8th grade Physical Science class built mousetrap cars in class for their spring project.  Students were instructed to build a mousetrap car that could travel a distance of 5 meters.  The only power used for their car was the mousetrap itself.  Using their understanding of simple machines, students created their inventions, trying to travel the fastest […]

On Friday, April 1, 2016, the Guard Junior Scholars competed in the 2016 Private Schools International Association (PSIA) Academic District Competition. 15 schools with 500 students = 1 tough contest! Brook Hill sent 60 4th – 6th graders to compete and they represented Brook Hill well! Guard Junior Scholars brought home a total of 407 […]

This week, 7th grade students took a trip to the American Freedom Museum for science class. In an effort to integrate history, science, and project-based learning, students used the Presidents and first ladies to learn how genes from a father and mother determine a child’s appearance. Students noted relatives in the presidency as well as ancestors […]

6th grade Humanities students started Lois Lowry’s The Giver this week. As an introduction to one of the major (cultural) concepts expressed in the novel, students brainstormed and analyzed the pros and cons of several elements of a potential utopia on Earth, including ideas such as the following: *War would not exist. *Everyone would have […]

Students in Mrs. Hays 6th grade Spanish class reviewed their Spanish skills in a unique way this week! Using a web-based program is called Plickers, Mrs. Hays created questions with 2-4 possible answers. The students were assigned a number that correlates to the computer generated symbol they used to answer the questions. The symbol has […]

ACSI hosts a creative writing competition every year. This year 8 schools participated with 53 entries. There are three divisions with four categories each. The divisions are: Elementary Division, Middle School Division, and High School Division. The categories are: Rhymed Verse Poetry, Free Verse Poetry, Essay and Short Story. The individual winning the highest score […]

Every year during Holy Week we take three days to pause, reflect, and spend time growing in our faith. This year’s Resurrection Week has been just that as we have gathered as a middle and upper school student body to praise God and hear from his word. This year we were challenged to reflect on […]

This Thursday, students went out across East Texas to serve our surrounding communities. Students volunteered their time to help nursing homes, paint houses for PATH, clean up parks like the Children’s Park, pregnancy centers, firemen, non-profits, churches, missionary organizations, those less fortunate, and many others who are in need within our own Brook Hill community. […]

This week our 7th grade students completed their study of the civil war, an event that caused both the North and South to question details within the US Constitution in regards to sectionalism, states’ rights, slavery, and tariffs. To better understand the “fine print” of the US Constitution, students participated in a simulation about the […]

To learn about energy and motion, 8th grade students have begun their mousetrap car project! Students are building a mousetrap powered car and will test them soon to see how fast and how far they will go!   

Students in 8th grade Humanities got to visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History by way of Surface Tablets in the classroom. Students visited an interactive site dealing with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, a topic being studied in class. Students were challenged to use what they learned on their home computers. Just another great way our […]

We had a variety of SPARC classes in the Tyler area this week. Students did a variety of special art projects at Creation Station SPARC, including handmade paper, silk screening, weaving, and touring the Tyler Museum of Art. In Game Design SPARC students created their own computer games using Microsoft Kodu software. We learned about […]