Hershey High School
550 Homestead Road, PO Box 898, Hershey, PA 17033
Office Hours: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Regular School Hours: 7:38 a.m. - 2:33 p.m.
Michael Murphy, Principal
Peter Ebert & Laurie Wade, Assistant Principals
Sam Elias, Athletic Director/Assistant Principal
The program of studies of the Hershey High School is planned to meet the needs of the youth of the Derry Township School District. A major task of the school is to accommodate learners with divergent needs, goals, capabilities and interests. To this end, an effort is made to nurture individual skills and to satisfy individual needs. It is also the responsibility of the school to furnish opportunities for students to participate in cultural activities that may otherwise not be available to them. Extracurricular and enrichment programs are offered to satisfy this aspect.
Hershey High School was built in 1996 and expanded in 2007. The facility is 231,000 square feet, has a card access system; phone/television/internet access in all classrooms; auditorium seating for 1,300; two CAD labs; classrooms for family and consumer sciences; full gym, weight and cardio exercise rooms; full band and orchestra/chorus rooms; three art rooms; closed circuit television capacity; a production office and library/media center.
The dismissal times for Tuesday, June 5, the last day of school, are as follows: High School and Middle School will dismiss at 9:18 a.m.; Elementary grades 1-5 will dismiss at 10:20 a.m. AM Kindergarten will be on their regular schedule. There will be NO PM kindergarten.
To help students considering the selection of a foreign language they may wish to study, a special exploratory web site has been created by district ;language instructors. Students can explore the language and the culture of French and Spanish by watching videos and playing games on topics like the alphabet, numbers, colors, and much more.
