Fifth grade Spanish students honored a family member by writing a paragraph totally in Spanish about them. The paragraph included the person’s occupation, their relationship to the student, clothes they might wear to work, and things they liked about the family member. Fifth graders also brought pictures from home of their person to display with each paragraph.
During chapel service at The Brook Hill Lower School, first graders presented the Easter musical, Happy Day ! by Luke Gambill, Rhonda Frazier, and David Ebensberger. There were pledge leaders, speaking roles and vocal soloists: Gabbie Williams, Emma Davis, Gracie Smith (“10,000 Reasons”) and Gracie Trawick and Braxton Durrett (“Glorious is the Day”). Students sang […]
3rd grade students did an exploration lab of the different forms of energy. They encountered electrical, light, heat, mechanical, chemical, sound and solar forms of energy. While exploring, each student was expected to identify the specific form of energy demonstrated.
5th graders used pinhole cameras in science class this week to study how light works! To help the students understand how light travels, students made a pinhole camera and were surprised to see an upside down light bulb on the wax paper. Spectrum viewers were also made which show how light bends and breaks into […]
Fifth Grade Students along with Mrs. Savage, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Fritcher, and chaperones, visited the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. Students explored and experienced many facets of NASA and related space projects. Favorite activities included “Operation Blast Off”–a presentation about the Mars Rover, “Vacuums in Space”–experimenting with marshmallows using an air extractor, tour of the […]
Dr. Stan Ward, master storyteller and ukulele player, brought the chapel message to the students by way of a folktale about a big green granddaddy frog who thought he was so big and so green that he did not need anyone in his life until he met a big black granddaddy water snake. Hebrews 10: […]
Students received third quarter awards at the Lower School for Scholarly Achievement, Godly Character, Leadership, and Servant’s Heart. Scholarly Achievement Adam Bell, Gracie Carpenter, Payton Crenshaw, Von Dawson, Colin Dement, Brady Holland, Emma Lambert, Meredith Priddy, Gavin Rhea, Lorien Rhoads, William Roberts, Anna Marie Ward & Cathryne Wathen Godly Character Grady Ault, Chandler Fletcher, […]
First grade Spanish students enjoy the story “Yo Voy a Tejas”, “I’m Going to Texas”. Students read this book in honor of western day in their regular classroom. The story tells of a little cowboy who wants to travel around Texas and experience all that it has to offer. In special boxes on each page, […]
Kindergarten students made garden gloves by planting seeds in gloves! Students will observe the plants as they grow in their “garden gloves”.
Author Sarah Wynn visited The Brook Hill Lower School to read her new book, The River Royals Master the Mississippi. Sarah is a former student of principal, Sandra Fritcher. Students enjoyed learning about the places and people made famous along the Mississippi. .
Third Graders led chapel service this week by sharing their passion for taking care of God’s creation. Proverbs 12:10 tells us that the righteous take care of their animals and this is just what the third graders with help from teachers and parents hope to accomplish. Mrs. Dahn and Mrs. Bickerstaff have inspired students to earn […]
Students in Mrs. Haugh’s Kindergarten class participated in St. Patrick’s Day learning activities. Graphing with Lucky Charms cereal was a fun way to apply mathematics skills. Mrs. Newsome and Mrs Haugh wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Library lesson included folktale stories from Ireland. Students followed leprechaun footprints to treasure.