From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: As you may know, we have been supporting Brook Hill mom, Christi Wyatt Zimmerman, with prayer as she travels through her journey with ALS.  The desire of her heart has always been that the Lord be glorified through this journey, and He has provided […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations:  Every May we say goodbye to a group of students who leave us for college.  I would like to say that by now we are used to the farewell, but that just isn’t the case.  Parents usually know their children will be coming […]

From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: The expressions in the room consisted mostly of blank stares when I relayed the news.  In a relatively short time however, the faces became longer and a sense of anxiety seemed to fill the air.  As the reality of the news began to set in, you could […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations:  Megan Troxell, ’10, graduated Rice University this past May and has now moved to Boston to get her Masters degree and then on to some form of social work.  In one of our conversations, she was speaking about how getting to attend high […]

From the desk of Krista Wallace, Director of Admissions: One of my favorite roles in my job as Director of Admissions is giving campus tours to visitors.  During September, a group of student teachers from Japan visited Brook Hill.  We were the first stop on their tour of public and private schools in the East […]

From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: Several years ago, and for many weeks, I had numerous people stop by my office and tell me about this little kid who was playing in the 1st Grade Division of the Whitehouse Youth Basketball League, and how many points he was scoring per game.  Being the […]

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Tyesha Jackson graduated Brook Hill in May, 2012 and headed off to Trinity University in San Antonio intent on pursuing premed as the first step toward becoming a doctor like her daddy.  But, in her words, ” During my sophomore year, I realized […]

From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director It is the Saturday night after Thanksgiving last year, and I am sitting in an apartment in Brussels, Belgium winding up a week-long trip to France and Belgium with our kids and their spouses.  I am anxiously awaiting the outcome of the “Iron Bowl”, the traditional rival […]

What is the funniest play ever written? Some experts will say Moliere’s “The Doctor in Spite of Himself.” Well, for the 16th Annual Dinner Theatre play we have chosen a play that is based on Moliere’s masterpiece. It’s called “The Medicine Man,” by David Grote. The play follows the misadventure of Samuel P. Sagamore, who […]

From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: I love all kinds of music. When I was younger I would listen to Jackson Brown, James Taylor or maybe the Eagles.  As I “grew up”, I enjoyed Bruce Springsteen, The Stones, & U2. Lately I have become a huge Sinatra fan while throwing back a little […]

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residential Life: There are certain things that you can only experience here at Brook Hill.  For example, you can’t go to a Smithsonian-quality museum at every school and learn about the experience of the paratroopers who stormed Normandy while sitting in an actual C-17 cockpit.  You can’t […]

From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: This is a test. Okay…so this is not a test but for a moment just now how did that statement make you feel? My heart beat a little bit faster. My palms started to sweat. My mind started going blank. All of the above. I remember taking […]