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 2025-2026 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
Bilingual Secretary
- Ms. Milagros Velez-Ardon, mvelezardon@philasd.org
Counselor
- Mrs. Stephanie Carey, sbooth@philasd.org
Psychologist
- Mrs. Michele Messer, mmesser@philasd.org
Nurse
- Ms. Justine Livewell, jlivewell@philasd.org
Classroom Teachers
Head Start
- Ms. Alexa Andreoni, aandreoni@philasd.org
- Ms. Taheera Williams, assistant
- Ms. Kelsie Rizzo, krizzo@philasd.org
- Ms. Sakinak Baker, assistant
Kindergarten
- Ms. Patricia Delaney, pdelaney@philasd.org
- Ms. Nicole DiMatteo, nwynn@philasd.org
First Grade
- Mr. Zach Gossard, zgossard@philasd.org
- Ms. Syndey Smith, ssmith15@philasd.org
Second Grade
- Ms. Hilary Henwood, hhenwood@philasd.org
Third Grade
- Mrs. Andrea Romero, aromero@philasd.org
Fourth Grade
- Mrs. Colleen Fosbenner (Math/Science), cmcneill@philasd.org
- Mrs. Marita Anderson (ELA/ Social Studies) maraanderson@philasd.org, Family School Organization Liaison
Fifth Grade
- Mr. Edwin Thomas Minguela (School Technology Coordinator Alt), eminguela@philasd.org
Building Substitute
- Ms. Jenny Tang
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. MaryJo Lutz (3rd-5th ), mlutz@philasd.org
Speech Therapist
- Ms. Abigail Jackson, akjackson@philasd.org
Occupational Therapist
- Alexandra Nichols, anichols3@philasd.org
Paraprofessionals
- Ms. Cerissa Rogers
- Ms. Khloud Hasan
- Ms. Virginia Gonzalez
- Ms. Kim Sewell
- Mr. Carl Moore
- Ms. Heather Boyd
- Ms. Sussane Jamison
- Ms. Janyah Rogers
- Mr. Marc Laramee
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
- Jason Hall
Custodial
- Amari Brownlee
- Daniela Murphy
- Erica David
Food Service Team
- Mr. Wade
- Mrs. Anne Mitchell