She was among the 27 high school girls honored this week by the Memphis Business Journal (MBJ) for their exemplary academic and extracurricular achievements and community involvement.
In all that Elizabeth does, her approach is one of problem-solving and creativity. Her sixth-grade science fair project is an excellent example: Elizabeth worked for weeks to build a robot that would turn off a lamp. She cajoled her father to make trips to Radio Shack, worked through setbacks with her teacher, and tried numerous avenues until she had a robot that worked. However, the robot still could not turn out her bedroom lamp. Elizabeth went the extra mile and built her own lamp, which in combination with the robot was a success. That same combination of scientific investigation and perseverance led to her creation of a robotic hand, and a robotic eye, and a solar-powered hand-washing station on our school farm in later years.
“Designing and building the wash station at the farm presented me with many roadblocks," says Elizabeth. "However, through my creativity and determination, I was able to solve the problems I ran into while implementing my design. My individual leadership style bridges my passions with problem solving, and it allows me to think beyond myself in innovative and original ways.”
In addition to her talents in the STEM subjects, Elizabeth is a talented artist. She makes original costumes for school productions, performs on the harp for school events, and is a member of our school’s modern dance program. Off campus, Elizabeth participates in kickboxing and completes service work at animal shelters.
Congratulations to Elizabeth and all the honorees in the Girls Who Mean Business inaugural class!
Starting down a new path can be hard for anyone, especially for a high school student moving in the middle of junior year. Wylly Willmott '22 said Hutchison's welcoming atmosphere and the supportive staff both in the classroom and out made her feel at home from the start.
National Merit Finalist Annabelle Bridgforth ’22 is a disciplined, hardworking student who has excelled in the classroom while building relationships through sports and songwriting.
Hutchison Now highlights recent graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Katie Hussey ’16, chief of staff for Goldman Sachs’ two global leaders of Consumer and Wealth Management.
Hutchison Now highlights recent graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Kate Christenbury ’07, supervisor of a multi-state telecommunications team for ConocoPhillips.
Hutchison world language students participated in the 2022 Virtual Language Fair, sponsored by the University of Memphis Department of World Languages and Literatures. Demonstrating their knowledge of Spanish and Chinese, Hutchison had a total of 38 students win awards at the fair, the most out of all independent schools that competed.
Meet Renee Grinder, who has been a kindergarten teacher at Hutchison for four years. Before she had her own classroom, she served as an assistant in pre-kindergarten for two years and a substitute teacher for two years. Her experiences as a parent inspired her to come back to the classroom at Hutchison.
Morgan Schrier ’22 is a dedicated student of the Chinese language who chose to continue to learn after completing AP Chinese. This year, she has been assisting Hutchison Chinese teacher Lynn Tian in the classroom with her fifth-grade students. Outside of helping girls learn Chinese, Morgan serves as a member of Peer Council and Morgan mentors 8th- and 9th-grade students adjusting to upper school. She also is heavily involved in her Jewish youth organization.
Note to the State of Tennessee: if you want to get legislation passed, put Hutchison girls in charge! Twelve sophomores wrote and presented five bills at the 69th annual YMCA Youth in Government conference in Nashville. All of the bills made it onto the Senate and House dockets and one was signed into law.
Ella was among the 23 high school girls honored as a Girl Who Means Business by the Memphis Business Journal for exemplary academic and extracurricular achievements and community involvement.
Five Hutchison scholars will participate in high-intensity summer programs in subjects including computational physics, international studies, and theatre at universities across the state.
Hutchison Now highlights recent graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Katie Daniel ’14, a writer for animated film and television.
Ava Dickson ’22 is from Jonesboro, Arkansas, which is an hour and 15 minutes away. Hutchison wasn't the most convenient choice for Ava, but it turned out to be the best choice.
Meet Maggie Blake. Ms. Blake researched baboons in South Africa and worked as a park ranger at several national parks. Now, she is imparting her love of science to students as an 8th-grade physical science teacher in her first year at Hutchison.
Zoe Zerwig Ford '23 is one of two students in Tennessee and one of 40 students nationwide to receive the award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT).
Meet Kim Knauss, Hutchison's middle school learning specialist. In her role, she is poised to help each girl maximize her learning through intentional and personalized support.
This marks the fourth year in a row that Hutchison has received the award for expanding young women's access to AP Computer Science and working toward equal gender representation.
Sentilles wrote a guest column entitled “Focus on the good of social media” that was published by the Daily Memphian, emphasizing a new program Hutchison is using to teach students how to use social media in positive ways.