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🎉 Reading Public Schools Celebrations & Milestones

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Last updated: June 8, 2025 9:09 AM
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Published: June 8, 2025
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Contents
  • 👏 Honoring Our Retirees
  • 🏅 Milestone Anniversaries
    • 🎉 10 Years of Service
    • 🥈 20 Years of Service
    • 🥇 30 Years of Service
  • 🌟 Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 🌟 Distinguished Staff Award

👏 Honoring Our Retirees

We thank our retiring educators for their tremendous commitment and service to our RPS community and the positive impact they’ve had on so many of our students. Please join us in congratulating:

  • 🥗 Joanne Fuccione (Food Services)
  • 🏫 Karen Ghirardi (Joshua Eaton)
  • 🍎 Florence Johnson (Reading Public Schools)
  • 🎓 Anne Nelson (RMHS)
  • 📘 Kathleen Santilli (Reading Public Schools)

🏅 Milestone Anniversaries

We appreciate the continued dedication of those serving in our RPS community that have reached various employment milestones.  Please join us in congratulating:

🎉 10 Years of Service

  • Christopher Bauer (Wood End)
  • Kimberly Bernazzani (Parker)
  • Adam Blaustein (Reading Public Schools)
  • Karen Bryant (Food Services)
  • Eric Castriano (Coolidge)
  • Heidi Cates (Barrows)
  • Christina Clawson (RMHS)
  • Daniel Cody (Coolidge)
  • Adam DeRosier (Joshua Eaton)
  • Julie Gilchrist (Barrows)
  • Colleen Griffin-Roland (RMHS)
  • Megan Howie (RMHS)
  • Bristol Leiper (RMHS)
  • Alexandra Lynch-DiSorbo (RMHS)
  • Janelle Mattingly (Coolidge)
  • Kimberly Moreau (Parker)
  • Beatriz Murphy (RMHS)
  • Lisa Studer (Reading Public Schools)
  • Donna Testa (Parker)
  • Allison Wright (Reading Public Schools)
  • Keriann Zahoruiko (Birch Meadow)

🥈 20 Years of Service

  • Sarah Atwood (Barrows)
  • Elisabeth Bean (Parker)
  • Katrina Cole (Killam)
  • Michael Donahue (Technology)
  • Christina Erb (Wood End)
  • Maureen Habeeb (Wood End)
  • Amy Kasprzak (Coolidge)
  • Anne Korwan (Barrows)
  • Stephanie Malone (Coolidge)
  • Sarah Marchant (Coolidge)
  • Nancy Matheson (Coolidge)
  • Tonia McGuire (Killam)
  • Roberta McRae (Wood End)
  • Andrea Mooney (RMHS)
  • Maria Morais (Food Services)
  • Ann Sweeney-White (Killam)

🥇 30 Years of Service

  • Mary Anne Lynn (Reading Public Schools)
  • Pamela Nadeau (Coolidge)
  • Amy Ropple (Parker)

🌟 Distinguished Teaching Award

The Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes the following teaching staff who embody what it means to be an RPS educator. We appreciate all of the staff, students, and families who submitted thoughtful nominations for so many of our RPS educators. This award is supported by the Dorothy and Arnold Berger Trust Fund, as a community member left a monetary gift in his will to recognize “exemplary RPS teachers.”  Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients:

  • Linda Boyages (RISE Preschool)
  • Camilla Brett (Barrows)
  • Suzanne Carroll (Coolidge)
  • Katrina Cole (Killam)
  • Ashley Dennis (Birch Meadow)
  • Stephanie Leccese (RMHS)
  • Julian Lind (Wood End)
  • Kasey McKay (Parker)
  • Kerry Mullen (Joshua Eaton)
  • Lisa Norcross (Wood End)
  • Nicole Pelley (Reading Public Schools)
  • Jane Stewart-Cunningham (RMHS)

🌟 Distinguished Staff Award

The Distinguished Staff Award recognizes the following staff members for their professional achievements, impact, and/or contributions to Reading Public Schools. We again thank all the staff, students, and families who submitted thoughtful nominations for so many of our RPS staff. Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients:

  • Jessica Galindo (Joshua Eaton)
  • Brenda Hobart (Food Services)
  • Brie Karow (Coolidge)
  • Dina Kenney (Coolidge)
  • Kathleen Kinney (RMHS)
  • James Morley (Facilities)
  • Andy Strutt (Technology)

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