The Exeter Township Board of School Directors would like to inform you that Superintendent Dr. Kimberly I. Minor has submitted her resignation with an effective date of May 3, 2022. The Board intends to act on her resignation at the next public board meeting. The Board of School Directors is grateful for Dr. Minor’s leadership and commitment.
ETSD will be using a Flexible Instruction Day 2/4/2022
On Friday, all schools in the Exeter Township School District will utilize a Flexible Instruction Day (FID). The day will count as a school day; however, students will not report to their school buildings. Instead, they will complete their school work from home. For attendance purposes, students are required to log onto their building website and report their attendance from these links:
SENIOR HIGH
JUNIOR HIGH
REIFFTON
JACKSONWALD
LORANE
OWATIN CREEK
Please log your attendance no later than 10AM.
Students in grades 4-12 should log onto Schoology for each of their classes to receive their assignments for the day. These assignments will be posted by 9AM. Students in grades K-3 received FID assignments from their teachers and should complete the assignments for FID Day #2. These assignments are also available at the link above.
Teachers will have a dedicated office hour that they will communicate to students and answer questions throughout the day via email and voicemail.
EMA's Supper Serenade will be postponed to next Friday, February 11th. Should you have questions about the Supper Serenade's postponement, please reach out to Mrs. Crotty at macrotty@nullexetersd.org.
Enjoy the day, and please stay safe.
You’re Invited: EMA’s 3rd Annual Supper Serenade
All are invited to slurp up some spaghetti while being sung to during EMA's 3rd Annual Supper Serenade! This enjoyable evening of fun features performances from Exeter musicians of all ages, a delicious Italian dinner, dessert, raffles and more!
Join us Friday, February 4th from 6-9PM at Reiffton. $10 per person. Purchase your tickets by Friday, January 28th by visiting: http://ow.ly/azhs50HCYAu
Health & Safety Update: Contact Tracing
As you are aware, over the last few weeks Berks County’s COVID-19 positivity rate has more than doubled due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant. During this time, more people than ever before are COVID-19 positive in the Exeter community with multiple opportunities to become infected with this contagious illness both in and out of school buildings.
As we continue to count, monitor, report and contact trace COVID-19 rates in our school district, we have decided to discontinue personal phone calls to parents who have children who have been identified as a close contact of someone at school who tested positive for COVID-19 and continue with parent outreach and notification via ParentSquare. Please know that parents will receive a detailed email, a text and a recorded phone call with information about their child’s exposure, COVID-19 symptoms to look for, and quarantine options. As always, parents will also be encouraged to call the school nurse or their building principal should they have further concerns or questions.
Reducing the number of calls that our principals and nursing staff are making daily will allow them to get back to what they do best: Work with and care for your children when they’re at school.
We appreciate your continued support. Thank you.
Exeter Students Earn National Recognition in Noetic Learning Math Contest
Congratulations to Exeter students Henry Starr and Landon Green (both 3rd Grade), Declan Cogan (4th Grade) and Eleanor Jenkins (5th Grade) for earning National Honor Roll in the Fall 2021 Noetic Learning Math Contest. Students who earned the distinction of National Honor Roll placed in the top 10% of all contestants in the semiannual challenge, which is a problem-solving contest where more than 16,000 elementary and middle school students from across 44 states are given 45 minutes to solve 20 problems. They received medals for their well-earned achievements!
Other Exeter students who earned recognition by earning Honorable Mentions (top 50% in the nation) and for participating were:
THIRD GRADE:
Honorable Mention:
Anthony Cocchimiglio
Participation:
Owen Kercher
FOURTH GRADE:
Honorable Mention:
Paige Bergey
Ari Bluestone
Ashleigh Campbell
Emma Dickerson
Ian Littlefield
Nora LaRosse
Ben Luckenbill
Brayden McCarthy
Lily McCord
Hannah Schick
Kiersten Schower
Peyton Shirey
Colton Symonds
Juliana Wegman
FIFTH GRADE:
Honorable Mention:
Carter Benfer
Ava Burkhart
Aubrey Cocuzza
Andrew Correll
Colette Jordan
Erik Lubenow
Joelle Stoltzfus
Participation:
Michael Cammarano
Chase Delewski
SIXTH GRADE:
Sixth Grade Team Winner: Zander Bogust & Logan Heckler
Honorable Mention:
Lena Bluestone
Zander Bogust
Logan Heckler
Michael Jordan
Maxwell Lloyd
Joseph Peroni
David Vega
Participation:
Lily Jordan
Chloe LaRiviere
Logan Moore
Jacinda Motley
Daniel Roberts
James Semo
Congratulations to our Exeter students!
Reiffton ranks nationally in First in Math
Mrs. Kimberly Kardos' 5th grade class gets ready to challenge one another during daily First in Math practice. Mrs. Kardos says that FIM allows her students to gain a deeper understanding of mathematics in a motivational environment.
Featuring hundreds of engaging math games designed to strengthen fact fluency, automaticity, computational thinking and other critical skills, First in Math offers Exeter students in grades K-8 a fun and competitive new way to learn addition, algebra, subtraction, division and other problem-solving techniques. But it's also offered Reiffton students something else in addition to some serious math skills: National-level bragging rights.
By competing with other students across the nation, Reiffton students collectively earned the distinction of ranking THIRD in the nation for 6th Grade, and NINTH in the nation for 5th Grade in First in Math. Additionally, the school recently earned the following state honors:
- Top 100 Students All Grades: Reiffton 12th
- Top 200 Students All Grades: Reiffton 7th
- Top 500 Students All Grades: Reiffton 4th
- Top Schools - Grade 5: Reiffton 6th
- Top Schools - Grade 6: Reiffton 3rd
- Top 10 Teachers: Reiffton 75th
Mrs. Kimberly Kardos, who teaches 5th Grade at Reiffton, says that First in Math (FIM) has offered students a unique way to learn more than just math as students engage and collaborate with each other unlike ever before. "The students enjoy discovering new games and teaching each other how to play them. They've even created video tutorials in order for their classmates to learn and try new games. Not only do they enjoy creating the videos for their classmates, but they also enjoy watching them. It has been amazing how they share videos across the two classrooms--and that has been so helpful for me as well to learn about all of the different games that the program offers." Mrs. Kardos says all students--regardless of their math level--can succeed at FIM since the program offers differentiated skill levels to challenge all abilities. Student achievement in the program can be ranked at multiple levels including district, state and national rankings. Mrs. Kardos says that students love the challenge of competing against other students and are driven to succeed to the next level or goal that they have set for themselves individually. "They are so proud when they earn gold and silver stars for mastering skills or when they become the FIM Player of the Day!"