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Jesus and his disciples break bread in Lower School chapel

January 26, 2018

Mrs. Berry’s class demonstrated the Lord’s Supper for their peers in Lower School chapel this week. A full album of photos are available to parents and can be found on Vidigami through this link: https://www.vidigami.com/albums/87322/media.

Fourth graders serve others

January 23, 2018

Fourth graders from Mrs. Dawkins’s and Mrs. Ponce’s class finished the service project started in early December. Each student brought at least one sheet for the Benevolent Center at the West Erwin Church of Christ. The sheets were torn into strips by the ladies at the center, and then the students rolled the strips into […]

Our Lower School students are coding in computer lab

December 15, 2017

The Brook Hill Lower School joins the national coding initiative, “Hour of Code” each year. First through 5th grade students solve puzzles using a coding language called Blockly. Students are challenged to move characters through a maze, or as with Minecraft open gates and build bridges enabling characters to collect items needed to climb out […]

Fifth graders have a Christmas lesson in a scavenger hunt

December 15, 2017

Mrs. Savage’s and Mrs. Bickerstaff’s fifth grade classes took part in the annual “Operation Away in a Manger” scavenger hunt. Teams had to search around school for puzzle pieces and clues to complete their mission.

“Starry Night” inspired Bethlehem landscapes in Lower School art classes

December 08, 2017

Second and third graders have been working on a landscape inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night. After learning a little about the life and work of van Gogh in a brief Brain Pop video, students learned that The Starry Night was painted as he was recovering in a hospital. They discussed the mood of his […]

Second and third grade Christmas performance

December 01, 2017

In chapel this week, our second and third graders performed their Christmas show for their peers and families in preparation for the real thing Thursday night.

Fifth grade learns at our American Freedom Museum

December 01, 2017

Fifth graders visited the American Freedom Museum this week as an extension of their history lesson on colonial American. They used the resources available to research the 13 original colonies. Each team reported back to the group what they learned about, their assigned colony’s geography, battles fought there, historical significance and which presidents came from […]

Mrs. Dawkins and Mrs. Ponce take their students to the Ross Perot museum

December 01, 2017

Our fourth grade students made their annual trip to the Ross Perot Museum of Nature and Science. This is a wonderful museum where the students see many different exhibits which include dinosaurs, birds, space and the favorite exhibit where the students can race a virtual athlete, animal or even a T-Rex. The engineering exhibit is […]

Lower School Thanksgiving Feasts

November 16, 2017

Our Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade classes feasted on Chick-fil-A nuggets and candy corn this week in honor of Thanksgiving day! Their parents got to come to their classes and eat with them as they performed songs and played games together.

Fourth graders learn about the Caddo Indians

November 15, 2017

Mrs. Ponce and Mrs. Dawkins’ fourth graders enjoyed learning more about the Caddo Indian culture from Dr. Burkett. This was a wonderful extension of our study about the different Indian tribes that lived and love live in Texas.