From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: Everything I do is so serious. To me anyway! The decisions I make today…or don’t make today, could possibly effect civilization as we know it! I am really good at convincing myself of that fact! I am also great at turning miniscule things into a life or […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: I had the great privilege of having dinner this past Wednesday night with the family of two boarding brothers here at Brook Hill. While enjoying a meal together we also soaked in warm conversation about culture, cuisine and customs of each of our countries. An […]
From the desk of Georgia Cameron, Technology Integration Specialist: This week, Brook Hill officially began implementing Moodle, with a pilot program for our 6th grade students. Moodle? What’s a Moodle? No, it’s not some strange new breed of dog, it’s Brook Hill’s newly launched online learning platform! By definition, Moodle is an online digital learning […]
Mark your calendars! Brook Hill is hosting Admissions Week during the first week of February and we need you to make this week special! Start wearing your BH gear around town and invite your friends and people you meet to some of these events: “All Orange, All Week” Admission Events Feb 2-7, 2015 Monday, Feb […]
From the desk of Krista Wallace, Director of Admissions: I am deeply thankful you have chosen Brook Hill for your family this year. This academic year, we have been blessed with our largest enrollment in history. Our goal this year was to reach 600 and we currently have 604 enrolled to date! Re-enrollment will begin […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: I’m so grateful to start this new year with praises and gratitude for prayers answered. All of our students are safely back in the fold after a wonderful break and students scattered all over the globe! Our Louie Lou who had emergency surgery […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: On Monday, January 5, Tyler Baker, ’11 returned to Brook Hill to share with the Middle and Upper School faculty during Staff Development. Tyler graduated from Washington State in December with a Bachelors Degree in Marketing. However, he is staying at Washington for […]
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The recent events in Paris, France are disturbing. Innocent people killed and for what reason? Oh I remember, they expressed freedom of speech…and three of them just happened to be policemen. Oh I remember now! It was because four of them were Jewish and in a market… […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Have you ever felt like you needed to be in two places at one time? By taking Dual Credit classes at Brook Hill, it is an easy thing to do. Taking Dual Credit classes means you are taking courses for both high school and college credit at […]
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The year was 1997. Steve Dement’s vision of starting a Christ-centered, college prep school in Bullard, Texas had come to fruition. The Brook Hill School opened its doors to 31 students on a 300 acre site in rural East Texas in a place where you wouldn’t really […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: Here is a look at some impressive numbers for our boarding program: 80 students 75 Graduates (total) 40 Girls 40 Boys 25 Juniors 25 Sophomores 19 Countries 19 Seniors 15 Honor Guard Students (this semester) 10 Freshmen 10 Teams played on 9 Resident Staff Members […]
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: I have always believed in Santa Claus. Still do! In fact, I know for sure Santa exists now because he came to The Kyle Lake Athletic Center at Brook Hill last week which has made me more convinced than ever that the jolly round man in the […]