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...
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...
By Sarah Donaher, an MHS houseparent We have seven boys in our student home right now, and we have a wide range of personalities. We have kids who are loud...
Jesper Andersson ’17 was in seventh grade when he began his journey to Milton Hershey School. Before he enrolled at MHS, Jesper called many places and many states home. “I...
By Clare Ogle, an MHS houseparent I used to be a teacher, and I loved snow days. I somehow felt like I had been given the gift of time when...
By Terry Donaher, an MHS houseparent Students come to Milton Hershey School for a variety of reasons, and a lot of that happens to come from their home dynamic. It...
For MHS houseparents Sarah and Terry Donaher, home is a place where everyone feels accepted, welcomed, and loved. Learn more from the Donahers about how they are building a nurturing...
As an MHS houseparent supervisor, Tanya Alfonso is part of a caring team that works diligently every day to ensure students living on campus feel supported and comfortable to be...
By Clare Ogle, an MHS houseparent I’ve written before about how our student home makes milkshakes almost every Sunday evening. It’s been a tradition for about six years. This year,...
By Sarah Donaher, a houseparent Before I met my husband Terry, I had never heard of Milton Hershey School. I knew of Hershey’s chocolate, but because I didn’t grow up...
By Terry Donaher, an MHS houseparent When I came to Milton Hershey School as a seventh-grader in 1992, I remember being dropped off by my mother and stepfather and receiving...