News from Hutchesons’
This is the main news section for Hutchesons’ Grammar School.
Secondary news stories:
Scientists Won 'Hands Down'!
Three Hutchesons' pupils won first place in the Scottish CREST awards at Dundee University, with a research project on the antibacterial properties of handwashes.
9 July 2008
Hutchesons' Boys in Football International
Scott Lang [S5] and David Aitken [S5] were selected to play for Scotland in the annual Independent Schools International Challenge Match at Tynecastle Stadium.
2 July 2008
Hutchesons' Pupils at J8 Summit
If you had the opportunity to tell world leaders what they should do to solve global problems such as infectious diseases, climate change, poverty and the global economy, what would you say? Four Hutchesons' teenagers decided to make their voices heard.
23 June 2008
Pupil Passes Advanced Driving Test
A Hutchesons' pupil has passed his Advanced Driving Test, just a few months after passing the ordinary test.
23 June 2008- Hutchesons Celebrates National Biodiversity Week in its own Grounds
National Biodiversity Week runs from 17 to 25 May, and staff would like to put in the kind of plants that are especially attractive to birds, bees and butterflies. We would be most grateful for donations of plants. Please read the whole story for further
2 May 2008 
Fashion Foot Forward
Senior Art pupils at Hutchesons’ took advantage of the Annual Fashion Show of the Textiles Department at Glasgow School of Art in March.
25 April 2008
Pupil Wins National Prize for Enterprise
A Hutchesons' pupil has won the Young Scot Award 2008 for Enterprise, sponsored by Strathclyde Business School.
25 April 2008
John Buchan Memorial Lecture: Catherine Deveney
Journalist Catherine Deveney visited Hutchesons’ Grammar School to deliver the John Buchan Memorial Lecture, part of the S6 Talking Points programme.
11 April 2008- Girls and Boys Bring Home Golds from Scottish Cross Country Championships
Hutchesons’ teams took four golds out of a possible eight at the Scottish Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships on 8 March.
10 March 2008 
S3 Hockey Girls Win the West District Cup
The Hutchesons' S3 Hockey team won the West District Cup at the Craigholme Complex on 1 March.
3 March 2008
Victory for Second Year Running
The Hutchesons’ Girls Team won the February St Aloysius’ College Road Relay Race for the second consecutive year. The major athletics event is held each year in Kelvingrove Park.
18 February 2008
Young Enterprise Business Wins 1st Prize
Trading under the name ‘Acid Cherry’, a group of S6 pupils from Hutchesons’ Grammar School won the Young Enterprise Prize at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 15 December, out of dozens of business teams fielded from 35 different schools.
20 December 2007
International Spirit
Five senior pupils received their 2007 international shields at assembly on 12 December.
12 December 2007
Pupils Behind the Lens
Pupils demonstrated their camera skills at the 2nd Hutchesons' Photography Competition in December.
11 December 2007
The Lord McGowan Memorial Lecture: Janette Anderson Chief Executive First Engineering
Lord McGowan, one of Hutchesons’ most successful alumni, had a distinguished career in business and was chairman of the chemical giant ICI, holding this post for 20 years. Janette Anderson (C1982) delivered the 2007 Lord McGowan Memorial Lecture.
5 December 2007