Laura Range
Have an up-and-coming 8th grader? We're here to ...

New Hope Courses for Homeschoolers is here to partner with homeschooling families by providing high-quality, supplemental courses. We at New Hope understand that 8th gradecan be an important year for homeschoolers. Parents of 8th graders often have a lot on their mind!

-Perhaps your 8th grader needs to bolster his or her skills in a subject to be ready for high school classes the next year. 

-Perhaps your student is ready to start some high school classes their 8thgrade year, and you want them to start well. 

-Perhaps there are classes like foreign language or math that are no longer working well online. 

-Perhaps you are evaluating whether you can continue to homeschool through high school.

New Hope can help! Take a look at the courses available to our 8th grade students.

Have an up-and-coming 8th grader? We're here to help!
Event
Ian Drummond
Servathon Kickoff Lunch

It's Servathon time! We kicked off with lunches on Monday and Thursday this week. We are getting into high gear, setting up our FirstGiving pages and personalizing letters we are sending to friends, families, and local businesses.

Servathon Kickoff Lunch
Ian Drummond
Waking up in MSLW

Recently I was asked by a parent why I thought taking a group literature course like the one I teach at New Hope is “worth it” for homeschoolers, who can clearly read great books on their own at home.

Waking up in MSLW
Ian Drummond
Macbeth Comes to New Hope

The New Rep players came to New Hope today and put on two Shakespeare workshops (one for middle school, one for high school). All English tutorials have been reading Macbeth in anticipation of the day, and it was a rousing success!

Macbeth Comes to New Hope
Ian Drummond
Director's Welcome

We hear it all the time: “What exactly is New Hope?” Our students call it the question! Because New Hope doesn’t easily fall into a traditional institutional category, it is easy to get confused. In fact, we often laugh about how many words it sometimes takes to explain who we are and what we do. 

Director's Welcome

Fall Family Day

Fall Family Day

In a tradition going back over a decade, we gather every year in the fall to eat and have a barn dance together. We long ago outgrew the traditional "barn" we used to meet in at Camp Denison in Georgetown, but as you can see in some of these pictures, we fit perfectly in the Family Life Center at First Congregational Church. Many thanks to the families who brought food for the potluck, to Tony our great square dance caller, and all those who came out to make it a great evening! 

Student Orientation 2017

Student Orientation 2017

Every year, we hold student orientations for middle school and high school on Monday and Tuesday evenings before classes start. We have a time for new students to get their questions answered, have dinner together, and then do ice breaker games, take a tour of our space, and enjoy s'mores and ice cream around fire pits. It's a great way to start the year!

Staff Retreat 2017

Staff Retreat 2017

Every year, we gather our teaching staff to debrief the last year and prepare for the coming one. And this year, we added to our normal rounds of meetings some good old physical labor — prepping classrooms, cleaning, etc., associated with continuing to get our new spaces ready here in Boxford. Thank you to all our tutors who care so much about making New Hope a welcoming place. We can't wait to see our students in a couple short weeks!