From One Milton Hershey School Graduate to Another: Thank You
By Pete Gurt ’85, MHS President On Aug. 19, 1985, Kimberly (Bishop) Elenberg enrolled at the best home and school on earth in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and on Nov. 18, 2022,...
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Milton Hershey School Houseparent Shares the Joy of Coming Home
By Sheldon Green ’88, MHS Houseparent I enrolled at Milton Hershey School on Jan. 3, 1981. Exactly 28 years later, I came home and started a new career with my...
Milton Hershey School Class Reflections: What I Didn’t Know I Would Learn
By Madison Rodriguez ’22, MHS Alumna July 30, 2018 will always hold a special place in my heart. This was the day I enrolled at Milton Hershey School. I was...
Milton Hershey School Class Reflections: Learning to Face My Fears
By Jaison Nieves ’22, MHS Alumnus During the five years I attended Milton Hershey School, I’ve changed and grown beyond what I thought was possible—because I was encouraged to face...
Milton Hershey School Class Reflections: The Definition of Family
By Wyatt Oatman ’22, MHS Alumnus My story at Milton Hershey School began in October 2016, when I was a seventh-grader, with a single understanding of the word family. I...
A Lifetime of Memories from Milton Hershey School
Born in 1922, Lee E. Owen ’40 enrolled at Hershey Industrial School—before it became Milton Hershey School—in 1934 when he was 12 years old. He graduated in 1940—one of the...
Why I Came Back to Milton Hershey School as a Houseparent
By Joel Smith ’02, MHS Houseparent Developing my style of houseparenting came from my houseparents. They helped me so much and led me to become a more responsible person. They...
Milton Hershey School Class Reflections: The Gift I Needed
By Angel Perrett ’22, MHS Alumna As a first-grader, coming to Milton Hershey School was all I ever thought about. Using my imagination, I wore down my brown Crayola crayons...
Milton Hershey School Houseparents Turned the Light Back on in My Life
By Myron McCurdy ’82, MHS Elementary Division Home Life Administrator My siblings and I lost our father and our mother, so when I first came to Milton Hershey School, I...
Walking Down Memory Lane with Houseparents at Milton Hershey School
By Gina Allessie ’90, MHS High School Physical Education, Health Teacher Houseparents at Milton Hershey School teach you how to be responsible and accountable. They show you the tough love...