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Card Sharks unite! Hold’Em for Hurley, NPHS’s Texas hold’em tournament fundraiser, is happening Thursday, February 3rd, at 7 pm at The Red Fez in Boston’s South End.
If you think you got blind luck, join us for some great fun, casual food, and cash bar. All proceeds benefit the Hurley School.
Visit our Hold’Em for Hurley page for details and to purchase tickets.
Bring your poker face!
Club ¡TropiCaliente! - A Benefit for the Hurley School
Neighborhood Parents for the Hurley School invites you to Club ¡TropiCaliente! Mambo your way to this fantastic event, where you’ll:
Club ¡TropiCaliente! - A Benefit for the Hurley School
Neighborhood Parents for the Hurley School invites you to Club ¡TropiCaliente! Mambo your way to this fantastic event, where you’ll:
Free Workshop on Children and Bilingualism
Pine Village Preschool, a bilingual preschool on Harrison Ave., is sponsoring a workshop on bilingual education on Wednesday, February 24, 5:30–8:30 pm at the Hurley School.
Join Dr. Naomi Steiner, a leading expert on bilingual education...
Read more...Card Sharks unite! Hold’Em for Hurley, NPHS’s first Texas hold’em tournament fundraiser, is happening February 4th, at 7 pm at The Red Fez in Boston’s South End.
If you think you got blind luck, join us for some great fun, casual food, and cash bar. All proceeds benefit the Hurley School.
Visit our Hold’Em for Hurley page for details and to purchase tickets.
Bring your poker face!
CMCB Sets Up Website for Hurley Musicians
Adam Epstein from the Community Music Center of Boston has created a website for his music classes, grades 3–7. As an extension of classroom time, the website will include audio and video files of weekly mini-lessons for students to review at home to support their music learning over the course of the week. Visit the site at http://hurleymusic.weebly.com/. Parents are encouraged to explore this site with your child and to visit the blog regularly to see what's happening in music class.
Hurley Open Houses
School preview time is upon us and families of prospective students have several opportunities to visit the Hurley and learn more about the school.
Learn about the dual-language program, chat with teachers and the principal, and meet current Hurley parents.
For more information, please call the Hurley School at 617-635-8489.
Club ¡TropiCaliente! - A Benefit for the Hurley School
Neighborhood Parents for the Hurley School invites you to Club ¡TropiCaliente! Mambo your way to this fantastic event, where you’ll:
If your child will be four (for K1) or five (for K2) on September 1st, 2009, it's time to start the process of choosing a school. The Hurley will have open houses Wednesday, December 10th, 8:30-10:30 am and Friday, January 16th, 8:30-10:00 am. Read more...
Spring Fundraiser Raises $45,000!
NPHS’s May 4, 2008, fundraising bash at The Beehive was a smashing success. Thanks to the generosity of the many businesses and individuals in our community and beyond, we raised $45,000 for the school! We transformed the Beehive into a prohibition-era speakeasy, and guests enjoyed delish food, danced to a 20s Dixieland jazz band, and posed for “paper moon” photos.
The event was sponsored by our lead sponsors, Mark Doherty & Rob Kilgore of Coldwell Banker; as well as Monness, Crespi, Hardt; Hingham Institution for Savings; Chris Cuddy of CB Richard Ellis; Doug Danzy of Pride Mortgage, and BayPoint Builders. Read more...
Save the Date — Sunday, May 4, 2008
Dust off your fedoras and flapper dresses and join us at the Beehive at 6 pm on Sunday, May 4, 2008 for the annual NPHS fundraising bash - Get Hot! NPHS Speakeasy. Read more...
Meet the Mayor's Challenge for the Hurley Field!
We know you share our enthusiasm for creating an athletic field on the asphalt side lot at the Hurley School. Now you can help make the field a reality!
Mayor Menino has generously offered the Neighborhood Parents for the Hurley School a challenge grant to support building the field if we can raise $30,000 by July 31.
You can help us secure these funds! For more information and to donate, visit http://discoverhurley.org/field.
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Thanks to tremendous support from the community, our Let's Bond event is now sold out. If you're coming to the event, please take a look at our auction preview. If you'd like to get on the waiting list for tickets, see our tickets page. Read more...
Hurley School awarded $265,000 Grant to Develop a Dual Language After School Program
The Hurley School was recently awarded a $265,000 grant to develop an after-school program that extends the daytime curriculum and meets the needs of this unique dual language school. Read more...
Hurley to go pre-K through 8!
The Hurley School will add a pre-K (K1) class and add grades 6-8. As part of this transition the Hurley will become a bilingual-only school once all children currently in the school have completed grade five. The transition will start in the fall of 2007 with the addition of pre-K and 6th grade classes.
School Preview Time
If your child will be five on September 1st, 2007 (or four for pre-K), it's time to start the process of choosing a school. The Hurley will have open houses December 6th and January 17th at 9am. You'll have a chance to tour the school and meet the principal, teachers, and parents of current Hurley students. For more information or to schedule a tour at another time call the school at 617-635-8489.
Hurley Receives Two Grants
Over the summer the Hurley School and NPHS received two grants. a $5,000 grant was received from the Laura Bush Foundation to purchase books for the Hurley's new library. The school also received a $20,000 grant from edVestors. This grant and other NPHS funds will be used to fund a new Community Engagement Coordinator position at the school.
South End News: Boston Schools Post Payzant
This South End News article discusses interim superintendent Michael Contompasis' vision for the BPS including his thoughts on the bright future of the Hurley School. Read more...
Boston Courant: Parents Get High Marks at Hurley
At some schools, parents are relegated to bakes sales and chaperoning field trips, but at the Hurley Elementary School they are helping to transform an aging schoolhouse into a state-of-the-art facility. Read more...
Buy a Book for the Hurley School!
Please consider giving the gift of reading to the children of the Hurley School by buying a book from the school's Amazon Wishlist
Hurley Gym Renovated
Over the summer the Hurley's gym was restored to be used for its original purpose. Walls that divided the gym into four small rooms were removed, linoleum was pulled up and the original wood floor was refinished. Basketball hoops and wall pads were installed and the gym is now being used by students during the day and in the after school program. NPHS worked closely with City Councilor Jim Kelly and the BPS to make the renovation a reality!
The Boston Globe: Parents Get Early Start on Aiding School
Amid glasses of red wine, plastic sippy cups, and pizza boxes, a dozen thirtysomething parents crowd a South End loft, at times reaching to silence a cellphone or corral a fidgeting child. The talk of the early-evening gathering -- all of it -- centers on the Joseph J. Hurley Elementary School, just blocks away. Read more...
The Boston Globe: Bringing Schools Back into the Public Domain
Over the last 10 years, the South End has experienced a mini-baby boom caused by an influx of professional and affluent couples. Now, a group of those parents has taken on the responsibility of promoting one of the neighborhood's public elementary schools and proving that sending a child to a Boston public school is not an educational death sentence. Read more...
The Boston Courant: Parents Give Hurley School High Marks
The first day of school can be a nerve-wracking time not only for students, but for parents who question what school their children should attend and the quality of education they will receive.
A growing group of South End parents are finding their answer in the Hurley School, the Worcester Street elementary school for kindergarten through the fifth grade. Read more...