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HMS Announces Strategic Plan Initiative with Innivee Strategies

Collaborating with Innivee Strategies, HMS is beginning its strategic planning process. Innivee will hold focus groups with key school community members to gather information on what the school is doing well, where we can improve, and what you envision for our future.

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Boston Public Schools Announces 2022 Educator of the Year Awards

HMS Teacher Mary Simmons is one of seven recipients of Boston Public Schools' 2022 BPS Educator of the Year Awards. The program recognizes and celebrates exceptional educators who go above and beyond to impact the lives of BPS students and community members.

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Class of 2022 HMS Graduation

HMS and the Class of 2022 were honored to invite Asma Sheikh, a proud Deaf female scientist and first-generation college student from Pakistan, to be the graduation keynote speaker. Asma shared her experience breaking barriers and showed our Deaf students they are capable of anything.

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BPS Class of 2022 Valedictorians Honored at Fenway Park

33 valedictorians from Boston Public Schools are honored at a luncheon at Fenway Park with Boston Mayor Wu, BPS Superintendent Cassellius, members of the Boston School Committee, and more.

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Deaf Community Sees 'powerful representation' after historic Oscar wins for 'CODA'

GBH speaks with HMS Assistant Head of School, Jennifer Greenfield, among other local Deaf community members to discuss the Oscar wins for 'CODA' and what it means for the Deaf community.

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'So Exciting!' CODA's Oscar Wins Draw Positive Reaction From Mass. Deaf Community

CODA is an acronym for "child of deaf adult" and the title of the Massachusetts-set film that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

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NBC10 Boston Celebrates Best Picture Oscar Win for the film 'CODA'

HMS reacts to 'CODA' winning Best Picture. The movie showcases deafness as a way of life. The film is the first of its kind in terms of representation with the lead roles played by 3 Deaf actors, and also in terms of accessibility with its inclusion of open subtitles throughout.

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WBZ-TV News Boston: It Happens Here

The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the oldest public day school for the deaf in the country, just got its first deaf principal and assistant principal.

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New School Leaders Announcement

Dr. Michelle Eisan-Smith is selected as the new Head of School and Ms. Jennifer Greenfield is selected as the new Assistant Head of School for Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

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BPS Announces New School Leaders for the 2021-2022 School Year

Read brief biographies of the 15 new school leaders around Boston Public Schools, including our very own new Head of School, Dr. Michelle Eisan-Smith.

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DEAFinitely Dance receives 2021 Model Equity Award from Boston Cultural Council

Some HMS students and alumni are members of the DEAFinitely Dance Crew as dancers and mentors impacting the world through dance and American Sign Language.

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HMS Alumni in Oscar-Nominated Film

Local deaf actors praise Oscar-nominated 'Sound of Metal' in a WCVB 5 ABC news segment. Two of the actors featured in the movie, Joe Toledo and Elbert Joseph, are HMS alumni.

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