Teacher

NAME: Mrs. Hutcheson
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SCHOOL: Bowie High School

CLASS: PreAP (1st,3rd,4th,and 7th) Biology & AP Biology (6th)

SCHOOL PHONE: 841-4131


About Me

 This is my 15th year teaching at Bowie High School. I am married to Peter 
Hutcheson, a philosophy professor at Texas State University. I have 4 
children: 3 in college (Vanessa-class of 05, and Jessica-class of 07, anbd 
Alyssa class of 09), and 1 in middle school (a seventh-grader named Wesley). 
I think that science is the ULTIMATE interdisciplinary adventure!  

I am the sponsor of the Science Club (which meets Wednesday mornings in my 
room). I coach the UIL Science team (in Biology).

Why Biology?

Biology is the study of living things.  It is a field of knowledge that is 
constantly growing: new discoveries are in the paper every day.  As a good 
citizen and a productive member of society I want you to be scientifically 
literate.  This means you should be able to read about a biology topic or 
issue in the paper, understand what it is about, recognize how it might 
affect your life or your loved ones, and vote wisely. As future college 
students, you need to uderstand the major overarching themes of Biology and 
know how the details of topics such as the cell cycle and cell 
differentiation, cellular energy, bioinformatics, evolution and ecology fit 
into these themes and are connected to each other. Biology is the meaning 
of life!