Grandparents Encourage Enrollment at Milton Hershey School
By Haley Shurock, 10th grade I became a student at Milton Hershey School because of my grandparents, who are my guardians. My grandma heard about the school because she lived...
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Milton Hershey School Houseparents Use Military Background to Foster Positive Character
Marty and Angela Brand started their youth-minded careers working within their church for more than 12 years. With experience in mentoring children and military structure, they decided they may be...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Help from my Housefather
By Elijah Espaillat ’21 My palms are sweaty. I walk into the auditorium where people are smiling like they just won the jackpot. My thoughts bang in my head as...
My Milton Hershey School Family
By Arlene Samayoa-Rodas ’22 As I traveled the long car ride to an unknown place, little did I know I was traveling to a place that would become another home....
Rebecca Jay ’17
Rebecca Jay ’17 enrolled at Milton Hershey School as a freshman. After spending most of her childhood in foster care she was excited to find a place with stability and...
Joel Smith ’02
Joel Smith ’02 enrolled at Milton Hershey School from Sicklerville, New Jersey as a sixth-grader. With a single mother raising four children and going to college, Joel found MHS as...