From the desk of Becky Knight, Girls Soccer Coach: These girls worked crazy hard this season! We faced a lot of adversity with injuries on the team and that held us back, but they never ceased in persevering each game. This was a character building season – a time to learn what it looks […]
Imagine a chilly, nearing brutally cold – barring the right clothing – night in a small town of East Texas. You’re sitting in the stands of a high school stadium watching a soccer game. About 10 minutes into the game, you hear the student section start to roar. This is kind of odd to you […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: Well, the Lord did it again. He sent us on a college trip to Austin, College Station, and Waco, which should have totally exhausted us but the opposite happened–we came back inspired, excited, and full of energy. How in the world does that happen? The excursion included […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. Bailey Gunter was selected as Brook Hill’s DAR Good Citizen this year because of his dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism to an outstanding […]
Brook Hill students Anna Luker and Bailey Gunter were chosen as UT Tyler Presidential Fellows which, because of their outstanding academic record and test scores, provides them with full tuition, room, and board for four years at the University of Texas at Tyler. UT Tyler Presidential Fellow Full Tuition, Fees, Books, Room & Board Based […]
Texas A & M was on campus this week to talk individually with students and to answer questions about next steps. When colleges come to Brook Hill and students take advantage of sitting down one on one with them, it is so very personal. College admissions officers are the experts for their colleges. They know […]
The Pre-AP class started a new unit on gases and their characteristics. Part of that unit is learning the relationships between pressure, volume, and temperature. We utilized a cart of Microsoft Surface tablets in order for the students to be able to run a computer simulation that demonstrates two primary gas laws. Boyle’s Law says […]
The Brook Hill tennis team took advantage of the break in the weather to travel to Athens to face the fighting Hornets on Thursday. The short handed Guard tennis took on a solid Athens team and came up short 1-8. The Guard ‘s lone win came in number 1 girls singles. Caroline won 8-3 in […]
This week our Junior class traveled to potential colleges, met with alumni and bonded as a class.
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: I was in my office working on the Res Life Strategic Plan when I heard one of our students exclaiming, “Oh my gosh! This is crazy! I got in! I can’t believe I got in!” I stepped out to see what the excitement was about […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, College Counselor: When I woke up in the wee morning hours on Wednesday morning to get ready to leave for the 10th grade College Trip, I read my devotional for the day. As usual, I was reminded that God is always right there with me and makes it very […]
The Brook Hill tennis team was in action on Thursday as they competed in the 3rd Annual John Tyler Bob Faulkner JV Tennis Tournament. Anna Kitt and Katherine Mondrik won the Girls Doubles Division B with four straight victories over Whitehouse(2), Cartledge and Robert E. Lee. The other girls doubles team, Sharon Chai and Emily […]