U.S. high school students. It is a participatory program […]
Eighth graders are learning about the design method used in science. Students were challenged to build a barge out of a 20 X 20 cm piece of foil and 4 straws. The contest was to build the barge that would hold the most pennies before taking on water.
Mrs. Ponce’s class played a scripture game this week in class!
In Coach Agnew’s class, his students are instituting technology in every way possible. Homework, resources, helpful strategies, and even their textbook is online. “I see technology as the way of the future, and I want my students to get on the first train car,” Agnew said. This week they took a quiz online using Microsoft […]
Pre-K read the story The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn last week. They followed it up with a cooking activity where the students made hand shaped cookies and put a chocolate kiss in the center of it just like in the story. This was a great way to end the first week of school.
Pre-K had their first science experiment last week that was called Magic Milk, and the kids loved it! We also talked about Primary and Secondary colors. We even mixed colors to create new colors. The experiment went along with our letter for the week, the letter c, and let me tell you it was Cool […]
Last week in Pre-K, we had a special visitor “Cathy Cook” come to visit each class and bring a tray of cookies. The students got to taste and graph which one they liked better: sugar or chocolate chip. Cathy Cook also brought a cup full of things that start with c like crayon, car, corn […]
Spanish students were jumping into class this week with practice using the school鈥檚 tablets. Spanish 1 students were introduced to the online learning management tool Moodle to access their assignments, take advantage of class resources as well as some online practice exercises. Eighth grade students also practiced their Spanish with the aid of the school鈥檚 […]
Mrs. Figueroa and Mrs. Williams’ sixth grade classes headed to the American Freedom Museum this week to practice reading maps and answer geography questions.
Fifth Graders are busy this week presenting their summer reading to their new classmates. Each fifth grader in both Mrs. Bickerstaff and Mrs. Savage’s classes read a biography over the summer of a famous American. They created a poster with important facts about their person and are presenting their new knowledge to their peers. “It […]
This week in Mr. Loudermilk’s class, his students got to hold and touch parts of a computer as they learned what their names and purposes were.
From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director and SPARC Coordinator: Welcome to the 2017/2018 School Year! So far it has been an exciting time around the Brook Hill campus with both new and returning faces. As we are launching into another school year, here is information and a glimpse into our Academic Center for […]