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Hershey Montessori School Welcomes French Exchange Students

Hershey Montessori School Welcomes French Exchange Students

Jan 23, 2025 | Featured Posts, School News | 0 comments

Hershey Montessori School announces the arrival of adolescent students and adults from Mios Montessori School, based in France, for a three-week exchange experience.

Hershey Montessori’s Upper School community welcomed the group‘s arrival on Tuesday, January 21. Due to frigid temperatures, classes were canceled, giving our French guests additional time to assimilate and connect with Hershey’s current boarding students, some day students, and staff members.

“We are excited to welcome eight students and two adults from the south of France into our Upper School community for three weeks,” said Stori Zinkhann, Dean of Enrollment Management and College and Career Counselor. “These adolescents will enjoy an immersive experience at Hershey Montessori School as they explore new perspectives in global education, create life-long friendships, and learn new ways to engage in our world. “

School in France is not in session this time of year, which made the January exchange a perfect time for the group to travel to the United States. In return, the group from Mios Montessori invited Hershey students to France in June for a similar exchange experience.

Hershey aims to provide opportunities to connect with Montessori schools across the globe as an enrichment opportunity for all involved. Experiencing diverse cultures and customs, and exposure to foreign languages and traditions helps elevate students’ understanding of a global society.

Zinkhann said, “Hershey’s adolescents are excited to explore a new culture through the eyes and hearts of the French visitors as well as learn a bit of their language, history, and culinary techniques!”

Any school that is interested in an exchange experience at Hershey may contact Stori Zinkhann at szinkhann@hershey-montessori.org or by calling 440-935-4880.

Campus visits, tours, and student shadowing opportunities are also available and can be scheduled through Ms. Zinkhann.

Hershey Upper School’s Environment-Friendly Passive House Design

Hershey Upper School’s Environment-Friendly Passive House Design

Dec 16, 2024 | Featured Posts, School News | 0 comments

A little-known fact about Hershey Montessori’s Upper School is that its ninth through twelfth grade academic building was the first in the Midwest United States designed and constructed with Passive House Institute United States (PHIUS) criteria, making it both environmentally friendly and energy-saving through design technology.

What is Passive House?

Passive house design is a construction standard that uses architectural design to reduce energy consumption for heating, cooling, and lighting. The goal is to create comfortable, environmentally friendly buildings that require little to no energy input to control the indoor climate.

“Passive House” was established by the Passivhaus Institute in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996, and was one of the pioneering concepts for building low-energy houses and is today a leading building standard. The design is focused on making the best use of the “passive” influences in a building – like sunshine, shading, and ventilation instead of air conditioning and central heating. These “passive influences,” combined with high levels of insulation and airtightness, make it possible to use 90 percent less energy than a typical structure.

Passive House buildings provide better indoor comfort due to consistent temperatures and good air quality. They also reduce internal and external noise due to the high levels of insulation – a wonderful and greatly appreciated added benefit!

Why did we do it?

Hershey Montessori School is committed to the care of our environment and thus committed to implementing as environmentally friendly and sustainable construction principles as possible.

We are proud to be the first school in the Midwest to be designed with the cutting-edge standards of the Passive House Institute of the United States. PHIUS building criteria has created significant savings in operation costs and reduced energy consumption. Additionally, it has resulted in a beautiful, comfortable environment for students and staff and is an excellent model for other public buildings.

For more information on Passive House design, visit the Passive House Institute United States website.

Summit for Education and Peace

Summit for Education and Peace

Oct 21, 2024 | Events, Featured Posts | 0 comments

Hershey Montessori Adolescent Community will be hosting The Summit for Education and Peace March 6-7, 2025. The Summit for Education and Peace is a day-and-a-half-long student-led and student-centered conference seeking to create collaboration and inquiry into topics related to education and peace. A special focus is the role of global medicine and how global response to health concerns impacts peace in the world.

Students will gather from numerous Montessori Middle School programs at the Hershey Montessori School Huntsburg Campus to share ideas, hear knowledgeable speakers, and connect socially as we address questions, such as:

  • How do pandemics and pathogens affect our lives, past and present?
  • How is global medicine a key element of creating a more peaceful world?
  • How do we educate to ‘increase the peace’ in the world?

The Summit will include keynote speakers, student presentations, social activities, workshops, and other ways to interact.

To learn more about the Summit, view or download the event brochure.

Accommodations can be made online by schools interested in participating. Inquiries may be made to Matt Sorrick, at msorrick@hershey-montessori.org or call our campus directly at 440-636-6290.

Virtual Info Session Series

Virtual Info Session Series

Oct 21, 2024 | Events, Featured Posts | 0 comments

Are you interested in learning more about our Middle and Upper School? This series of virtual information events will bring you greater clarity and provide you an opportunity to delve deeper into the understanding of our approach to education, its outcomes, and our campus offerings. Register for one or all of the following online events!

Middle & Upper School Virtual Event Schedule

November 5 – College & Career Preparation at Hershey
7 pm EST – Learn about our personalized approach that supports each student and their family as they prepare for life after graduation.

January 9 & 21 – Open Forum Q&A
7 pm EST – Ask the Panel about Hershey Montessori’s Middle & Upper School. The first Virtual on the 9th will include Hershey students and the second virtual on the 21st will include Debbie Guren and Heshey staff and. Ask your questions and hear what other parents and students are curious about.

February 12 & 25 – Boarding at Hershey
7 pm EST – Find out why our Boarding program is described as “at home with Hershey” as boarding students, parents, and residential guides share their knowledge and experience of this unique opportunity that students from around the world are taking part in.

March 11 – Production & Exchange
7 pm EST – A Key Component of Hershey Montessori’s Middle & Upper School. Learn how we build financial literacy and encourage entrepreneurialism in students while teaching them real-life skills through integrated academics and use of the campus farm.

April 16 – Student Outcomes, The Profound Value of a Hershey Education
7 pm EST – Join us for a panel presentation and discussion with current students, alumni, and our college and career partners. See firsthand the outcomes of an education that provides the roots of responsibility while encouraging the wings of freedom.

Register to Attend!

Hershey Montessori School Receives $300k Dekko Foundation Award

Hershey Montessori School Receives $300k Dekko Foundation Award

Oct 17, 2024 | Featured Posts, School News | 0 comments

For Immediate Release

October 16, 2024                                                                    

 

Contact: Yvonne Delgado-Thomas                                                                                                        

ythomas@hershey-montessori.org

440-357-0918 / 440-749-1124

 

Hershey Montessori School Receives $300k Dekko Foundation Award

 

Concord Township, OH, August 2024 — Hershey Montessori School is pleased to announce an award of $300,000 from The Dekko Foundation.  This generous grant will support Hershey’s strategic goals for “Rebuilding Capacity for Sustainability” over the next two years.

The Dekko Foundation’s mission is to foster children and young people’s knowledge, skills, and character, propelling them to self-sufficiency and economic freedom. The foundation is rooted in the belief that “Great things happen when adults step back to consider what young people need to grow and develop. Often, that deliberate act of reflection results in the most impactful outcomes.”

Dekko and Hershey align in this as is seen in Hershey’s Montessori approach to education. It is why, since its founding in 1978, Hershey Montessori School has been a sought-after school of choice for families in Northeast Ohio, and globally for adolescents since 2000.

Despite post-pandemic growth, bolstering enrollment and increasing retention will help meet the school’s long-term goals. Hershey accepts EdChoice Expansion Scholarships, offers financial aid options, OAIS scholarship tax credits, and more, making Hershey Montessori School more accessible to families from Ohio, across the U.S., and around the world.

Hershey Montessori School is grateful for the $300,000 Dekko Foundation award, and the continued generous support of The Hershey Foundation, the Hershey Family Foundation, and many individual donors. Every contribution, large or small, is invaluable. These gifts enable Hershey Montessori School to move toward economic sustainability while remaining focused on its vision: “Children and adolescents develop a strong sense of self, rooted in love for the environment and community, seamlessly transitioning from each stage of development through adulthood.”

 

About Hershey Montessori School

Grounded in the tradition of Dr. Maria Montessori for more than 45 years, Hershey Montessori provides beautiful Montessori environments where learning and work are integrated within a community experience, engaging intellectual, moral, and social development of children and adolescents from birth to eighteen years. Hershey Montessori School is comprised of two campuses in Northeast Ohio. The Concord Campus serves children from pre-k through sixth grade, and the Huntsburg Campus serves middle and upper school students. Hershey Montessori School added its Upper School program in 2015, making Hershey one of the first in the world to provide a full birth to 18-year curriculum with a boarding component and intentionally designed working farm. For more information, visit www.hershey-montessori.org.

 

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2024 Hershey Cosmic Run 5K

2024 Hershey Cosmic Run 5K

Oct 13, 2024 | Events, Featured Posts | 2 comments

Put on your best cosmic attire and join us for an out-of-this-world fun time as we gather for our annual 5K race and 1-mile fun walk!

When: Saturday, November 2, 2024

Where: Observatory Park at 101610 Clay St. in Montville

Time: Race starts at 9 am

Choose: 5k Race or 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk

All ages are welcome, and for the safety of the runners, please, no dogs.

Click here to learn more.