Brook Hill second grader and beginning cellist, Kai Glenn (pictured), along with several other Brook Hill orchestra students, attended the East Texas Symphony Orchestra “Dueling Fiddles” concert on Saturday, January 17th at the UT Tyler Cowan Center. Brook Hill orchestra students got to hear ETSO Concertmaster, Mark Miller solo on violin classics and witness the fiddling and […]
7th grade Humanities visited the American Freedom Museum to continue their study of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas! Students worked as a group to answer questions, and enjoyed seeing real artifacts from the Texas Revolution in the exhibit.
Our Middle School clubs met again this Friday during Campus Life Block! One of the clubs that met today was called “Strategy Club.” This club is hosted by high school student, Alex Ellis, and helps students by not only enjoy strategy games like Chess, but also develops their critical thinking skills!
Students are studying fossils in 6th grade science. As part of the unit, students were challenged to build a dinosaur skeleton using a collection of bones. Students rose to the challenge and successfully reconstructed these animals by using problem solving skills. It was an interesting way to get a feel for what real scientist do […]
One of our favorite things about Brook Hill is advisory. Every week, faculty and staff meet with a small group of 7-10 students to get to know them and lead them into a closer walk with Christ. Many times, this relationship extends outside of school, and our Founder, Steve Dement, is a prime example. Last […]
Five Brook Hill Middle School students competed in the District Spelling Bee on Friday. BH representation included sixth graders Riley Hill and Katelynn Henics, seventh graders Rachel Berkley and Ruby Timmons, and eighth grader Ali Koenig. The students competed in a grade-level Bee followed by a Final Spelldown with the top four performers from each […]
Sixth graders attended the student day at the Gem and Mineral Show at the Rose Garden Center in Tyler. Students saw demonstrations of gold mining, faceting stones, cutting and polishing gems, and making jewelry. They even got to see rocks that glowed in the dark and an amazing display of rocks and minerals that look […]
“Blessed is the person who delights in the law of the LORD and who meditates on the law of the LORD both day and night.” These inspiring words from Psalm 1 are the focus and beginning point for sixth grade Bible class at Brook Hill and this week we were able to integrate technology as an […]
Moodle training for 6th grade science continued on Thursday with students completing a web quest over fossils in Antarctica. Students used the online version of their science book and found interesting websites from which to gather information about fossils. Moodle provided an excellent way for students to complete an assignment using the computer, helping students […]
As part of eighth grade’s study of polymers, students were challenged to make polymer ball. A recipe was given and students made the polymer ball and tested it to see if it bounced. Then, students were given the chance to “improve” the recipe and make a polymer ball that bounced even higher. The most successful […]
6th grade students and their parents were busy this week learning how to Moodle! The launch of our Moodle Pilot brings a period of change for our 6th grade students. To ensure we are giving our students the help they need, they will be visiting the Computer Lab each day for 45 minutes over the […]
Eighth graders recently completed their science fair projects which they started back in October. Students worked either in groups or alone to come up with a problem that they wanted to test. Students wrote an experiment and then performed it and collected data. Lastly, they drew conclusions and presented those on a science fair board. […]