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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 Julie Davis, Assistant Principal
    x2147 Frank Vecchio, Assistant Principal
    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 Rosa, Counselor, Mu-She
    x2134 Andrea Freese, Counselor, Shi-Z
    x2015 Ted Isselmann, Intervention Specialist
    x2128 Alycia Lenart, Student Support Coordinator
    x2213 Mark Ricketts, Internship Coordinator
    x2138 Mary Matetich-Patton, Guidance Technician & Scholarship Coordinator
    x2136 Laurie Zeiber, Secretary

  • Nurses

    x2110 Lisa Delancey
    x2112 Therese Knabb

  • Psychologist

    x2153 Lauren Solazzo

  • Technology Support

    x2333 Donna Suchomelly 

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

  • Art

    x2012 Danielle D'Aries
    x2010 Christina Pinkerton
    x2011 Jennifer Buchholtz

  • 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
    x2502 Alura Shubeck
    x2302 Kaleigh Stewart
    x2801 Robert Wickstrom
    x2301 Mark Wisniewski

  • English as a Second Language

    x2609 Alexandra Fisher

  • Family & Consumer Science

    x2315 Marti Benson
    x2315 Trisha Master
    x2402 Courtney Preston
    x2403 Anne Thomas

  • Fitness & Wellness

    x2036 Nick Beisker
    x2034 Kirsten Fleischman
    x2312 Amy Oestreich
    x2777 Kevan Schaeffer

  • Librarian

    x2331 Nancy Gajewski

  • Mathematics

    x2708 Jenna Anzelmo
    x2702 Thomas Craver
    x2705 Nathan Fidler
    x2704 Justin Freese
    x2703 Brandi Himmelreich
    x2706 Jesse Rocco
    x2602 Jennifer Seymour
    x2509 Denise Stine
    x2701 Timothy Walsh
    x2605 Gabriella Wegman
    x2510 Todd Wegman

  • Music

    x2227 Micah Albrycht
    x2222 Jill Haley
    x2221 Lorraine Selke

  • Science

    x2408 Matt Bauer
    x2710 Amber Bollinger
    x2407 Michael Herman
    x2406 Lowell Keebler
    x2712 Marijana Lake
    x2715 William Lasky
    x2714 TBA
    x2607 Sean Reese
    x2713 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
    x2501 Mary Ryder
    x2502 Alura Shubeck
    x2511 Brian Witkowski
    x2310 Brett Witmer
    x2513 Brandon Ziegler

  • Special Education

    x2305 Michele Bautsch, Learning Support
    x2316 Alex Dundore, Learning Support
    x2304 Jamie Harner, Learning Support
    x2212 Stephanie Isselmann, Gifted
    x2015 Ted Isselmann, Intervention Specialist
    x2709 Noelle Janowski, Learning Support
    x2504 Michelle Klusewitz, Learning Support
    x2101 Missy Losito, Life Skills
    x2308 Kelly McKinney, Learning Support
    x2601 Lisa Reppert, Learning Support
    xTBD  Stephanie Shade, Learning Support
    x2330 Kristin Swartley, Speech Therapist
    x2523 Jennifer Trumbauer, Special Education
    x2313 Dorian Weidner, Autistic Support
    x2707 Corey Weir, Learning Support

  • Technology Education

    x2019 Robert Darrah
    x2016 Courtney Harper
    x2017 Terry Lorah
    x2020 Zachary Potter
    x2018 Jonathan Rugg

  • World Languages

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

Home » Senior overcomes the odds to graduate

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Austin Wilinsky wasn’t recognized at graduation for being the brightest or the most athletic student in the Class of 2022. 

But he could have been recognized as the most determined.

While many seniors this past year were deciding where they wanted to go to college, Austin was deciding where he was going to spend the night. Homeless, Austin slept in shelters and on friends’ couches throughout his senior year, determined to finish school and graduate with his classmates–some of whom he remembers from kindergarten, or the year that his mom passed away from cancer. Since that fateful day in kindergarten, Austin’s journey throughout school was anything but predictable or traditional as his relationship with his remaining parent deteriorated as he was moved from home to home and dropped off regularly at friends and family members’ houses to sleep. 

By the time he started his senior year, Austin knew if he wanted to graduate, he had to drop into a homeless shelter to sleep or drop out of school to find a job. Austin reluctantly decided to move into the shelter: “I did it because I needed a diploma. I also want a family one day, and I need a diploma for them. That’s what kept me coming from school.”

At school, Austin says he was so grateful for the support he received from counselors, social workers and teachers, who helped him with everyday needs such as deodorant, to lifelong needs such as helping him stay on track with his schoolwork and complete the extra credits that he needed to graduate on time. “Mrs. Rinehart (the district’s social worker) heckled me to come to school,” he says with a laugh. “But she also helped me find the shelter and gave me clothes. She literally gave me everything I needed. She was there for me all of the time. I would have never gotten through school without people like her helping me. I know that for a fact. They made me see what I could do for myself.”

Austin says he’s also fortunate to be supported by close friends who are always willing to lend him a place to sleep or a ride to school–including a friend he’s had since second grade, who is now helping him find a job so that he can move into his own home. Despite his childhood experiences, he says it’s the support that he received at Exeter and from his friends that allows him to have hope about his future. “I’m glad so many people believed in me and made me see what was possible for myself.”

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Address & Contact Info

  • 201 East 37th Street
    Reading, PA 19606

  • District Phone:
    610-779-3060

  • Fax:
    610-370-0518

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Our Schools

Exeter Township Senior High

Exeter Township Junior High

Reiffton School

Jacksonwald Elementary

Lorane Elementary

Owatin Creek Elementary