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.
Principal Mr. Rodney Johnson rjohnson8@philasd.org
School Based Teacher Lead ELA Mrs. Elizabeth Gomez egomez@philasd.org
School Based Teacher Lead Math Mrs. Carley Switaj (DC) cbgardyan@philasd.org
Secretary Ms. Milagros Velez-Ardon mvelezardon@philasd.org
Counselor Mrs. Stephanie Carey (DC) sbooth@philasd.org
Nurse Ms. Mary Crause mcrouse@philasd.org
Psychologist Mrs. Michele Messer mmesser@philasd.org
Specialist Teachers:
Music Ms. Alexandra Deamant adeamant@philasd.org
Health
Physical Education Mr. Michael Miscewitz (DC) mmiscewitz@philasd.org Moffet Sports-Club
Digital Literacy Mr. Michael DeMeno (DC) mdemeno@philasd.org Media Hub
Makerspace
ELL Teacher Ms. Megan Zor mzor@philasd.org
Band Ms. Vanessa Taylor vtaylor@philasd.org
Classroom Teachers:
Grade 1 Zach Gossard (DC) zgossard@philasd.org
Grade 1 Mrs. Marita Anderson (DC) maraanderson@philasd.org
Grade 2 Ms. Sydney Smith (DC) ssmith15@philasd.org
Grade 2 Ms. Andrea Romero aromero@philasd.org
Grade 3 Ms. Rachel Bodack (DC) rabodack@philasd.org
Grade 3 Mr. Edwin Minguela (DC) eminguela@philasd.org
Grade 4 Ms Jacqueline Way jway@philasd.org
Grade 4 Mr. Rubin Gonzalez-Lopez rgonzalezlopez@philasd.org
Grade 5 Ms. Noga Newberg nnewberg@philasd.org
Grade 5 Mrs. Colleen Fosbenner cmcneill@philasd.org
Kindergarten Ms. Patricia Delaney (DC) pdelaney@philasd.org
Kindergarten Mrs. Nicole DiMatteo (DC) nwynn@philasd.org
Special Education
Grades K-3 Mr. Casey Kuftic ckuftic@philasd.org
Grades 4-5 Marissa Almeter (DC) malmeter@philasd.org
Autistic Support
Grades K-2 Ms. Brianna Melecio bmelecio@philasd.org
Grades 3-5 Ms Hillary Henwood (DC) hhenwood@philasd.org
Reading Specialist
Speech Ms. Abigail Jackson akjackson@philasd.org
*(DC is a staff member’s Donorschoose page)
Paraprofessionals:
Ms. Khloud Hasan
Ms. Virginia Gonzalez
Ms. Kim Sewell
Building Engineer & Custodial Staff:
Building Engineer: Mr. Che
– General Cleaner
Food Services:
Mr. Wade
Mrs. Anne Mitchell