This year’s Festival of Trees was an overwhelming and unprecedented success! Over 2,800 people attended and REF raised over $30,000 in profits which will go directly toward 2019 Teacher Grants.… read more →

Enhanced Health and Wellness Learning! By Katie Fiorello, Health and Wellness Teacher, Reading Memorial High School With funding from both REF and the RMHS PTO, the Health and Wellness Department… read more →

Our most successful Festival of Trees ever! This year we saw over 2100 visitors and grossed over  $30,000 – an all new record!  All profits from this fundraising event will… read more →

Computing in the Arts! By Steve Cogger, Physics Teacher, Reading Memorial High School Computing in the arts is a new class for high school juniors and seniors that allows them… read more →

Killam Elementary celebrates Koala mascot in “Art for the Sky”! By Amy T. Hussey, M.Ed, Killam Visual Arts Specialist Teacher All Fall, Killam students were preparing for the November event, when the entire school… read more →

Festival of Trees brought in over 2000 visitors (a new record) and REF grossed over $28,000 (another new record)! All profits from this fundraising event will go towards 2017  teacher grants… read more →

Check out what’s going on with REF grants across the district! Coolidge 7th Graders Drumming Away! By Anna Wentlent-Choral Director and General Music Teacher Coolidge Middle School The seventh graders at Coolidge Middle… read more →

Here are are some great stories about some of our grants from 2015. Numeracy is the New Literacy: Elementary Math Teacher Training with Professor Mahesh Sharma This past fall 30… read more →

Take a look at some of the 2015 grants in action at Reading Public Schools! Parker Middle School Balcony Stage Screens Ms. Quackenbush and the “Google Geek Squad” received a… read more →

This year’s Festival of Trees was a glorious event! Breaking our record with over 100 donated trees, and over 40 silent auction items, and the outstanding help of our fabulous sponsors,… read more →