Hutchings High School & Junior College is an unit of the Mumbai Regional Conference of the Methodist Church in India. It is managed by Bishop Dr.Anilkumar Servand, the Chairman, Rev. Dr. C. Selvin, the Manager, Ms. Rita I. Katawati, Principal and other managing committee members.The History of Hutchings goes back more than 140 years to 1879 when the then 'Methodist High School' was formed as a unit of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev. William E. Robbins and Rev. William Taylor. The School started with 49 children in a rented house as co-educational in nature with boarding facilities. It was re named "Taylor High School' in 1890."The Women's Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS)" of the Methodist Episcopal Church took over the education of girls of Taylor High School thereby leading to the formation of 'Taylor High School for Girls' and 'Taylor High School for Boys'In 1888, the 'Anglo-Indian Girls' Orphanage and Home' with 33 children was founded by Miss Dawley, an American Missionary at Arsenal Road. In 1893 this orphanage and Home was brought under the supervision of Mrs. Emily Hutchings, a Missionary of Scottish descent and a member of WFMS. She adopted 'EBENEZER' as her motto meaning 'rock or stone of help' in Hebrew. It functioned at Baptist Chapel on East Street, Poona, which was purchased from the sale proceeds of the house of Mrs. E. Hutchings in London.