|  | "Dynamic teachers from both Hutchison and MUS have developed lively, engaging classes open to students from both schools. The Co-Edge program adds a richness to our program through classes, fine arts collaborations, leadership development initiatives, and community service efforts - all while maintaining the proven advantages of single gender education."
- Annette Smith, Head of Hutchison School
For more than a century, Hutchison School has offered young women the most academically challenging and well-rounded education in the Mid-South. Just over 30 years ago, Hutchison partnered with MUS, a college prepatory school for boys in grades 7-12, to create Co-Edge. These coeducational opportunities give students of single gender education a competitive advantage.
The affiliation of our schools, located on adjacent campuses, allows students and faculty to jointly participate in academic seminars, civic service projects, and other leadership development activities. In addition to collaboration on projects, the schools also share athletic facilities. Students and faculty of both schools use the Dunavant-Wellford Tennis Center, which was built through joint fund-raising efforts.
Several joint community service and leadership development programs occur throughout the year. Students from each school participate in theatre and music programs at the neighboring school, and faculty members are exploring ways to strengthen and expand this relationship. In addition to the benefits for students, Co-Edge also enhances professional development opportunities for faculty and board members.
Through the Co-Edge program, Hutchison students continue to enjoy the benefits of single gender education (an educational environment less focused on emotional energy towards the opposite sex, classes directed toward how girls learn best, and more freedom to achieve in areas that society might suggest should be exclusive to one sex), while also allowing for social development through interaction with students of the opposite sex.
"I believe that to develop well-rounded students, we must offer the opportunity to have an academic experience with members of the opposite sex, an experience which will allow them to appreciate one another as academic equals and which allows them to interact on an intellectual level.”
-Ellis Haguewood, MUS Headmaster
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