Second graders harvested and bottled honey as part of their unit on plant growth and development.
Farm director Alison Chesney brought frames with honeycombs from the hives inside and showed them to the girls before harvesting honey.
Each second grader got a chance to scrape beeswax off hive frames.
Chesney put the hive frames in a honey extractor, which the girls spun to see how centrifugal force brings the honey out.
The girls poured honey into jars to bottle and take home to their families.
To make it look more professional, the girls got creative and made labels for their honey, giving their jars a name and adding a fun fact.
Second graders learned about the different body parts of bees and built models in the Innovation Lab using various materials. They also studied honeycombs and created models of cells for their bees to live in.
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When Learning Is As Sweet As Honey
Second graders buzzed with curiosity and excitement after harvesting honey from the Hutchison farm during their study of bees. They were mesmerized by the process, from scraping beeswax off the hive frames to bottling honey to take home.
What better way to finish learning about bees than to see what their busy work produces... and get to share it with your family? Second graders have been working on an in-depth study of bees this year as part of their unit on plant growth and development.
The girls learned about the different body parts of a bee, how they construct their hives, and why their work as pollinators is a crucial part of nature. As a culmination of their studies, Alison Chesney, Hutchison's farm director, demonstrated how to harvest honey from the beehives that she cares for on the farm. The girls then got to bring the honey home to their families!
Carly Gubin ’12 played tennis at Hutchison and learned the importance of being part of a team. As a dentist, she relies on a team when caring for patients.
When our girls come together to serve, amazing things happen. During their service retreat, our 10th graders built strong bonds while making a positive impact across Memphis.
For her myExperience capstone project, Maya Pentecost ’26 adapted Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” into a one-act dark comedy. She wrote the script, designed the production, and collaborated with a cast and crew of Hutchison students and faculty in our arts program and the Institute for Responsible Citizenship to bring it to life.
Hutchison Now highlights recent graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Morgan Murdock, a senior project manager at W&A Engineering in Atlanta.
Through hands-on experiments and collaborations with the Design Lab and Dobbs Farm, teacher Christine Groves is helping our girls in junior kindergarten through fourth grade grow their curiosity, critical thinking, and resiliency.
Through the performing arts, Hutchison inspires girls to become strong communicators, creative thinkers, and compassionate leaders in every part of their lives.
Four rising seniors participated in high-intensity summer programs in subjects including international studies, technological innovation and business, education, and visual arts.
Hutchison Now highlights recent graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Dorothy Oehmler, who works for Mischief Comedy in London.
Rising juniors who are part of four myExperience cohorts in Hutchison’s Institute for Responsible Citizenship – global civic engagement, entrepreneurship, STEM, and art and design – explored their respective fields of study on a trip to Miami.