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Hello, Dolly! Premieres

May 02, 2014

The dress rehearsals are over, the curtains are drawn – now all that’s left is “lights, camera, action!” Tonight (Friday, May 2nd) is the opening night of our spring musical, Hello, Dolly! If you haven’t reserved your tickets yet, there is still time! Showings will occur at 7:30 in the evening Friday & Saturday nights […]

Students Receive Honors from Rotary Club of Tyler

May 02, 2014

The Rotary Club of Tyler recently honored students who were chosen to be members of the “Rotary Young Citizens Club.” To be chosen as an outstanding young citizen, a student must be exceptional in the practices of citizenship, cleanliness, thriftiness, loyalty, courtesy, honesty, service, dependability, sportsmanship, scholarship, and leadership. The select membership in this club […]

BH Students Win at Poetry Contest

April 29, 2014

On April 28th, three Brook Hill students presented original poems at the Bullard Community Library Teen Poetry Contest.  Allie Childers won first place and a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card, Favour Diokpo tied for second place, and Taylor Schultz won third place.  Second and third place winners received new books of their choice. Congratulations, […]

30 Minutes at Brook Hill

April 25, 2014

From the desk of Travis Albea, Director of Marketing: Typically I try to cover individual classes and events to share with the Brook Hill community, but this Thursday morning I took an unconventional approach. I wanted to give a snapshot into all the various things happening at the Brook Hill MS/US in a window of […]

BH Tennis Players Win at State Championship!

April 25, 2014

This week Brook Hill Tennis players brought home some state championship wins! Marisa Quevedo won state for ladies singles in TAPPS 3A, while  Alec & Phillip Kitt won state for boys doubles! What an honor and a privilege to have these students at our school! Marisa has already signed to play Division 1 Tennis at Seton […]

Art Wins Big at ACSI Art Festival

April 25, 2014

Our Art students participated in the ACSI Art Festival this week located at The Hope Center in Plano, Texas. There were over 500 works of art and around 20 private 51AVƵ  1A to 5A  schools that competed from across the district. Each work of art is juried by three judges who score the piece using […]

Was OASIS Day Successful?

April 24, 2014

From the desk of Dr. Stan Ward, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: Interestingly, the day after our OASIS Day (when Others Are Served Instead of Self), Dr. Tim Elmore published a blog post on the inverse relationship between Narcissism (the belief that self is the most important thing in the world) and empathy (the […]

Getting to Know Colleges

April 24, 2014

Part of preparing our students for college means helping them get to know the options that are available to them. One of the advantages our students have at Brook Hill is the opportunity to speak with colleges from across the US, right here on our campus. College representatives flood our campus almost week throughout the school […]

OASIS Day

April 17, 2014

This Thursday, students went out across East Texas to serve our surrounding communities. Students volunteered their time to help nursing homes, police officers, parks, pregnancy centers, firemen, non-profits, churches, missionary organizations,  those less fortunate, and many others. It was truly a day where Others Are Served Instead of Self (OASIS). Afterward, our groups ate lunch […]

Resurrection Week Summary

April 17, 2014

From the desk of Dr. Ward, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: This year’s Resurrection Week featured various speakers and worship leaders. Here’s a look at what we did this year: On Monday and Tuesday, students heard presentations on the person and work of the Holy Spirit – who The Spirit is and how The […]

Boys & Girls Tennis Win District

April 16, 2014

Both boys and girls tennis teams won district this week! Marisa, Brook Hill Senior, won the girls district championship in singles tennis. The Kitt brothers, Alec & Philip, won the boys district championship for doubles. We’re excited to see how our tennis team performs in the coming weeks!  

Brook Hill Golf 2014, District and Regional Tournaments Update

April 15, 2014

Brook Hill boys won TAPPS 3A District 2,  District tournament, at Eagle’s Bluff Country Club on Tuesday, April  8;  advancing 6 boys and 3 girls to regional tournament on Monday April 14. Medalists honor were awarded to: Boys: Jeffrey Yeager 2nd-81,Matt Webb 3rd-86, Jacob Yeager 5th-89, Brooks Garner  6th-90, Austin Savage 7th-93, Nutchapon Pattamakijsakul 10th-97. Girls:  […]