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Reiffton School

4355 Dunham Drive | Reading, PA 19606
(610) 779-7640

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  • Office

    x7006 Greg Fries, Principal
    x7005, Joe Alcaro, Assistant Principal
    x7003 Eileen Malone, Attendance Secretary
    x7001 Gina Rousseau, Secretary

  • Counselors & Psychologist

    x7405 Diana Ricci, Counselor A-K
    x7403 Emily Seeberger, Counselor L-Z
    x7022 Chad Rutherford, Psychologist

  • Nurse

    x7015 Tammy Hughes

  • Technology Support

    x7208 Cathy Bittinger

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

  • Grade 5 - Team A

    x7709 Krista Gilham
    x7715 Jessica Hans
    x7716 Kimberly Kardos
    x7708 Derek Wolfe

  • Grade 5 - Team B

    x7315 Kim Grogan
    x7304 Janel Reinford
    x7305 Jessica Schaeffer
    x7317 Karen Timura

  • Grade 5 - Team C

    x7717 Carolyn Bihl
    x7704 Heather Kirlin
    x7705 Drew Schaeffer
    x7718 Anna Zielinski

  • Grade 6 - Team D

    x7217 Russell Keith
    x7216 Rick Spraut
    x7206 Michelle Woolsey

  • Grade 6 - Team E

    x7604 Haley Barton
    x7617 Brian Druzba
    x7616 Matt Hoelscher
    x7605 Amanda Karich

  • Grade 6 - Team F

    x7613 Jason Delewski
    x7606 Amber Dewire
    x7607 Erin Trostle
    x7612 Theresa Wentling

  • English as a Second Language

    x7406 Megan Block

  • Reading & Intervention Specialists

    x7207 Carol Bagoly, Intervention Specialist
    x7316 Meredith Hudome, Reading Specialist

  • Special Education

    x7218 Justin Blatt, Gifted
    x7212 Deb Carl, Special Education
    x7409 Lidie Dawson, Emotional Support
    x7608 Miranda Dorsey, Learning Support
    x7308 Cara Lobb, Special Education
    x7314 Tracy Prout, Life Skills
    x7023 Emily Showalter, Emotional Support
    x7213 Corri Speakman, Special Education
    x7313 Susan Ummarino, Multiple Disability Support
    x7713 Hayley Williamson, Special Education

  • Specials

    x7041 Jen Dorta, Physical Education
    x7123 Dawn Keebler, Music
    x7126 Patricia Kline, Music
    x7119 Sally Lamm, Library
    x7507 Art

  • Therapist

    x7503 Christine Cady, Speech Therapist

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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  • 4355 Dunham Drive
    Reading, PA 19606

  • Phone:
    610-779-7640

  • Fax:
    610-779-6995

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