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Sept. 18, 2020

Milton Hershey School Founders’ Intent Achieved Through Students and Staff

Milton and Catherine Hershey communicated their founders intentions for the Hershey Industrial School and its programming in the Deed of Trust, signed on November 15, 1909. Many of their intentions...

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Sept. 17, 2020

Milton Hershey School Teacher Recognized as Only Female to Graduate PA Army Officer Candidate School

Milton Hershey School Middle Division teacher and field hockey coach, Analyse Gaspich to graduate from U.S. Army Officer Candidate School (OCS). She spent 15 months training and is now a...

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Sept. 15, 2020

Milton Hershey School Food Services Shifts Meals During Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Milton Hershey School continues to provide a whole child care to more than 2,000 students. MHS believes providing for the daily needs of all students is...

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Sept. 14, 2020

Focus Fun Continues as Milton Hershey School Student Home Holds Two Parties in One

Remember the student home decoration contest during Opening of School festivities? Each of the contest winners—nine student homes and two Transitional Living (TL) buildings—recently celebrated their creativity with a well-deserved...

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Sept. 13, 2020

A Lasting Tribute: Founders Hall Celebrates 50 Years

Fifty years ago, Milton Hershey School dedicated an iconic building on campus, Founders Hall, in honor of Milton Hershey’s 113th birthday. The building was a part of a bigger plan...

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Sept. 13, 2020

ABC27 highlights Milton Hershey School Founders Hall’s 50th Anniversary

Featuring Susan Alger, School History Coordinator Television station, ABC27, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Founders Hall with a segment marking the milestone. The iconic building on the Milton Hershey School...

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Sept. 9, 2020

Milton Hershey School Alumnus Joins Fourth-Grade Class as Virtual Guest Speaker

Teachers across the Milton Hershey School campus are incorporating this year’s theme, Our Future in Focus, into classroom activities such as welcome a guest speaker and helping their students stay...

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Sept. 2, 2020

Hershey Internship Expands Horizons for Milton Hershey School Alumna

As a rising junior at American University studying public relations and strategic communications, MHS alumna Susanna Compare ’18 was not going to let the challenges of the global pandemic get...

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Aug. 31, 2020

Milton Hershey School Celebrates 110 Years of Wonderful Opportunities

An article in the Hershey Press newspaper on July 8, 1910, reported a school with opportunities will open in September by Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Hershey: Hershey Industrial School...

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Aug. 26, 2020

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...

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