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Orchestra Serves at a Local Church

February 27, 2015

Brook Hill musicians, Mimi Jackson, Hannah Windsor, Jackson Fath, Taylor Kennedy & Matthew Kimball were thrilled and honored to serenade Daddy/Daughter couples at the Rose Heights King & Princess Ball held on Saturday, February 14th. The ensemble played romantic and warm string music while the couples danced in the balloon castle and were served royal […]

Brook Hill Students Get to Listen in on Texas Supreme Court Session

February 26, 2015

For the first time since 2002, Texas’s high court heard oral arguments here in Tyler on Thursday and invited the public to attend. Eight upper school students attended the Texas Supreme Court session. Mr. Ballard and Ms. Adams accompanied Mr. Ballard’s debate students and several students interested in studying law. The students heard excellent lawyers […]

SFA and Mississippi State Visit Brook Hill

February 26, 2015

Stephen F. Austin State University and Mississippi State University were on campus last week to visit with students and answer questions about their universities. Representatives love it when students step up and ask them specific questions about their schools such as, “I would like to be a physical therapist one day and need to know […]

A Mock Congress of Vienna in Junior AP Humanities

February 26, 2015

Juniors in Ms. O’Brien’s AP Humanities class staged a mock Congress of Vienna, complete with delegations from Great Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia. Students researched each country’s history regarding the settlement in 1810 and debated the division of European states after Napoleon was deposed. Due to some sharp negotiation, the French delegation brokered a better […]

Art Students Featured by Historic Tyler

February 26, 2015

Brook Hill Art students have been featured in The Historic Tyler Newsletter! Our students’ finished house sketches for the Historic Tyler Home Tour have been submitted and ready to be published! Our featured artists are Alex Corpuz, Mind Boonrapongjaroen, Yiling Cao, Kyla Carden, Anna Luker, Angela Ni, Annie Owens,bAshlee Regester, Conner Sciarrini and MiKayla Willis. […]

Boys Soccer Heads to State

February 26, 2015

Our Brook Hill Boys Soccer Team defeated Tyler Grace 1-0 in the TAPPS class AAAA State Semi-Final game Tuesday night! With the win, The Guard will play for the AAAA State Championship Saturday at 3:00 pm at the Waco ISD Field against the winner of Houston The Villages and San Antonio TMI. Brook Hill has […]

Snow Day Pictures

February 26, 2015

We had to cancel class two days this week because of weather, so our boarding community took that opportunity to enjoy the snow! It’s the rare occasion that our kids get to actually play in snow. For some of the students this was the first time in their lives that they got to see snow […]

Boarding Plays Paintball

February 24, 2015

We took some of our boarding students to play paintball over the weekend at a local course. For some of our students it was their first time playing, while others were more experienced. Regardless, it was a fun time and a great activity to do nearby with our community!

We’re Starting a Drill Team

February 20, 2015

ATTENTION ALL UPCOMING 8TH – 12TH GRADE GIRLS: Something new is coming to Brook Hill and you are going to be amazed. The Brook Hill Cadettes will be a Drill Team! Beginning this Friday February 20th and next Friday February the 27th from 3:00 to 3:45 there will be a Cadettes “Try and See Prep […]

Poetry Readings in English 12

February 18, 2015

During spring semester the seniors have been studying lyric poetry in English 12, learning the general characteristics of lyric as a genre. Students were assigned to write a poem and then present it orally to their class on Thursday or Friday. The students really worked hard to find the language of the poet and moved […]

Celebrating the Lunar New Year

February 18, 2015

We celebrated the Lunar New Year with our boarding community! We had delicious food and traditional red envelopes for our students written in their own language! It even had a little treat inside from our residential life staff! We love having the opportunity to celebrate with different cultures and learn about one another through our […]

Chipper Adams Places 3rd in Ethics Bowl

February 17, 2015

The Brook Hill School was proud to send Summer Nasser, Andrew Edwards, Alex Ellis, and Chipper Adams to the 2015 Ethics Bowl held at the University of Texas at Tyler. All four of these wonderful students represented their school and families well. Brook Hill junior, Chipper Adams came in 3rd place at the Ethics Bowl! […]