When creating The Hershey Industrial School, now Milton Hershey School, Mr. Hershey felt strongly that the students should learn by doing. Along with technical and practical instruction, throughout history, technology...
November 13, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Milton Hershey’s decision to ensure the well-being and future of Milton Hershey School in perpetuity. He placed the bulk of his fortune—5,000...
When Milton and Catherine Hershey founded The Hershey Industrial School (now Milton Hershey School) in 1909, they wanted to provide a healthy environment as well as proper medical care for...
Milton Hershey School honored its newest group of distinguished alumni on Friday, Sept. 21, before fellow graduates and guests, for its 2018 Spartan Hall of Fame Awards. The ceremony celebrated...
Always a Spartan – that was the theme of the 2018 homecoming weekend as hundreds of Milton Hershey School alumni returned to campus Sept. 21 through 23. Alumni, students, staff,...
On Monday, Nov. 12, the Milton Hershey School community will be honoring its founders, Milton and Catherine Hershey, at the 2018 Founders Week Assembly*. The assembly will take place at...
When Milton and Catherine Hershey founded the Hershey Industrial School (now Milton Hershey School), they specifically created a true home and school environment. The boys lived and had classes in...
George Copenhaver served The Hershey Industrial School, now Milton Hershey School, as the first superintendent from 1909 until his death in 1938. For the first few years of the school,...
In 1914, Mr. Feese, leader of the popular Hershey Band, comes to the campus of the Hershey Industrial School to GIVE music lessons to the students. He brings instruments for...
Reading was an integral part of Milton Hershey’s life. His father, Henry, possessed a passion for reading and although he only had a basic education, Milton Hershey had extraordinary concentration....