Milton Hershey School Shares Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
By Melissa Gallo, MHS Environmental Center Instructional Advisor and Dr. Jason Smith, MHS Horticultural Center Instructional Advisor On Earth Day we focus on the beauty of the world we live...
Tag: Agricultural and Environmental Education
Milton Hershey School Agriculture Students Grow Herbs and Hydroponic Produce for The Hotel Hershey
Agriculture has been a part of Milton Hershey School’s legacy since its founding in 1909. Today, this legacy continues through the Agricultural and Environmental Education (AEE) program, which offers students...
Milton Hershey School Students Participate in 2021 Virtual Pennsylvania Farm Show
In any other year, Milton Hershey School students in the Agricultural and Environmental Education (AEE) clubs would be busy working on showmanship techniques, washing and grooming their animals, and going...
The Hershey Company Delivers Candy to Milton Hershey School to Support Halloween
Throughout Halloween week at Milton Hershey School, student homes are invited to participate in a safe, collaborative pumpkin decorating activity that involves hand-picked pumpkins from MHS’s Agricultural and Environmental Education...
Milton Hershey School Project Market Donates Produce to Local Food Banks
Milton Hershey School’s Project Market students and staff donated produce to two local food banks over the summer months and plan to continue donations throughout the 2020-21 school year. The...
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...
How to Create Your Own Victory Garden During COVID-19
By: Taryn Hogeland and Jason Smith, Milton Hershey School Agricultural and Environmental Education staff Victory gardens are deep in our American history after traumas of war and during stressful times...
Milton Hershey School Students Shine at PA Farm Show
Once again in 2020, several Milton Hershey School students participated in the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show held in Harrisburg. Over 10 days, 15 MHS students prepared and showed cows, dairy...
MHS Agriculture Students Grow Microgreens for The Hotel Hershey
This summer, as part of a nine-week internship opportunity, Milton Hershey School students interested in Agricultural and Environmental Education collaborated with The Hotel Hershey to learn the business of growing...
MHS Students Volunteer Throughout the Summer at Central PA Food Bank
This summer, Project Market student interns with Milton Hershey School’s Agricultural and Environmental Education program learned the importance of service by giving back to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. Each...