Mr. Kevin Pierce, Lower School music teacher, 聽led the very first chapel of the year with praise and worship. Headmaster Fletcher explained the origin of the Brook Hill Mascot, “The Guard”. 聽Our mascot is just as unique as the Santa Cruz “Banana Slugs”! “It is much more special”, added Mr.聽Fletcher,聽“because of the meaning it holds […]
On the聽morning聽of Friday, August 15, a group of moms and other Brook Hill supporters walked across our campus, praying for students, staff, and even the facilities. Brook Hill is blessed with a mom’s prayer group that meets on Friday mornings in the log cabin with Mrs. Bell. If you are interested in being part of […]
Monday night we kicked off the new school year with our annual picnic. Friends reunited, families shared a meal, and we introduced our fall sports teams. This is going to be an incredible year!
As part of our back to school activities, each grade level worked as a team to create their own grade cheer and choreography for the fight song. At 2:20 pm on Friday, our school gym filled with cheering students who wanted to show that their grade had the most spirit. Each grade level then had […]
“If we don鈥檛 speak the truth, how can it be imparted successfully?” – Stephen Dement, Founder of The Brook Hill School Last year, on August 14th, 2013, our founder, Stephen Dement, addressed the Brook Hill faculty聽and charged them with a difficult but inspiring聽task. If you want to know what Brook Hill is all about, then […]
Summers in Texas can be brutal. The heat and humidity make enjoyable activities聽unbearable. If your son or daughter are anything like I was in Texas summers, you may find it difficult to get them off the couch to do something active or creative. Here are a few ideas to get your students out of the […]
As part of its community service program, Brook Hill partners with a variety of ministry and community organizations that do good work. This week, Crosswalk.com featured Dr. Ward鈥檚 article on one of these groups, Elijah鈥檚 Retreat. Elijah鈥檚 Retreat is a get away for families with autistic children. You can read the full story of Elijah鈥檚 […]
From the desk of Dr. Ward, Director of Campus Life and Ministry: How do we encourage morality in young people? Dr. Tim Elmore recently posted a helpful summary of research in answer to this question聽(You can read the full post here聽or the more extensive New York Times research summary聽here). One takeaway – focus on identity […]
From the desk of Dr. Stan Ward, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: A LOOK BACK Brook Hill’s campus life and ministry program includes a number of long-time traditions begun by our previous campus life directors, Brandon Watson and Shawn Rhoads. These traditions include student organizations, prefect opportunities, advisory group activities, service projects, chapel, spiritual […]
What an incredible year it has been at the Lower School! We celebrated the end of the year with a field day at the football field. We had inflatable obstacle courses, moon jumps, waterslides, and a host of games like tug-of-war. Our students had a blast and enjoyed making memories with their classmates and teachers […]
Kindergarten students lead pledges and worship songs during the recent chapel service at the Lower School. Students also memorized a Bible verse for each letter of the alphabet! Want more pictures? View our album on Facebook:聽https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.865483870145401.1073742045.126194957407633&type=3
After finals were over, this years senior class came together to relive their younger years as kindergarten students. Seniors sang children’s songs, painted their faces, played games, and drew on the concrete. During their time students also reflected on their time in school and wrote letters to kindergarten students, encouraging them and offering advice for […]