Learning Come to Life: Spring Events at Hillbrook
By Anne-Marie Strohman, Middle School and Alumni Parent Spring is full of life at Hillbrook! It’s the time of year when families get to most …
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7th Grade Marketplace Brings Math Learning + Entrepreneurship to Life for Students
by Clara Ngo, Middle School STEM Teacher and an Anonymous Contributing Writer May 7, 2019 marked the culmination of the 7th grade math students’ month-long …
Uniquely Hillbrook: A Middle School Parent’s Reflection on Reach Beyond Block
By Anne-Marie Strohman, Middle School Parent and Hillbrook Writer When Reach Beyond Block began this fall, it brought up a big question at our house: …
Preparing Creative and Collaborative Problem Solvers in Middle School Math with Middle School Math Teacher Robert Sears
Mistakes are valuable. So says a sign on the wall in Robert Sears’ mathematics classroom. It is one of a dozen or more signs around …
The Hillbrook Schedule Makes Room for Students to “Reach Beyond”
By MS Integrated Science Teacher Sarah Hollingsworth and MS English & Integrated Studies Teacher Cate Murray A dynamic and unique part of the lower and middle school …
Reach Beyond Week Takeaways: There and Back Again…and Making a Difference
By Mary Hammers This past April, Hillbrook 6th-8th graders embarked on our first Reach Beyond Week, which included nine reflective, engaging, and hands-on experiences that …
Reach Beyond Week Reflections
By Mark Silver, Head of School Originally posted on ReMarks & Reflections, the official blog of Hillbrook’s HOS. Hillbrook launched our first-ever Reach Beyond Week …
Middle School Students Holding Socratic Seminars? That’s the Hillbrook Way.
By Matt Callahan, Middle School English Teacher, Dr. Ashley David, Middle School Humanities Teacher, and Andrea Holck, MS English Teacher One of the reasons teaching …
Sharing Your Voice: Mairi Shea’s Graduation Speech for the Class of 2017
Selected by the 8th grade class to deliver this special address during Graduation, Mairi humorously and personally recounts beloved memories from the Class of 2017’s …
Chris Hailey’s (’13) Speech to the Class of 2017
Recipient of the Hillbrook Award, given to the student who best exemplifies our vision – to inspire students to achieve their dreams and to reach …