John Moffet Elementary FSO

“We're very proud, to shout out loud, the name of our school John Moffet! “ 🎶🎵
We're also proud to invite you to celebrate our 50th Anniversary of Moffet at 127 W. Oxford Street during our International Fair Family, School, and Community Dinner.

All Moffet alumni, families, students, current staff, and former staff are invited to join us.
Moffet's 50th Anniversary Celebration RSVP: https://forms.gle/V9ohsyunoUm8Lbwa7

Order your commemorative 50th Anniversary shirt: https://moffet50.spiritsale.com/

FROM THE FSO (FAMILY SCHOOL ORGANIZATION)

OPEN HOUSE Play and Mingle Today 4:00-6:00
Families and community members, please share this opportunity with anyone you know who is still deciding on a school to enroll their child for next year!
Moffet is a great neighborhood elementary school! Interested families are encouraged to RSVP at: https://forms.gle/rGFb31x3TbwFB7NW9
If you are a CURRENT Moffet family and speak Spanish, Arabic, or Russian, we can use your help to make this a multilingual event. Please email the FSO at [email protected] if you can attend as a volunteer.

Moffet Play & Mingle for prospective and interested families.
Wednesday 2/21/24 4:00-6:00PM
RSVP recommended at HTTPS://MOFFET.PHILASD.ORG/ Friends of Moffet School District of Philadelphia GreatPhillySchools

Here are some highlights from Moffet students did a great job coding with Sphero Indi and Bolt! Drones as always were a hit using School District of Philadelphia GreatPhillySchools CS4Philly Friends of Moffet

Hour of Code 2023 Students put their coding skills to use and coded robotics for hour of code 2023!

Thanks to Friends of Moffet member Ruth there will be a Moffet Meet Up at Hancock park. Light snacks will be provided for Moffet students. Come out at 2pm this Sunday and meet other Moffet families. It’s recommended that kiddos wear your Moffet shirts

Summer meet 🆙 hosted by the Family School Organization. Look out for the event lead, Ruth. She will be wearing her Moffet gear
Sunday July 16 @ 2pm
Hancock Park

To keep up with news and events from our Friends of Moffet and Family School Organization follow Friends of Moffet on Facebook and on Instagram

(This page will be taken down at the end of the month)

Looking for a way to give back to your community in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Join us at John Moffet Elementary School!

Sign up below to let us know where you’d like to help. Kids are welcome and there will be a designated area for them to do activities. Free food too 😊👍🏾

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0b44ada623abf94-moffet2 #/

The 2022 Moffet Winter Concerts were fantastic!

Congratulations to ALL our performers and their instructors:
PlayArts
Moffet Music STEM Club
All Moffet Classes
Moffet Band
Al-Bustan Drummers
Lady Hoofers Tap Dancers
Mrs Taylor
And Mrs Pelech

Thank you to all the support and help from our Moffet Community in making these concerts a huge success!
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Check out the performances here:
Day 1 performance 1:Play Arts, Kindergarten, Lady Hooders)
https://youtu.be/SHlc8-knI40

Day 1 performance 2: 1st grade, room 104, Music STEM Club, Lady Hoofers
https://youtube.com/live/ujYnSgUjL88?feature=share

Winter Concert Day 2 Performance 1
Performances by: Moffet Band, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
https://youtube.com/live/RIJqLc19QaE?feature=share

Winter Concert 2022 Day 2 Performance 2

Performances by Moffet Band, 4th & 5th Grade, and Al-Bustan Drummers.
https://youtube.com/live/ztS9GvkBfUA?feature=share

2022 is in the books. All Moffet students worked in teams to solve various problems by coding robots and drones!
Sphero Tynker Coding for Kids Kodable School District of Philadelphia CS4Philly Girls Who Code
Check out their work:
https://youtu.be/iPLRn8z-GaM

Hour of Code 2022 Moffet students coded various robots and drones during hour of Code and CSEducation Week! ...

Moffet was featured as the school of the week in the Philadelphia Tribune!
Friends of Moffet

https://www.phillytrib.com/the_learning_key/school-of-the-week-moffet-provides-academic-social-haven/article_b48cc58e-ee9c-5ec4-98d5-9e16bac2e60f.html?fbclid=IwAR2VCiGvoHvZBoMJ2CjOShYqMTvdSPc_HBI96kUnTxcx7tySft_TuQG6k38

School of the Week: Moffet provides academic, social haven A small school with great expectations, the John Moffet School provides academic, emotional support and educational and social opportunities for its students.

Today is Giving Tuesday. Please click the link to support Moffet students. You will see classroom wishlists, DonorsChoose Projects (donations doubled today), and the Family School Organization’s “Back to School Fundraiser”.

Don’t forget to show your by sharing this post!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT1RwkALUK2ctLfcHWl1DzD9xMykJcJ3rN5P84raSH4MS8O9D7SND_mLqx4Fk6eSpuistDzy2z0no79/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=10000

Today the Family School Organization did a schoolyard clean-up. Thank you to the families who helped out and showed their .

Highlights from our first Moffet Fall Fest!

Shout out to all our families who volunteered and donated to make the event a success. Including the small business George's Pizza and El Greco Pizza who donated pizza, Weckerly's Ice Cream who donated ice cream sandwiches, Hudson Table who donated a gift card for a cooking class and Tufas Boulder Lounge who donated class passes for kids 8-14 to try out a rock climbing class.

And our main sponsor who gave us a grant for the tables Penn Treaty SSD !
Thank you for sharing !

Moffet Fall Fest 2022 The Family School Organization hosted our first Fall Fest!Shout out to all the families who volunteered and donated to make the event a success. Including th...

Ms Henwood’s Class project is $240 from being funded. There is a match offer that ends tonight. Her students just need $120 to complete this project

Ms Henwood is asking for Basic Supplies.
Basic supplies for her class include sensory materials.

See her project here:

Sensory Materials For All Learners, a project from Ms. Henwood Help me give my students sensory and art materials to use in the classroom. I teach 3-5th grade Autism Support. My students love to get creative and draw using a wide variety of sensory materials. ...

We are hosting a Fall Fest! Come out Friday 10/28 from 4:30-6:30 for treats, games, a costume competition, and more!

Please show your and support Mr. Minguela’s class. His project will provide headsets and earphones for his 3rd graders to record video projects and work independently on their Chromebooks. All donations are doubled!

Can You Hear Me?, a project from Mr. Minguela Help me give my students the opportunity to present material over platforms such as Flipgrid with the use of headphones that cancel noises and has built-in microphones. I am a big component in maki...

Today only DonorsChoose donations are doubled for Moffet.

Ms Delaney is the only staff who currently has an active project. Please consider donating and sharing her project and !

Kindergarten Back to School Basics, a project from Ms. Delaney Help me give my students the headphones and classroom basics they need for a great school year! I have a new class of 30 incoming Kindergarten students in the Philadelphia's South Kensington's neig...

Some highlights from a great 1st Day!

After reading “The Exceptionally Extraordinary Ordinary Forst Day of School”, Mr Minguela’s 3rd grade drew what their ideal first day of school would be like and wrote a short story to go with it.

After searching the room for living things, Ms Henwood’s class drew what they found and took notes on the discoveries in their science journals.

Both Mrs Anderson and Mr Gossard’s 1st grade classes posed for some pics.

The Entire Moffet Staff extends a Super Welcome to our Students for the 2022-23 School Year! See you all tomorrow morning! School District of PhiladelphiaGreatPhillySchools

Super Welcome Back Moffet staff extends a Super Welcome to the 2022-23 School year

Kanofsky Group is showing their and has partnered with the FSO to provide backpacks to Moffet students! Support their efforts in the link below!

https://kanofskygroup.com/kg_backpack_drive?fbclid=IwAR3CdmQkor26MrW8gbFaIhU5EoFibRF_gKMRsNRvLieAAQaeCNSCxLXifOs

KG Backpack Drive We love helping buyers find their dream home! That's why we work with each client individually, taking the time to understand their unique lifestyles, needs and wishes.

Congratulations to Mrs. Romero and Ms. Gilpin on having their projects funded! There are 3 projects currently active at Moffet that need funding. Please share these links and support if you are able.

Mr DeMeno has a STEM Music Lab project that will be matched by Spotify: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/lets-make-music-vidiyos/6439755/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=teacherhub&utm_term=teacher_3474239&rf=directlink-dc-2022-08-teacherhub-teacher_3474239&challengeid=20724236

Ms. Delaney has a new project posted for classroom basics. Every donation is matched by Quill Education: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/kindergarten-back-to-school-basics/6712401/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=unknown&rf=directlink-dc-2022-08-project-unknown

Ms. Easley's project is almost funded: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/ms-easleys-learning-support-class/6674756/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=unknown&rf=directlink-dc-2022-08-project-unknown

Ms Easley’s Learning Support Class, a project from Ms. Easley Help me give my students Alternative seating while they learn and read, headphones for individual computer based activities and reusable wipe off pockets for center based, daily practice. I am so e...

Today is the Day! Every $1 of support becomes $1.50. Mrs Romero’s project has been funded. Let’s help Ms Easley and Ms Gilpin fund their projects as well.

Help My Students with School to Home Supplies!, a project from Ms. Gilpin Help me give my students binders, tabs, sheet protectors, a laminator, and lamination pouches to organize each of their subjects into one cohesive learning binder to be used as a school-to-home too...

Students are returning soon. Please show your and support and share the projects of Ms Romero, Ms Easley, and Ms Gilpin.
Tomorrow only 8/9 there is a 50% match offer. Every $1 given becomes $1.50!

Support Ms Easley’s Learning Support Project here:
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/ms-easleys-learning-support-class/6674756/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=tpc_complete&utm_term=teacher_7528576&rf=facebook-dc-2022-08-tpc_complete-teacher_7528576&challengeid=21662515&fbclid=IwAR30wXoSw2nE3ELYrdbs_7PGxI-h80qKJPvXZpc0S7gimVs0CstjsZU-oho

Support Ms Romero’s “Empowering project here:

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/empower-students/6622534/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=tpc_complete&utm_term=teacher_8562034&rf=facebook-dc-2022-08-tpc_complete-teacher_8562034&challengeid=21989408&fbclid=IwAR1PYja9cW8jJp8spxDLb_8FTxBPZ0C_eF8YfSQS-vV8qI5rtBHm-DEueFM

Support Ms Gilpin’s “Supply Basics” here:

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/help-my-students-with-school-to-home-sup/6627427/?rf=email-system-2022-08-project_submitted-teacher_7528686&fbclid=IwAR0EDUxhsWhC1i6ES0VVUdwTJXQtacdF9BMF23CgwYl14aSEQAq4EC7bLYk

Help My Students with School to Home Supplies!, a project from Ms. Gilpin Help me give my students binders, tabs, sheet protectors, a laminator, and lamination pouches to organize each of their subjects into one cohesive learning binder to be used as a school-to-home too...

We are hosting a meet up at Hancock Park for all incoming kindergarten families on 7/16 at 10:30am.
We understand the importance of connecting with each other before the school year begins.
Look for our host parent and FSO member Latisha when you arrive. She’s the mom of an outgoing kindergarten and will be wearing a Moffet sweatshirt tied around her waist. Hope to see you there! Rain date is 7/23. Contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

Congratulations to our 4th grade classes for winning “Best Project” in the Exelon Challenge! See their project below.

School District of Philadelphia CS4Philly Riverbend Environmental Education Center

https://youtu.be/OK6f9ROFQR0

Moffet's Energy Innovation Challenge '22 4th grade students studied their local watershed and designed River Cleaning Boats to combat the effects of Run Off!

The Family School Organization is hosting play dates! The first date is this Saturday at Hancock Park. Prospective Moffet students are welcome. See the flyer for more details and upcoming dates.