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Exeter Township Senior High

201 East 37th Street | Reading, PA 19606
(610) 779-3060

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  • Office

    x2144 Tom Campbell, Principal
    x2146 Matt Bauer, Assistant Principal
    x2147 Frank Vecchio, Assistant Principal
    x1306 Jessica Kaiser, Secondary Special Education Supervisor
    x2128 Alycia Lenart, K-12 Student Support Coordinator
    x2157 Sarah Gibney, Secretary
    x2150 Deb Poznanski, Secretary
    x2156 Jodi Stech, Attendance Secretary

  • Athletics

    x2430 Tom Legath, Director
    x2080 Audrey Dickman, Trainer
    x2401 Cristina Schmehl, Secretary

  • Counseling & Guidance

    x2133 Nicole Daub, Counselor, A-Dough
    x2135 Owen Jones, Counselor, Doughl-Hun
    x2132 Bryan Lefever, Counselor, Hu-Mo
    x2131 Ashley Zappacosta, Counselor, Mu-She
    x2134 Malorie Sassaman, Counselor, Shi-Z
    x2616 Mark Ricketts, Internship Coordinator
    x2138 Mary Matetich-Patton, Guidance Technician & Scholarship Coordinator
    x2136 Lindsey Remigio, Secretary/Registrar

  • Nurses

    x2112 Therese Knabb
    x2110 Dottie Pfeffer

  • Psychologist

    x2318 Lauren Solazzo

  • Technology/Chromebook Support

    x2333 Donna Suchomelly 

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

  • Art

    x2012 Jennifer Buchholtz
    x2010 Christina Pinkerton
    x2011 John White

  • Business

    x2606 Sandy Blackburn
    x2604 Sherri McGaffin

  • English

    x2603 Rebekah Achor
    x2104 Julianne Bertin
    x2311 Christopher Farrell
    x2303 Matthew Hummer
    x2803 Lisa McCoy
    x2804 Heather Mills
    x2802 Jordan Sharp-Rosenbaum
    x2502 Alura Shubeck
    x2302 Kaleigh Stewart
    x2801 Robert Wickstrom
    x2301 Mark Wisniewski

  • English as a Second Language

    x2207 Brindusa Said

  • Family & Consumer Science

    x2205 Cory DiGuardi
    x2315 Trisha Master
    x2402 Courtney Preston
    x2403 Anne Thomas

  • Fitness & Wellness

    x2036 Nick Beisker
    x2034 Maggie Endler
    x2777 Kevan Schaeffer
    x2015 Hannah Woodward

  • Librarian

    x2331 Nancy Gajewski

  • Mathematics

    x2702 Thomas Craver
    x2705 Nathan Fidler
    x2704 Justin Freese
    x2703 Brandi Himmelreich
    x2708 James Mills
    x2706 Jared Guhl
    x2602 Jennifer Seymour
    x2509 Denise Stine
    x2701 Timothy Walsh
    x2605 Gabriella Wegman
    x2510 Todd Wegman

  • Music

    x2227 Micah Albrycht
    x2222 Elizabeth Combs
    x2217 Lorraine Selke

  • Science

    x2714 Parker Dundore
    x2713 Vincent Ferrizzi
    x2712 Michael Herman
    x2710 Holly Klebes
    x2408 Marijana Lake
    x2715 William Lasky
    x2407 Matthew Livingood
    x2607 Sean Reese
    x2406 Thomas Shive, Jr.
    x2404 Karen Weinhold
    x2711 Pamela Wetzel

  • Social Studies

    x2503 Louis Blair
    x2507 Matthew Burkhart
    x2505 Adrianne Lockard
    x2506 Rebecca Pfennig
    x2508 Stephanie Redding
    x2511 Stephen Todd Shelley
    x2502 Alura Shubeck
    x2501 Brian Witkowski
    x2310 Brett Witmer
    x2513 Brandon Ziegler

  • Special Education

    x2305 Michele Bautsch, Emotional Support
    x2316 Alex Dundore, Emotional Support
    x2304 Jamie Harner, Transition Coordinator
    x2306 Stephanie Isselmann, Gifted
    x2219 Noelle Janowski, Learning Support
    x2218 Michelle Klusewitz, Learning Support
    x2707 Cara Lobb, Learning Support
    x2101 Missy Losito, Life Skills
    x2308 Danielle Ninfo, Learning Support
    x2601 Tracey Prout, Learning Support
    x2314 Lisa Reppert, Learning Support
    x2200 Chris Scoboria, Learning Support
    x2504  Stephanie Shade, Learning Support
    x2330 Kristin Swartley, Speech Therapist
    x2212 Jennifer Trumbauer, Special Education
    x2103 Dorian Weidner, Autistic Support

  • Technology Education

    x2019 Robert Darrah
    x2017 Anthony Kutza
    x2020 Zachary Potter
    x2018 Jonathan Rugg
    x2016 Courtney Sussingham

  • World Languages

    x2208 Tammy DeFusco, Spanish
    x2205 Cory DiGuardi, German
    x2210 Virginia Gonzalez, Spanish
    x2303 Matthew Hummer, Latin
    x2209 Rebecca Lapic, French
    x2203 Lisa Speece, Spanish

Home » Senior High Internship Program Builds Initiatives to Recruit Businesses & Students
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For nearly a quarter of a century, Lorane’s Health & Physical Education teacher Mr. Mark Ricketts focused his professional career on building young and healthy bodies. But at the start of the 2021-22 school year, Mr. Ricketts made the leap to the Senior High to build something entirely new: An internship program. Settled into his new role for nearly half a school year now, Mr. Ricketts was thrilled to discuss the progress he’s made, the enthusiasm and experiences of the 11th and 12th grade students he’s overseeing in the program, and the community business connections he’s forged. We sat down recently with him to discuss this new endeavor, which is a key initiative in the Exeter Township School District’s new goal of 100% of students reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade, 100% of students performing math proficiently by the end of 7th grade and 100% of students graduating on time.

Thanks for meeting with us today to talk about this new initiative. Your new position seems to be a big leap from being an elementary Health & Physical Education teacher to now building a Senior High internship program. Why did you decide to make this change?  

I will always love my time working with elementary students and watching them develop their foundational physical and health-related skills and understanding. However, I decided to make the change from elementary teacher to Career Internship Facilitator because I saw the potential of the program and was excited to build up an important asset available to the students of our district. I have a passion for working with students and the opportunity to work with all of our juniors and seniors was too good to pass up. I also saw a great opportunity to build stronger ties with businesses and organizations in and around the Exeter community. 

In the short time you’ve been able to focus on developing and growing this program, you’ve brought on more than 50 businesses who are willing to host Exeter interns, which is remarkable! Can you tell me about some experiences that you're really excited to highlight? 

There are too many to list, but I'd be glad to highlight a couple. One of our interns works at Exeter Veterinary Hospital and has already been offered a job this summer. Celebration Villa of Exeter (formerly Elmcroft) is another business that has opened its doors and will be hosting two of our interns in the spring. Another intern is currently training in management for merchandising and fashion at Aerie in the Philadelphia Premium Outlets. The Humane Society of Reading has also generously offered our students internships this spring and coming school year. There really is something for everyone. We have a number of Exeter businesses that have been so kind–it shows me how many caring and kind professionals we have in our community.

Are there any internship opportunities that have been difficult to find? What are some of your biggest obstacles right now? 

Yes! There are some career areas that are more difficult to find internships for, such as engineering, criminal justice/law, architecture/interior design, graphic and fashion design, accounting, etc. Some specialized fields, such as aviation, can also be difficult to find opportunities for interns, too. Since we’re still a growing program, there also aren’t a lot of businesses who are aware that we have this opportunity and how easy it is to host an intern until I reach out to them. Similarly, there are some students who don’t understand how valuable an internship is for them and how this opportunity is for all students–those who plan to enter the workforce and those who plan to enter college.

Do you think there’s an opportunity for people in the Exeter community to help you grow the program? 

Absolutely! I think everyone in the Exeter community could help our students in two ways: First, I'm always looking for help in spreading the word about our program. Talking to family, friends, and business contacts about our program could open opportunities for our students. Secondly, they could help by reaching out to me with any contacts they know at businesses within 25 minutes of the Senior High so that I could get in touch with their contact to inquire if their business, or the business they work at, would be willing to host a junior or senior intern. Often, finding the right contact is the best way to grow our list of willing business partners and the internship program. 

How would people get in touch with you if they wanted to pass along a business contact or get more information?

Thanks for asking! They can reach me by email at maricketts@nullexetersd.org or they can call me at 484-663-3831. 

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  • 201 East 37th Street
    Reading, PA 19606

  • District Phone:
    610-779-3060

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    610-370-0518

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