What can I do for your child?

• College List/Search/Common Application.
  

• Common App Essays + Supplements.
  

• FAFSA
  

• Writing for History = Thesis Construction/Hist. Skills/Themes/Document Analysis
  

• Writing for Literature: Thesis Construction/Literary Elements/Text annotation +

• Analysis/Elements of Poetry/Creative Writing.
  

• Study Skills + Note taking. Roger that.
  

• Cajole…Nudge…Push…Remote-ivate.

Let’s meet and discuss!

mrmurphyfda25@gmail.com

(646) - 265-1338

Testimonials from former students:

 1. “While a student of Mr. Murphy’s, I found his teaching skills to be impeccable. He is able to explain both simple and advanced material with unprecedented fervor and excitement.  Mr. Murphy possesses an unrelenting desire to reach and teach each of his students, and to ensure that they achieve their utmost potential.”  

Shamecca Harris: (Georgetown)

2. “Without any reservations, I can honestly attest that Mr. Murphy is the epitome of the “right teacher” for every student. Personally, he is the very best teacher I have ever had. As a recent immigrant from Ghana, I would usually sit quietly in the class, but Mr. Murphy tore off this fabric that certainly would have impaired my college experience.”

 Prince Antwi: (Harvard)

3. “He has been a mentor for those of us that lacked that in our own personal lives. Mr. Murphy did everything in his power to allow various students, including myself, the opportunity to visit colleges as well as to have interviews with alumni. At no point in during my time in Mr. Murphy’s classroom was I able to say I cannot.

Nikkita McPhreson: (Dartmouth)

4. “Mr. Murphy pushes his students to their limits and goes beyond instructing them to memorize facts. He ensures that students capture the “big picture” and that they leave his classroom with not only a greater knowledge of history but as better students and writers, better prepared for college and beyond.”                                                                                  

 Lorena Rodriguez: (Amherst)

5. “Sitting in AP history, I felt as though I was being taught by a person rather than a dictator. I could sense his passion for teaching, and that is how he earned my utmost respect. Seeing him put forth so much effort, motivated me to work beyond what I then thought was my fullest potential.”

 Joan Leslie: (Dartmouth)

6. “The texts that I tackled during my sophomore year in high school, including, but not limited to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Candide by Voltaire and Common Sense by Thomas Paine, were revisited during my sophomore and junior years at Penn.  Furthermore, the writing techniques and textual analysis established in his class have remained significant to my college career. It was evident that Mr. Murphy was preparing each and every student for college and the real world that would follow.

Janee Moses: (University of Pennsylvania)