This Friday our middle and upper school baseball teams began the Christmas season with the spirit of giving. Brock Lemire, head baseball coach, teamed up with “Keeper of the Game” a Texas organization aimed at promoting servant-leadership in the game of baseball to provide a special gift for children in East Texas. On Friday morning, […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Do you have questions? I would love to help answer them. I have been trying and trying to think of a way to personalize information about the college application process to make it Brook Hill parent and student specific and applicable to your needs. There are so […]
Middle school students packed out the student center during campus life block on Friday to explore their options for middle school clubs next semester. Parents and high school students came to show off the club they’re sponsoring and let middle school students who are interested ask questions and take their fliers. Some of the clubs […]
Seven Brook Hill 聽juniors have been selected to attend the Chamber of Commerce鈥檚 C4 Career Connections Event which will be held at the Tyler Junior College West Campus on January 9, 2015. 聽Students submitted an application complete with an essay and resume earlier this year and were recently informed of their acceptance. While at the […]
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards started in 1960 and is an international program that was created by Rotary International to encourage strong leadership in youth. Pictured are Brook Hill students who were nominated to attend an all-expense paid camp to develop and enhance leadership skills through activities conducted in an atmosphere of trust and respect. Eight […]
Sophomores have been studying Beowulf and The West in the World. As part of their study, students did a special study on Vikings. The eighth century saw great success for the Vikings聽in campaigns and raids, largely due to their innovative ships and ability to navigate them over the whale-road and up rivers. Much war-sweat was […]
Brook Hill Junior, Markus Ma, recently received a $500 scholarship from Mathnasium of Tyler. On Saturday, November 1, students from local private schools gathered at Mathnasium of Tyler to compete in a math contest with the grand prize being a $500 scholarship to their respective schools for the spring semester and a chance to interview […]
After much testing, we selected our TAPPS Academic team this week and invited our students to a special lunch in their honor. Pizza was served, and students were given the opportunity to meet their coaches and learn more about the academic areas they will compete on behalf of our school in! Congratulate this awesome group […]
On Tuesday night our boarding community celebrated one of our greatest American holidays: Thanksgiving! For some of our students, it was the first time they had partaken of this incredible feast, for others it was a familiar time where they could intentionally remember all they have to be thankful for. Many of our host families […]
In 1781, Robert Morris, the Financier of the Revolution, gave General Washington $50,000 to pay his soldiers at Valley Forge. What do you think is the equivalent today? Would you be surprised to know that it would be $1,130,000.00 in today鈥檚 dollars? Mr. Roark鈥檚 12th grade Economics classes visited the Museum last week for our […]
On Wednesday morning,聽we inducted 14 new students into the National Honor Society! Congratulate (Back, Left to Right) Markus Ma, Kyle Webb, Alec Kitt, Jacob Yeager, Alex Ellis, Yiling Cao, Julia Troxell; (Front, Left to Right) Monica Liang, Zeyu Li, Alexandra Ferris, Elim Oluwole, Favour Diokpo, Cynthia Cherng; Raegan Hayes not pictured. What an amazing accomplishment […]
The Guard Chorale performed at Mistletoe and Magic this week! We enjoyed making a joyful noise to The Lord and celebrating the coming of his son, Jesus Christ to save us from our sins!