Our Futures Are Bright At Milton Hershey School
By Danielle Peirson, MHS Fourth Grade Teacher Over the summer, I found myself thinking about the new school year. As questions lingered about what our new normal would be, I...
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Milton Hershey School Houseparent with Military Background Provides Valuable Structure
As past camp counselors with military backgrounds, Corey and Jennifer Caugherty found themselves ready for a new youth-focused role when responding to a local classified advertisement for Milton Hershey School’s...
Young Milton Hershey School Students Turn Pizza Chefs
In the summer months, students in pre-K through 12th grade participate in age-appropriate activities that make learning fun through Milton Hershey School’s Year-Round Experiences (YRE) program. During creative lessons and...
Milton Hershey School Elementary Division Expand on Piano Skills During YRE
Featuring Kent Pierce, MHS Elementary Division Music Teacher Milton Hershey School students are exposed to Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) classes, activities, and after-school groups from pre-K through 12th grade....
Milton Hershey School Empty Nester Houseparents Make a Difference
Milton Hershey School relies on over 250 houseparent couples to oversee student homes and provide structure for the more than 2,000 MHS students who live on campus. Houseparent couples, many...
Milton Hershey School Students Create Positivity Rocks
During an uncertain time in Milton Hershey School history John Davis, Coordinator of Visual Arts for MHS, created a 4-week focus arts series for Year-Round Experience (YRE) to encourage students...
How to Create a Sensory Garden at Home
Throughout the summer of 2018, Milton Hershey School teachers, students, and staff built an outdoor sensory garden in the enclosed courtyard of Memorial Hall. The sensory garden is part of...
Milton Hershey School Changed Us – Spartans At Heart
By DeRaya Royster ’20 As soon-to-be graduates of Milton Hershey School, we are faced with the reality of the real world but will forever be spartans. As seniors, we share...
Alumnae, Colleagues, Friends—A Conversation
Thy Traditions Dear, the Milton Hershey School Alumni Relations magazine, talked alumnae Fonati Abrokwa ’01 and Ododo Walsh ’98 about the challenges and rewards of working where they once played,...
Three Things Milton Hershey School Has Taught Me Before Graduation
By Gabriel Rojas Gomez ’20 1) It is important to embrace the desert. If there’s one mentality we can take away from our days at Milton Hershey School, it is...