Our COVID-19 Response: Flexibility
By Clare Ogle, a Milton Hershey School Houseparent When you start as a houseparent at Milton Hershey School you start in a roll called a flex houseparent. You go around...
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MHS Alumna Supports White House Coronavirus Task Force
While these are extraordinary times—we are extraordinary people. Many of our Milton Hershey School graduates are on the front lines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and they are bringing hope...
Student Leadership in the COVID-19 Pandemic
We all know real heroes don’t wear capes. In a world battling the COVID-19 pandemic, heroes wear hospital scrubs and protective masks while treating patients on the frontlines. They deliver...
Be the Reason Someone Smiles
By Tyler J. Baker, an MHS Senior Division English teacher Making a difference has always been a passion of mine. After college, I started to develop a life philosophy and...
In Uncertain Times, Turn to the Calming Corner
Much has changed over the past couple of weeks as a result of coronavirus, or COVID-19. Routines have been disrupted with the call to stay at home and closures of...
Five Tips on Social Isolation from an MHS Graduate Turned Naval Submarine Commander
Milton Hershey School graduate Jeffrey Cornielle ’99 knows about social isolation. As the Executive Officer of the Navy Fast Attack Nuclear Submarine USS Jefferson City (SSN 759) in Pearl Harbor,...
From Luck to Love: Together, We Can Rise
By Tony Sedun, an MHS Middle Division Teacher “Change comes hard in America, but it comes constantly.” These words were written by the American novelist and journalist Anna Quindlen in...
Online Learning Tips for Teachers and Parents
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new set of norms that now guide daily life. For children, parents, and educators in Pennsylvania and across the country, this new normal has...