From the desk of Jordy Barksdale, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: The spring semester tends to be an emotional roller coaster for the graduating seniors. They’ve got to finalize what college they want to attend, plan where they will live and who they’ll live with, get the mounds of paperwork completed and start the […]
ETMC EMS continues to bring awareness about texting and driving ETMC EMS continues to bring a public safety campaign about the dangers of texting and driving to East Texas students with the latest presentation this week being at The Brook Hill School in Bullard. Signs, billboards and public safety announcements are being displayed around East […]
Mrs. Culpepper’s 2nd grade class led our Lower School in chapel this week. After praising God with our voices, these 2nd graders taught us a valuable lesson about becoming a hero. Through a series of scenarios, we saw superheroes save the day time after time, but there was one problem our heroes couldn’t solve: eternity. […]
Mrs. Ponce fourth grade class gave a wonderful presentation on Wednesday over the importance of the ‘Good Samaritan’ Story. Students gave many examples and scenarios of what you should do if someone else is in need. Teaching us to think of others before our self, they used examples ranging from the wild west to a […]
What did you get in your Easter basket? Mr. Pierce asked us that very same question during chapel this week. He shared about some of the things he received: chocolate, candy, and some very special eggs. Calling 4 students to the front, Mr. Pierce gave each one of the eggs he had received: a green […]
Our fourth grade students visited Pine Cove last week for some outdoor education. Students took five, one hour classes for two days. Some of their classes covered Aquatics, Earth Science, Critter Class, Orienteering and much more. All of the classes were hands-on activities with a workbook that required students to generate independent answers. We spent two […]
Every year during Holy Week we take three days to pause, reflect, and spend time growing in our faith. This year’s Resurrection Week has been just that as we have gathered as a middle and upper school student body to praise God and hear from his word. This year we were challenged to reflect on […]
This Thursday, students went out across East Texas to serve our surrounding communities. Students volunteered their time to help nursing homes, paint houses for PATH, clean up parks like the Children’s Park, pregnancy centers, firemen, non-profits, churches, missionary organizations, those less fortunate, and many others who are in need within our own Brook Hill community. […]
The second and third grade classes performed their spring musical, “That’s So Daniel!” on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning chapel. The musical tells the story of a “sick” young man named Daniel who spends the day with his pastor grandfather who tells him the story of his biblical namesake. As the story unfolded the audience […]
The Brook Hill Lower School’s fifth grade service project this year was to collect duffel bags for the Duffels for H.O.P.E. organization. Duffels for H.O.P.E. is “a non-profit organization that seeks to provide proper transitional containers for the belongings of children entering the foster care system.” Many of the duffels were filled with items that […]
During Fine Arts Week, the entire school was treated to an energetic, dynamic presentation by Ms. Elizabeth Kahura. Ms Kahura, originally from Kenya, included students during her performance by letting many students play musical instruments from Africa. Other students dressed up as villagers and helped her tell an Anansie, the spider tale.
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: Friday, February 27 during Campus Life Block the Brook Hill Middle School met in the Commons to hear a brief awareness presentation on the realities of social media and the consequences that can become very real when it is misused. It was designed to inform and […]