As part of the 6th graders learning about space travel, they each built a model rocket similar to the ones used to launch astronauts into space. Last Friday, students in Mrs. Wallace’s class launched their rockets and observed differences in flights.
This week, Mrs. Figueroa鈥檚 6th Grade Humanities students presented their annual World Fair project. Over the past week, students have used Brook Hill鈥檚 Surface tablet cart to research a foreign country. They investigated the countries鈥� political systems and leaders, major industries, geographic and climatic features, cultural traits, traditional meals and drinks, attire, and tourist attractions, […]
On Friday, Coach Collins’s class dissected frogs in order to learn about different muscles and organs.
Take Time to Read These students participated in the Take Time to Read challenge offered by The Grand Lodge of Texas and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children: Rafe Sherwood, Lila Stringer, Easton Tate, Hudson Powell, Daxton Tyler, Callen Nichols, Harlie Bailey, Jayden Hanks, Presley Kutac, Cannon Shaffer, Ryder Quinn, Kelton Arnold, Aiden Jennings, Charlotte […]
Coach Collins’s class practiced dissecting frogs via tablets today. The real frog dissection will happen next week, but this way they will be prepared for where their incisions go and what they will be examining.
Brook Hill is extremely proud of the seventh and eighth grade Pentathlon team that traveled to New Caney to participate in the state competition this past weekend. In addition to studying Lois Lowry鈥檚 Number the Stars and writing an essay, the event covered Mathematics, Science, History, Literature and Pop Culture from the World War II […]
Eighth graders were able to see the evidence firsthand of how food chains work in the animal world by dissecting a quail and observing what they found in the crop and gizzard of the quail. These quail were provided to Brook Hill by the Texas Wildlife Association L.A.N.D.S program which Mrs. Wallace attended last summer. […]
Kindergarten visited the Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens to learn about fish habitats. Also, as the Kindergarten service project, they held a Read-a-thon. Students took home pledge sheets for sponsors and had a day of reading at school. Reading for the day consisted of parent readers, reading with another class, and Mrs. Fletcher came to […]
Students in eighth grade Humanities reviewed grammar using Surface tablets. As they used skills learned at the beginning of the year all the way to the present, they were pleased to find out how much they know! The tablets allow them to personalize instruction so that they can focus on the exact skills they need […]
Pre-K’s science experiment聽for the letter “z” was zap. They talked about how it changed from a liquid to a solid and then back to a liquid. The kids loved this experiment!
Congratulations to Yiling Cao, Class of 2017 Valedictorian, and Kyle Webb, Class of 2017 Salutatorian. The announcement was made at chapel on Wednesday in front of their peers and teachers.
Students of the senior U.S. History classes traveled to New Orleans last week for their annual trip to visit the National World War II Museum and Oak Alley Plantation. Before arriving at the museum, everyone was able to have fun at the Court of Two Sisters with a jazz brunch buffet. At the museum, considerable […]