From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: “Experience…is what you get…when you don’t get…what you wanted to get”. Coach Harry Fry told me that as a 9th Grade football player at St. Stephens High School in Hickory North Carolina. He was referring to the fact that I had not been selected as the starting […]
We had a special guest on our campus this week! Jared Dickey graduated Brook Hill in 2012 and is now a US Marine. He recently finished boot camp and came home for a visit before he ships off to training. Jared spent time with his former teachers and even in some of our classes speaking with […]
From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Coordinator: Here at the Brook Hill School we are dedicated to teaching the whole student. As a part of this commitment, we offer a distinctive program designed to come alongside our students in their academic journey in order to help foster a sense of collective engagement between the […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Has there ever been a time when you just could not get a song or a chant or a rap out of your brain? You found that it just kept coming back over and over again when there would be a slight moment that you weren’t thinking […]
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Brook Hill’s 17th Annual Fall Dinner Theatre is set to open on Thursday November 12th and run through Saturday November 14th. Our drama department will not only feature a fine cuisine, but an incredible production of “Shrew”. The selected play is a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic, The […]
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The game was set in the completely packed, sold out Pirate Gymnasium in Longview at Pine Tree High School. It was the game of the year in our district as Pine Tree, who started five seniors while being ranked as the #2 class AAAA team in […]
From the desk of Jan Hommel, American Freedom Museum Director: Arden Melvin Erickson’s Coast Guard uniform has found its home in the American Freedom Museum. Mr. Erickson enlisted in the United States Coast Guard at the age of 19 on February 7, 1942 and was honorably discharged on February 9, 1946. During World War II, […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: “God gave her to us, now we are giving her to you.” I’ll never forget that conversation. I was talking with a mother and father from Nigeria. They were in Nigeria. I was here at Brook Hill. The call was over something minor, like a […]
From the desk of Patti Eden, Middle & Upper School Choir Director: On October 13 I had the privilege of singing in a choir with Casting Crowns at the 46th Annual Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn. This is the awards show that honors Christian musicians and artists from the previous year. What an awesome adventure! […]
Alumni! You’re invited to Homecoming next Friday, October 30th! 6 pm – Tailgate Herrington Stadium *Free meal for BH Alumni *Family & Guests $7 each 7:30 pm Brook Hill vs. Prince of Peace *Alumni are invited to sit in the designated alumni section for the game! For more information on homecoming events and […]
From the desk of Katie Ramirez, Director of Admissions: Do you know someone who would be a great Upper School student Brook Hill? Our student shadow day on October 30th is a great great opportunity to attend a school day with a current student at Brook Hill and experience our campus life! Students will connect with peers in their […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: We have a request that has just come in and I want to share with our community. Mr. Glen Graves, Brook Hill dad and Board of Trustees member had a heart attack last night. He had a stent put in this morning and […]