Embracing the Summer Rain
By Clare Ogle, an MHS houseparent My family and I go to the beach a lot, and for all the times I’ve been to the beach, I remember very few...
Author: Megan Howell
Part Two: Enrollment Day
By Tennille, an MHS parent/sponsor After all the excitement we went through when Landon was accepted at MHS, so many thoughts and emotions started. How do you begin to tell...
Airplane Mechanics During the 1940s at MHS
World War II affected the country and the Hershey community. Hershey Industrial School, now Milton Hershey School, felt the effects as deeply as the rest of the nation. Many faculty...
Part One: The Decision
By Tennille, an MHS parent/sponsor Making the decision to enroll Landon at Milton Hershey School was a decision that many of us worked together to make, including his parents, grandparents,...
Houseparenting is a Family Tradition
Phil and Erica Clark became houseparents after Phil developed a love for the profession during his childhood. His parents served as houseparents for 13 years, and Phil enjoyed how students...
A Family Affair
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native Blake Lynch has made his passion for helping others a huge focus of his life, both personally and professionally. After years with the Boys and Girls Club...
Phoning Home
By Clare Ogle, an MHS houseparent Realizing that I won’t always oversee my kids is not the most fun lesson I’ve learned in life. To watch your child make mistakes...
My Duty to Succeed
By Destiny, a senior at MHS I’ve raised my younger siblings, learned how to change diapers, and made bottles at an age where other kids were more worried about whether...
A New Beginning
By Quinn, an MHS senior Graduation (grad·u·a·tion) noun 1. a memorable, emotional, euphoric day of receiving a diploma and saying goodbye to a place we called home. Graduation is not...
Arbor Day: Celebrating Milton Hershey’s Love of Nature
Milton Hershey enjoyed growing up in the country and spent his time fishing, picking watercress, and gathering chestnuts and acorns. His close relationship with nature was something he hoped the...