Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning

Jan 25, 2023

Senate Alexander, Exec. Dir.

Introduced by Russ Harlan:

Senate Alexander, Esq., is the first Executive Director of Catherine Hershey Schools of Early Learning. Alexander has more than 15 years of leadership experience in education, nonprofit management, strategic growth planning, and is a Milton Hershey School graduate.

Alexander received his Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Temple University in Philadelphia. He earned his Juris Doctorate from American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., where he focused on employment and labor law and nonprofit management. Alexander is licensed to practice law in Maryland. His legal and educational experiences have enabled him to develop multiple ECE start-up initiatives and lead strategic, financial, and program expansions for new and existing centers.

Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning is a new early childhood education program in Pennsylvania. Children from lower-income and at-risk backgrounds are eligible to enroll.

CHS Centers will begin opening in 2023. They will provide cost-free care to children from birth to age 5, supporting:

Hands-on classroom learning
Social and emotional development
Cognitive growth

CHS will provide a year-round experience.

CHS Centers are subsidiaries of Milton Hershey School (MHS) and will be staffed and operated independently of the Milton Hershey School core model. The first locations will be in Hershey in 2023, Harrisburg in 2024, Middletown in 2025, Lancaster City, New Danville, and Elizabethtown. Each center will serve 150 children and have up to 80 employees.

Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning:
https://www.chslearn.org/

Catherine Hershey Schools Announces Search for Key Hires:
https://www.mhskids.org/news/catherine-hershey-schools-for-early-learning-announces-new-roles/

Catherine Hershey Schools Announce Derry Township Location for its Central Office:
https://www.mhskids.org/news/catherine-hershey-schools-for-early-learning-announce-derry-township-location-for-its-central-office/

Catherine Hershey Schools to open 3 cost-free centers in Lancaster County:
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/11/catherine-hershey-schools-for-early-learning-to-open-3-cost-free-centers-in-lancaster-county.html

Catherine Hershey Schools breaks ground in Harrisburg:
https://www.wgal.com/article/catherine-hershey-schools-for-early-learning-holds-groundbreaking-in-harrisburg/41755082#

Catherine Hershey Schools coming to Lancaster County:
https://www.abc27.com/news/top-stories/catherine-hershey-schools-coming-to-lancaster-county/