Hurden Looker Accolades:
2017 Hurden Looker was the first school to incorporate a fully operational Maker Space Room in Hillside.
2017-18 and 2018-19 Hurden Looker was the recipient of the NJIT National Science Foundation Grant.
June 2019 Hurden Looker Chorus competed in the American Young Voice Competition
March 2023 – Hurden Looker STEM team won first place in the NJIT STEM Challenge
Several Hurden Looker Teachers received Donor Choose mini grants each year.
April 2024, Ms. Crisanaz 5th Grade class were winners of statewide essay contest conducted by the district court in Newark.
May 2024, HEP students in 5th and 6th grade won second place in NJ Bar Foundation Mock Trial competition.
February 2025 Second Place Winners of Arcademics
March 2025 eSTEM Challenge First Place Winners Overall; First Place Oral Presentation; First Device Design
April 2025 Joatham Wehye 4th Grade-Won Third Place in the 4th Grade Category for the Young Writers Union County Poetry Contest: Arbor Day
April 2025 Grant Recipient of the 2025 Plant A Seed Program Union County Kids Dig In! School Garden Grant Program
May 2025 Mariyah Muslim Larry Winner of the Hillside NAACP 4th Annual Charlotte Jones Black History Month Essay Contest
May 2025 First Place winner of the Pets in the Classroom Success Video Contest