Because his family moved so often during his childhood, Milton Hershey’s education was necessarily hit-or-miss. In eight years of formal education, he attended seven different schools.

This one-room schoolhouse in Derry Township, for example, is one that Milton Hershey attended. It can still be seen today situated next to Milton Hershey’s High Point Mansion. All his life, Hershey was conscious of his limited education, so he was especially devoted to providing opportunities for others, such as his school for boys.