Our Staff

Our Faculty and Staff

Moffet School has a very dedicated and unique faculty. Many of our teachers and paraprofessionals have been at Moffet for over 25 years. Our devoted staff provides our students with personal caring and a commitment to quality instruction.

Below you will find the staff for the 2024-2025 School Year.

* If you click on some of the staff’s names, it will directly take you their DonorChooses page*

Principal

• Mr. Rodney Johnson, rjohnson8@philasd.org

School Based Teacher Leaders

• Mrs. Elizabeth Gomez (ELA), egomez@philasd.org
• Mrs. Carly Switaj (Math), cdgardyan@philasd.org

3rd – 5th grade Interventionist/Family School Organization Liaison 

• Mrs. Marita Anderson, maraanderson@philasd.org

Bilingual Secretary

• Ms. Milagros Velez-Ardon, mvelezardon@philasd.org

Counselor

• Mrs. Stephanie Carey, sbooth@philasd.org

Psychologist 

• Mrs. Michele Messer, mmesser@philasd.org

Nurse 

• Mrs. Mary Crouse, mcrouse@philasd.org

Classroom Teachers

Kindergarten

• Ms. Patricia Delaney, pdelaney@philasd.org
• Ms. Nicole DiMatteo, nwynn@philasd.org

First Grade 

• Mr. Zach Gossard, zgossard@philasd.org

Second Grade

• Mrs. Andrea Romero, aromero@philasd.org
• Ms. Syndey Smith, ssmith15@philasd.org

Third Grade

• Ms. Rachel Bodack, rabodack@philasd.org
• Mr. Edwin Thomas Minguela (School Technology Coordinator Alt), eminguela@philasd.org

Fourth Grade

• Mr. Rubin Gonzalez-Lopez (Math/Science), rgonzalezlopez@philasd.org
• Ms. Jacqueline Way (ELA/ Social Studies), jway@philasd.org

Fifth Grade

• Ms. Noga Newberg (ELA/Social Studies), nnewberg@philasd.org
• Mrs. Colleen Fosbenner (Math/Science), cmcneill@philasd.org

Building Substitute

• Ms. Jenny Tang, jtang-ext@philasd.org

Special Education Team

Learning Support

• Mr. Casey Kuftic (K-3rd), ckuftic@philasd.org
• Ms. Marissa Almeter (4th-5th & Special Education Manager), malmeter@philasd.org

Autistic Support

• Ms. Brianna Melecio (K-2nd), bmelecio@philasd.org
• Ms. Hilary Henwood (3rd-5th), hhenwood@philasd.org
• Ms. Stephanie Bernal (K-5th push-in), sbernal@philasd.org

Speech Therapist 

• Ms. Abigail Jackson, akjackson@philasd.org

Occupational Therapist

• Rachel Dodaro

Paraprofessionals 

• Ms. Alyssa Anderson
• Ms. Cerissa Rogers
• Ms. Khloud Hasan
• Ms. Virginia Gonzalez
• Ms. Kim Sewell
• Mr. Carl Moore

Specialist Teachers

Music

• Ms. Alexandra Deamant (Vocal), adeamant@philasd.org
• Ms. Vanessa Taylor (Band/On Wednesdays), vtaylor@philasd.org
• Mr. Adam Brotnisky (Strings/On Fridays), abrotnitsky@philasd.org

Physical Education & Health 

• Mr. Michael Miscewitz, mmiscewitz@philasd.org

Digital Literacy/STEAM 

• Mr. Michael DeMeno (School Technology Coordinator), mdemeno@philasd.org
• Digital Literacy Website
• Media Hub
• Makerspace Website

English Language Learner Instructor

• Ms. Megan Zor, mzor@philasd.org

Climate Team 

• Mrs. Lillian Hernandez
• Mrs. Kathryn Medina
• Mrs. Mercedes Nunez

Facilities Team

Building Engineer

• Carmeyo Lewis, clewis2@philasd.org

Custodial

• Amari Brownlee
• Daniela Murphy
• Erica David

Food Service Team

• Mr. Wade
• Mrs. Anne Mitchell