The Murphy educates K-8 students in the Dorchester area. The school’s priorities include providing instruction in targeted learning groups, increasing enrichment opportunities, and focusing on student’s social emotional learning. The Murphy prides itself on providing STEM for all K-8 students, facilitating restorative justice circles in the upper grades, and implementing the Second Step social skills curriculum.  All of these initiatives supports the schools instructional focus, #murphymindset, where students are taught to persevere through rigorous tasks.