Institute for Responsible Citizenship
We Inspire Lives of Purpose
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Empowering Girls to Change Their World
In the Institute for Responsible Citizenship upper school girls experience the intersection of civic engagement, compassionate leadership, and ethical decision-making in the context of responsible citizenship. They explore specific areas of interest to augment their classroom experience and discover how their individual talents and contributions can lead to rewarding careers as well as lives of purpose.
The Institute provides a framework to harness the energy and curiosity of youthful idealism. We empower girls to change their world.
The Institute provides a framework to harness the energy and curiosity of youthful idealism. We empower girls to change their world.
myExperience is an intensive multi-year experiential learning opportunity for highly motivated students.
Leads, Serves, and Invests are foundational Hutchison programs that engage and challenge girls at their own pace.
Immersive Learning opportunities apply the theories of civic engagement, leadership, and public policy to real-life experiences.
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myExperience
Hutchison’s myExperience Program (short for multi-year experience) is a new comprehensive three-and-a-half-year initiative for high-achieving upper school girls to elevate their civic engagement and leadership skills in a structured co-curricular learning opportunity. Thought-provoking peer discussions and regular meetings with an assigned mentor, along with relevant travel and internships culminate in a college-level self-directed research paper or project.
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Leads, Serves, and Invests
The established Hutchison Leads, Hutchison Serves, and Hutchison Invests programs embody the school’s commitment to living lives of purpose. These foundational programs remain as key components of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship. Girls can choose from the robust programming of Leads, Serves, and Invests to pursue unique classroom and community-based opportunities to enhance their upper school experiences and even explore possible career paths.Read More
Immersive Learning
Through internships, fellowships, and global travel, girls engage with mentors and explore career opportunities, and broaden their horizons with travel related to Institute programming. Girls also participate in a yearlong series of through-provoking seminars that are tailored for each grade. Topics range from career and internship opportunities to civil discourse and financial literacy.
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Hutchison Senior Organizes Voter Registration Drive to Encourage Civic Engagement
For her myExperience capstone project, part of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship, Millie Malone ’25 held a voter registration drive where a representative from the League of Women Voters assisted our girls in registering.Read More -
Hutchison Senior Recognized for St. Jude Fundraising Efforts
Eliza Flores ’25 is on a mission to make a difference for St. Jude patients, and the hospital is celebrating her work and success.Read More -
Civil Discourse: Bearing the Fruits of Four Years of Constructive Conversations
Empathy. Discomfort. Controversy. Curiosity. Perspective. Engagement. These six words encompass a wide range of emotional and intellectual ideas. In the fall of 2020, when the Class of 2024 were freshmen, they started attending sessions to learn about civil discourse. While the world was still navigating the pandemic, it was a great time to practice how to have constructive conversations about things we agree on… and things we disagree on.Read More -
Two Hutchison Students Conduct Graduate-Level Research through St. Jude Program
As part of the St. Jude High School Research Immersion Program, two Hutchison rising seniors have been gaining experience in medical research.Read More -
Rising Juniors Learn and Explore on myExperience Trips to Chicago and Washington, D.C.
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 trips to Washington, D.C., and Chicago.Read More -
Izzy Ellis ’24 Wants to Help Cure Cancer and Hutchison is Getting Her Started
A discovery in one science class led Izzy Ellis ’24 to delve deeper into her interest in biology and map out a path for college and beyond. Along the way, she nurtured other interests, from athletics to civics. An aspiring oncologist, her dream is to find a new, innovative treatment that could help save lives.Read More -
Seniors Display Capstone Projects at myExperience Showcase
Our inaugural graduating class of the myExperience program presented their capstone projects with confidence, poise, and enthusiasm at our first myExperience Senior Showcase.Read More -
Sophomore Shadows TN House Representative, Meets Gov. Bill Lee at State Capitol
Avery Webb ’26 enjoyed the opportunity to shadow Rep. John Gillespie in Nashville as he interacted with state officials and legislators, and she even got to meet Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.Read More -
Senior’s myExperience Project Displayed at Arrow Creative
Read MoreArrow Creative showcased a special gallery: a photo essay by Abby Martin ’24 about her myExperience program mentor. -
Upper School Girls Explore Chinese Culture in Singapore
“This trip fostered cultural appreciation, broadened perspectives, and created lasting memories for everyone involved,” said upper school Chinese teacher Lynn Tian, who chaperoned the trip.Read More
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