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Exeter Township Junior High

151 East 39th Street | Reading, PA 19606
(610) 779-3320

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  • Office

    x3004 Alex Brown, Principal
    x3003 Jennifer Cooke, Assistant Principal
    x3001 Nancy Barrasso, Attendance Secretary
    x3002 Patti Suruskie, Secretary

  • Counseling & Guidance

    x3015 Autumn Rheaume, Counselor A-L
    x3014 Kimberly Shaw, Counselor M-Z
    x3012 Shannon Buser, Secretary

  • Nurse

    x3016 Kathy Blume

  • Psychologist

    x3010 Chad Rutherford

  • Technology Support

    x3209 CaroleMcGarry

Note: Faculty phone numbers go to voice mail during school hours

  • Art

    x3108 Kimberly Lopez
    x3107 Colin Temple

  • Computer Applications

    x3116 Kevin Adams

  • English & Reading

    x3104 Hillary Arndt
    x3103 Sophie Cannon
    x3211 Megan Heller
    x3114 Heather Kelly
    x3105 Cheryl Larson
    x3106 Alison Patton
    x3219 Nina Reynolds
    x3102 Stephanie Walters

  • Fitness & Wellness

    x3127
    x3126 Shannon Schmidt

  • Librarian

    x3008 Kate Sowers

  • Mathematics

    x3112 Kelvin Altemose
    x3303 Laura DeLong
    x3301 Scott Haag
    x3305 Sara Prout
    x3306 Jayme Raffauf
    x3302 Shawn Seidel
    x3304 Kathy Topper

  • Music

    x3122 Micah Albrycht
    x3123 Melissa Crotty
    x3221 Kyle Luckenbill

  • Science

    x3205 Brenda Brenner
    x3207 Gretchen Hess
    x3208 Nicole Keen
    x3204 Michelle Obst
    x3203 Tracy Powell
    x3206 Darryl Schucker

  • Social Studies

    x3226 Dena Burkhart
    x3202 Brad Galuska
    x3218 Cynthia Jurasinski-Boyer
    x3201 Janine Lucas
    x3227 Mike Noecker

  • Special Education

    x3210 Abigail Elsavage, Learning Support
    x3017, Stephanie Isselmann, Gifted
    x3215 Kaitlyn Kontopodias, Learning Support
    x3216 Amy Lubenow, Emotional Support
    x3113 Alyssa Raab, Life Skills
    x3101 Michelle Raccuglia, Learning Support
    x3220 Erin Schermerhorn, Learning Support
    x3117 Robyn Shaffer, Autistic Support

  • Technology Education

    x3206 Darryl Schucker
    x3111 Zachary Schools
    x3224 Jason Zalno

  • Therapist

    x3217 Kristin Swartley, Speech Therapist

  • World Languages

    x3212 Nichole Mandel, Spanish,
    x3219 Nina Reynolds, French
    x3104 Carolyn Woodford, German

Home » Former teacher’s legacy is alive at Jacksonwald

If you spend a few minutes with Kristine and Karlee Schmidt, you’ll soon discover that teaching at Exeter is more than a profession–it’s in their blood.

Kristine, a 1st grade teacher, and Karlee, a 3rd grade teacher, are mother and daughter, are both Exeter grads, and are both teachers at Jacksonwald–working just a floor apart from one another. But besides sharing the same workplace and the same sense of Exeter pride, they share the same inspiration for their careers thanks to their connection to Margaret “Peggy” Hart, an Exeter teacher for 38 years–and Kristine’s mother and Karlee’s grandmother. During her long career in Exeter, Peggy taught most elementary grades and later became a reading specialist before moving to the Senior High to “work with the neediest kids to help them graduate.” Although Peggy sadly passed away almost four years ago, her influence is still alive today in the thousands of students she taught, and by her daughter and granddaughter whom she inspired to carry on the tradition of teaching excellence that she nurtured here in Exeter.

“She was an icon,” said Kristine, speaking of her mom, who passed away at 85 years old. “Her dedication to teaching was so genuine and honest. She had so much love and care for the children she worked with. When I was growing up, we’d see students she had in the grocery store or somewhere, they’d light up when they saw her because they thought she was so wonderful. I went into teaching because she inspired me to want to become a great teacher like her.”

Upon graduating from Penn State, Kristine knew she wanted to return to Exeter to begin her career, where her mom was still working. “It was really important to me that I stayed here, where I grew up and had a sense of community and a sense of pride. Working in the district for a few years with my mom, also, was just such a special time for both of us,” she said. Thirty years later, she never thought that history would repeat itself when her own daughter would join her by also returning to Exeter to teach.

Karlee, who taught her first year in the Owen J. Roberts School District, applied for an open position in Exeter last year, never thinking she’d be placed in the same school as her mom. Describing the day she was hired as emotional and celebratory, Karlee said that her mom started crying as soon as she found that she was placed in Jacksonwald. Now, she says, she checks in with her mom daily to help mentor and support her in her new role. “I was very fortunate to be inspired by two of the greatest teachers–my grandmother and my mom–and I feel so lucky to be back at Exeter to teach and to help inspire the next generation of Exeter Eagles.”

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Address & Contact Info

  • 151 East 39th Street
    Reading, PA 19606

  • District Phone:
    610-779-3320

  • Fax:
    610-249-0171

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Our Schools

Exeter Township Senior High

Exeter Township Junior High

Reiffton School

Jacksonwald Elementary

Lorane Elementary

Owatin Creek Elementary