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As part of the “Principal for a Day” program, WCVB’s Andrew Vrees visited HMS to meet our students, learn about our community, and explore our journalism program. We were proud to share the incredible work happening here every day! 💙💛 #hmsdeafpride
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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This Spirit Week reminded us just how special our school community is. As we head into Founders Day, we celebrate the pride, unity, and creativity that make our school one of a kind. 💙💛🐾 #HMSDeafPride #SpiritWeek #HMS1869
Collage of 5 pictures showing students and staff alike embracing this past week's spirit week leading up to HMS's founders day that included pajama day, fun hat/hair day, sports day, twin day, and future career day. Collage of 3 pictures showing students and staff alike embracing this past week's spirit week leading up to HMS's founders day that included pajama day, fun hat/hair day, sports day, twin day, and future career day.
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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🎉 Spirit Week kicks off tomorrow as we celebrate our school’s Founders Week! 🐾 Our students created this video to share the fun themes planned for each day. Check it out and start planning your outfits! 💙💛 #HMSDeafPride
November 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🎉 We’re proud to share this @bostonschools.boston.gov BPS Stories spotlight featuring our wonderful teacher, Jenn O’Brien! She reflects on the joy of working in a diverse, supportive community at HMS and why she’s proud to be a BPS educator. 💙 #BPSProud #HMSDeafPride
September 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🥈 The HMS Cougar Chess Team just secured 2nd place at this year's Deaf Chess Invitational in Austin, TX! ♟️🏆
We are so proud to represent both @hmsdeaf1869.bsky.social and @bostonschools.boston.gov on the national stage! 🐾🤘
Congrats, Cougars! #hmsdeafpride #bpspride #deafchess
Group picture of the 5-player HMS chess team standing in the school cafeteria surrounded by 2 coaches Al Sandoval and Ally Marcino, Secondary Director Kate Angoff, and Head of School Dr. Michelle Eisan-Smith, all posing for the camera.
May 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Our Deaf school leaders are showing our students every day that their potential is limitless. 🤟
"We want to make sure our students see themselves," says Head of School Dr. Michelle Eisan-Smith. "This means we are all role models." ✨
#HMSDeafPride
Boston's Horace Mann led by school's first fully deaf principal
Horace Mann is being lead by one of the most historical figures in the school’s 155 year history — Dr. Michelle Eisen-Smith, its first ever fully deaf principal.
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April 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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After an incredible "proper HMS send-off" from students & staff, our HMS Cougar Chess Team is at TSD for the Annual Deaf Chess Invitational! They are focused & fueled by school pride as they compete against schools from across 🇺🇸. We are so proud of their sportsmanship & strategy! 🐾♟️ #HMSDeafPride
Screenshot taken from the YouTube livestream shows Table 3 and a long table with several chess boards set up and competitors on either side as students face off in the annual Deaf Chess Invitational.
May 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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🎉 We are still smiling after last night’s Family Fun event! ✨
It was incredible to have our students, families, and staff all together to eat, laugh, and celebrate our amazing community. Thank you to everyone who joined us to keep this wonderful tradition going strong! 💙💛
#HMSDeafPride #HMSfamily
A collage of four photographs from the HMS family fun event. Top left: Assistant Head of School Jennifer Greenfield is on stage next to a large screen welcoming the guets. Top right: a young HMS student is interacting with someone through ASL at a table with representatives from Gallaudet University. Bottom left: DEAFinitely, Inc.'s hip hop crew on stage posing for the camera at the end of their performance. Bottom right: A PreK student has a big smile on his face looking up and grabbing the ice cream being passed down to him from an ice cream truck. A collage of nine photographs of close ups of HMS students at a family fun evening event. In all photos, students are smiling and looking at the camera.
May 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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The tradition of excellence continues! 🏅 Huge shout-out to our incredible HMS athletes for showing true strength, heart, and Cougar pride at last weekend's Special Olympics Track & Field events. You inspire us all! 🏃‍♂️💨💙🐾 #SpecialOlympics #HMSDeafPride
A collage of four photographs featuring HMS students wearing dark blue, numbered athletic shirts. The students are actively participating in Special Olympics track events on an outdoor running track. A collage of four photographs. The top row consists of three images showing HMS students smiling at the camera from an award podium; the center image features a student in a wheelchair shaking hands with a Fire Chief. The larger bottom image shows a group of students and staff smiling together on a sunny day, with some individuals partially shaded beneath a pop-up tent.
May 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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💙💛⚽ What an unforgettable day! Our young Cougars made history, winning the championship in HMS’s first-ever NESD Elementary Soccer Tournament! The heart, teamwork, and support from our entire community made this moment truly special. 🏆 #hmsdeafpride #hmscougarpride
Collage of four action shots of HMS students playing soccer on a sunny day. Top image: team photo of players and coaches smiling at the camera, wearing blue shirts with yellow lettering. Bottom two images: coaches interacting with players, discussing plays using ASL. Top left: view from behind a young fan just off the field, mid-jump, waving one blue and one yellow pom-pom as the HMS soccer team is visible on the field in the distance. Top right: large banner reading "Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing" displayed on a blue tent. Bottom: coaches and players waving hands in the air, many smiling broadly with excitement.
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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From soccer practices to in-house uniform workshops and a spirited send-off, it was truly inspiring to see our amazing school community come together to support HMS’s first-ever participation in the New England Deaf (NESD) Elementary Soccer Tournament. Go Cougars! 🐾⚽💛💙 #hmsdeafpride
Top left: Students standing and watching as two teachers use Cricut machines to add logos to new soccer uniforms. Top right: Students seated in a classroom, focused as their teacher/coach discusses a soccer play with a field projected on a screen. Bottom left: Elementary soccer players practicing outside on a field in preparation for their upcoming game. Bottom right: Students excitedly looking at a teacher holding up their completed soccer uniform. Collage of four images showing a large turnout of the HMS school community giving our young soccer players a spirited send-off rally, with everyone waving their hands in the air, some holding yellow and blue pom-poms.
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Nothing brings our school community together quite like Alanna walking us through procedures… and then immediately breaking out the robot! 🤖✨
All staff are back together, completely in sync, and ready for the new school year. We can’t wait to see our students next Tuesday! 🍎 #HMSDeafPride
September 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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🐾 Happy last day of school! ☀️ We are still riding the wave of energy from our 5th graders rocking the Cougar Fight Song at their moving-up ceremony the other day! 🤟🥁
Congratulations to all of our students. Have a safe, fun, and wonderful summer break, Cougars! 😎 #HMSDeafPride
June 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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🎓 Today is our seniors' last official day! This week, they had the wonderful opportunity to visit with the next generation of HMS Cougars. 💙 #HMSDeafPride
Photo taken from inside a classroom looking out. A group of elementary students, seen from behind, peek around a doorway into the hallway to watch high school seniors walking by in graduation caps and gowns.
June 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM