Hutchison Serves in the Community
Hutchison Serves program encourages upper school girls to explore service and mentoring opportunities in the community.
Hutchison Serves was excited to connect with the Binghampton Christian Academy throughout the school year with monthly mentor sessions between Hutchison seniors and BCA's 8th grade class. A reading week program in March culminated in a school-wide field day which was completely planned and organized by four recent Hutchison graduates: Lauren Livesay '16, Carolyn Simpson '16, Carter Coleman '16, and Susannah Bland '16. They recruited 16 volunteers, including five Hutchison sophomores, and made sure field day was a success for the kids by having a water balloon fight for the eighth graders, basketball games between the older grades, soccer games between the younger grades, and tug of war between all of the grades. This was the first year all grades participated in field day at the same time, and it proved to be a huge success! These girls also worked with the Lower School at Hutchison this spring to run a successful book drive for the library at BCA.
When reflecting upon her time as a member of the Wilson Society at Hutchison, Lauren Livesay said, "Field Day was one of many lasts in our senior year at Hutchison, but I think that BCA and Wilson Society will forever hold a special place in our hearts. We have learned to have a heart for our city and truly form relationships with the kids that we meet. I think that it is clear through our many blog posts and pictures over the last three years that we are the ones who have been the most blessed through this project."
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Understanding Memphis and Adapting to Distance Learning
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Thinking Outside the Box: EC Girls Are “Thinking Around the House”
Early childhood teachers had to get creative to keep their young charges engaged while learning from home. Not to mention the challenge of hosting a Google Meet with twelve 2, 3, or 4-year-olds.Read More -
Living History – Literally!
With more than 20 years of teaching experience, it was a no-brainer for Deborah Brown to integrate the World War I unit in her Advanced Honors Modern World History class to the current global pandemic.Read More -
Let It Flow! Outrunning Lava and Other Lessons
How fast do honey, cooking oil, and water flow on an elevated cookie sheet? Donna Budynas’ first distance learning lab, to test viscosity, or the measure of how liquid flows, was rather tame. But then, she kicked it up a notch! She asked her sixth grade science class to outrun lava – Indiana Jones-style. Extra credit was offered for wearing explorer gear and family involvement was encouraged.Read More -
An Inspirational Tale About Transpiration
A lot of things have changed, but labs go on in Mary Lee Wesberry’s AP Biology class! With Google Meet, a cell phone, nail polish, a potted plant, and a portable microscope she received at the St. Jude Science Scholars of Tomorrow, Wesberry quickly switched gears to begin the fourth quarter as planned, with the Transpiration Lab.Read More -
World Languages: The Kitchen Edition
If your fourth grader suddenly raided the pantry for unhealthy snacks and said “Señora Chelsoi made me do it,” she was telling the truth! Fourth graders in Kenna Chelsoi’s Spanish class ended up in their kitchens to explain what they had learned in Lucy’s Wesson’s science class. The science lesson was about the nutrients your body needs to stay healthy. Señora Chelsoi asked girls to translate that to Spanish. Sophia Wilson was quick to come up with examples.Read More -
Seventh Graders Stay on Track with Their Global Studies
At the end of each online class, Nancy Smith asks each girl in her seventh grade Global Studies classes to turn on her mic so she can wave and verbally say goodbye to her classmates.Read More -
A Not-So-Random Act of Kindness
When Mrs. Koehn asked her sixth grade English class to write about something positive during these trying times, MaryBrooks Winchester immediately thought about the many healthcare workers who have emerged as heroes.Read More -
Learning the Art of Civil Discourse
You could say the students in John Reynolds’ debate class are serious about working out. Working out mentally, that is. Reynolds calls it “stretching their brains.” Dakota Shelton '21 calls it “mental strength.”Read More -
Students Recognized for Thought-Provoking Writing
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54 Scholastic Art Awards: That’s Hutchison STRONG!
Read MoreHutchison girls won 54 Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards this year, with 19 Gold Keys, 15 Silver Keys, and 20 Honorable Mentions. -
Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
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Sharing Kindness in Lower School
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How Two Hutchison Girls & Their Father Created a Musical from Scratch
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Middle School Teacher Publishes Two Articles
Middle school English teacher Lauren Huddleston, who is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, had two articles published by Edutopia.Read More -
Our Farm is in the News!
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Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
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Micca Lejwa '20 Earns National Recognition
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The Envelope Please...
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A Portrait Worth a Thousand Lessons
You’ve heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words." Well, in Jeanette Leake’s classroom, a portrait is worth a thousand lessons.Read More
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