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MHS Alumni Step Into the Heart of a Student Home During Homecoming

On Saturday, Oct. 26, the Elementary Division students and houseparents of student home Evergreen warmly welcomed Milton Hershey School alumni to their student home. They were invited to step back...

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12,000 Lives Changed: Milton Hershey School Celebrates a Sweet Milestone

This year, Milton Hershey School is going to reach a landmark moment more than a century in the making: the celebration of our 12,000th graduate. It’s a number that carries...

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Distinguished MHS Alumni Offer Students Life Advice

Milton Hershey School Senior Division students recently received career and life advice from two alumni whose post-graduation journeys put them on the national stage. Deesha Dyer ’95 and Trymaine Lee...

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Milton Hershey School Names 2025 Alumni of the Year

James E. Hanawalt ’65 and John B. Hanawalt ’70 recognized for community leadership Milton Hershey School has named James E. Hanawalt ’65 and John B. Hanawalt ’70 as the 2025...

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2025 Alumni of the Year: James ’65 and John ’70 Hanawalt

More than 55 years have passed since John and James Hanawalt earned their Milton Hershey School diplomas, James in 1965 and John in 1970. They came to the school on...

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Milton Hershey School Celebrates Alumni Fellowship Weekend with Honored Tradition and Recognition

From April 4-6, 2025, Milton Hershey School hosted Alumni Fellowship Weekend, bringing together generations of Spartans to celebrate shared memories, enduring friendships, and a commitment to the school’s mission. Throughout...

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Embracing Potential: My Journey at Milton Hershey School

By Douglas I. Oliver ’93, Milton Hershey School 2024 Alumnus of the Year I vividly remember the moment I realized I had the potential for success. I was with my...

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Anna (Marhefka) Pistory ’14

Anna can vividly remember the train ride that carried her to Hershey, Pennsylvania, from East Hampton, Massachusetts. While many fellow passengers likely boarded for a routine trip to a familiar...

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Quadriyyah Abdul-Aziz ’15

When new middle schoolers make their way across the Milton Hershey School campus for the first time, Quadriyyah is immediately drawn to them. They radiate an all too familiar sense...

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Jacob Wadsworth ’08

At 13 years old, Jacob knew he wanted to be a Milton Hershey School student. With an alcoholic father and an incarcerated mother, Jacob was forced to grow up fast....

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