Videos
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Milton Hershey School: The Art of Happiness
Visual and Performing Arts students at Milton Hershey School were challenged to create art designs depicting happiness with partner Hershey Company’s candy products. The art is now displayed in Target’s headquarters. The VPA Department offers your child a wide variety of sequential classes, activities and performing groups in all of the arts. The department offers […]
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Milton Hershey School: Recipe for Success
Milton Hershey School® students won first place in the Pennsylvania ProStart Culinary Invitational, held in State College on Feb. 25. It was hosted by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation in conjunction with the PA Restaurant & Lodging Association. “We are incredibly proud of the students. They dedicated a lot of time preparing for this […]
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Reimagine School: Nicole’s Story
To spearhead its new “Reimagine School” marketing campaign, Lawrence School recently produced a pair of videos that aim to not only convey the school’s purpose and unique position among other independent schools in northeast Ohio, but also start the conversation about learning differences and the way people think about general education environments. “We are excited […]
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Milton Hershey School: Transitional Living
Milton Hershey School high school seniors live in apartment style residences with four other students of the same gender and are given support from residential living staff members, in a program known as Transitional Living. The program’s organization allows an experiential environment where students regularly make decisions involving the use of practical skills such as, […]
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Milton Hershey School: One Girl’s Grit
A Milton Hershey School student is profiled for her perseverance and drive to overcome hardship. At MHS, our commitment to excellence shows in everything we do, and for more than 100 years, we have been providing a brighter future for our students.
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Milton Hershey School: Hands-On Learning with Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
Milton Hershey School has partnerships with The Hershey Company, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts, and the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center give our students excellent opportunities for on-the-job learning. These world-renowned companies provide our students with co-op experiences, internships, job shadowing and part-time employment.
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Milton Hershey School: The Temple Program
Milton Hershey School has partnered with Temple University to offer college-level courses to eligible high school seniors. The new program is one of the latest examples of the school’s commitment to promoting postsecondary success for students from underprivileged backgrounds. Efforts to expand college access for low income high school graduates have been ongoing at MHS […]
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Milton Hershey School Students Skype with Author
A group of elementary students had the opportunity to Skype with children’s illustrator/author Aaron Becker. It was a wonderful time for students to interact with someone they admire. It also was a great lesson on how to incorporate technology into their school work. At MHS, every student’s learning experience is enhanced through the use of […]
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Milton Hershey School Leaders For Life
What does leadership look like? This is just one of the many topics Milton Hershey School® students explored during the Leaders for Life conference hosted by Student Government Association in Feb. 2015. “A leader is not arrogant,” said junior Shaelah Best. “It takes a lot of humility. You have to be willing to make other […]
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J-Term—A Novel Approach to Learning at St. Luke’s School
St. Luke’s School’s freshman class recently had the exciting opportunity to be the first students to experience J-Term, or January-Term—a novel approach to learning that moved students out of the traditional classroom setting and into a project-based, student-led learning experience. According to Head of Upper School Liz Perry, J-Term began with this question: “What is […]
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Glass Classrooms
Turning Point School recently launched a new “Glass Classrooms” project. Glass Classrooms allows anyone, from any location to virtually “sit in” on a lesson or activity and learn more about the research-based methods that inform the curricula and inspire truly successful learning. Glass Classrooms is housed and archived on YouTube, with a corresponding page on […]
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We Are Rosa Parks
The Women of Courage Panel in Honor of Rosa Parks, created and hosted by the Girls in Government, Leadership, and Service (GGLS) features women of courage. The girls at Julia Morgan School for Girls in Oakland, CA lead the event and interview the women on what courage means to them. This year we were fortunate […]