We are currently studying vertebrate diversity in biology.聽 Frogs belong to the vertebrate class amphibian, so this species worked perfectly for our dissection lab.聽 聽Dissection allows the student to explore the external and internal structures of a common vertebrate, identifying anatomy and seeing how what they’r learning in class looks in real life.聽 This experience […]
This past Friday night, the Brook Hill Guard and Lady Guard shook up Dallas Shelton on the basketball court at Herrington Sports Center. All four teams (JV, Varsity, Boys & Girls) brought home a victory over our Dallas opponent! Way to go Guard!
In 37 hours we鈥� 鈥onded on the bus, while on thrill rides, while feeding and petting sting rays, while dining together, and while walking college campuses 鈥xperienced blue skies, warm temps, light winds, torrential rain, major winds, cold temps 鈥earned about HBU, The University of Houston, and Texas A & M Galveston 鈥earned that our […]
As part of our study of聽ancient Greek history in Freshman Humanities we are reading the famous Greek epic, the Iliad. We believe it is important to understand where a culture comes from historically to really understand who they are in literature. The Greeks loved to display their heroic individualism and ar锚te (courage, manliness, and excellence) […]
Jake Anderson and Lindsay Wheeler were named Students of the Month by the Bullard Rotary Club! We are so proud of these two seniors and can’t wait to see what God has in store for them in the years to come! Congratulate these two on 聽receiving this honor!
We have reached a milestone in our study of chemistry this year, stoichiometry. That鈥檚 a five dollar word for measuring the amounts of elements in a chemical reaction. The abstract became real in the laboratory this week as we observed the growth a silver crystals on a copper wire. Using some fancy calculations we were […]
In this a physics lab this week, students explored聽the properties of sound, particularly聽how the frequency of sound affects the way we hear it. They first used a microphone to record the sounds of two different tuning forks and measured the frequencies of the sound from their data. Students聽found that a higher frequency makes a higher […]
The senior class at Brook Hill ( and their proud parents and Brook Hill family) are happy happy happy! Admissions decisions and scholarship offers are coming in, showing this outstanding group of almost graduates that their hard work and commitment really do pay off. In the life of a high school student it is sometimes […]
Mrs. Susan Lindsay, Director of School Relations, talked with students about Gordon College this week in the Library. In her presentation Mrs. Lindsay told students about the many programs and opportunities that await them at this outstanding Liberal Arts College in Wenham, 聽Massachusetts. The Gordon Commission is to stretch the mind, deepen the faith, and […]
Seven Brook Hill students and their very proud counselor, Celia Tucker, attended the Chamber of Commerce鈥檚 Career Connections Event on January 9th at the Tyler Junior College West Campus. Students attended sessions led by professionals who are currently working in the fields the students are considering pursuing. Students also had the chance to work with […]
Chemistry students are studying different types of chemical reactions and evidence that reactions have occurred. In this lab, students聽performed six mini-experiments. They saw a yellow precipitate form when two colorless aqueous solutions were combined.聽 They heated baking soda and saw water condense around the mouth of the test tube and then tested for the presence […]
Students in Mrs. Brunson’s biology class got into the lab this week to learn about DNA. Students performed a variety of experiments to see how the principals they’re learning in class look in real life!