{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"John Moffet Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":32.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3474239,"projectId":9484919,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students and their school's STEAM initiatives. The K-2 students love the marble runs! In the Makerspace, students worked with partners to build designs using keva planks and ran the keva balls through their courses. The following week students tried out their new LEGO Duplo style marble runs. The dinosaur marble run was the biggest hit! The marble runs are also very popular with the autistic support classes who love to use them as a brain break from their technology work. The systems help them to socialize and work together to problem solve.\r\n\r\nOur media hub is up and ready to run. The Yolo Live Deck is in our control room and ready to run live streams with the podcast club! Students are very excited to learn more about the production side of podcasting with the Yolo Deck.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting my students and their STEAM initiatives!","fullyFundedDate":1753716829792,"projectUrl":"project/get-steamed/9484919/","projectTitle":"Get STEAMed!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. DeMeno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3474239_orig.png?crop=710,710,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693857276350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/moffetmakerspace"},{"teacherId":3474239,"projectId":9746495,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to my students' gamers club! They were so excited to see a Switch 2 in the game room. We pick 2 students each session to partner up and use the switch 2. Mario Kart World has been a big hit, with Madden 26 just behind it in demand.\r\n\r\nStudents have been very good about sharing and taking turns while they wait for their time on the Switch 2, which is part of our goals in Gaming Club! The games you provided us allow for cooperation and freindly competition among the gamers. Thank you again for your generous support of my students and their Gaming Club.","fullyFundedDate":1759536402316,"projectUrl":"project/hit-the-switch-on-switch-2/9746495/","projectTitle":"Hit the Switch on Switch 2!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. DeMeno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3474239_orig.png?crop=710,710,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693857276350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/moffetmakerspace"},{"teacherId":10111020,"projectId":9532395,"letterContent":"The students, staff, and entire community of John Moffet Elementary School extend our deepest gratitude for your generous donation to our school library. Your commitment to fostering literacy and providing enriching educational resources has already made a profound impact. Your contribution has given our students additional support to grow their brains by reading! This year, to ensure weekly access to great books, we launched a \"Library + Independent Reading\" period where each class has dedicated time each week to check out books and read for enjoyment. With your support, we purchased a rolling library cart with built-in baskets to bring a diverse selection of books directly to them. We also have dry-erase thermometer charts to track our school-wide reading goals and drawstring bags to help our students practice the responsibility of taking care of their library books. \r\n\r\nThanks to your support, we were able to open our school library in the first week of September—the earliest we have ever been able to start having students check out books. Each week, all of Moffet's 200 students visit the library, check out books to read at home, and have 25 minutes of quiet time to immerse themselves in their books. This access to high-quality literature has already made a significant, positive impact on our students' academic growth and on their experience of reading for fun. For many of our students, who come from a proud, diverse, and strong community—including 50% Hispanic/Latino, 18% African American, 22% multi-racial, and 9% Caucasian students, plus a large portion of students of Middle Eastern descent and those in our two autistic support classrooms—seeing themselves and their peers in the books they read is a powerful affirmation that you have helped provide. Our students are excitedly recommending books to each other and finding great series of books to read.\r\n\r\nBy continuing to build this community of enthusiastic and lifelong readers, we are working to ensure that every student has the tools and resources they need to succeed. Thank you for making our library the vibrant heart of John Moffet Elementary School.","fullyFundedDate":1755536105444,"projectUrl":"project/our-students-read-everywhere/9532395/","projectTitle":"Our Students Read Everywhere!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10111020_orig.png?crop=1092,1092,x0,y69&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755023653776","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10111020"},{"teacherId":5031435,"projectId":9607655,"letterContent":"I would love to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for helping us reach our goal. Part of my job as a kindergarten teacher is to help shape young minds and help each precious child realize how unique and special they are. I also am responsible for setting the foundation to create young respectful, productive citizens.\r\n\r\nBeing able to read these books to my students will helps lay that foundation not just this year but in all the years to come this is a gift that will keep on giving. My students truly love listening to stories, and making real life connections. \r\n\r\nYou have really made a difference. Thank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1755782341247,"projectUrl":"project/respectful-unique-productive-citizens/9607655/","projectTitle":"Respectful, Unique, Productive Citizens!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. DiMatteo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5031435_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1512882811321","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/wynners114"},{"teacherId":5031435,"projectId":9527378,"letterContent":"I would like to thank each and every one of you that have helped me and my students get the 2025-2026 school year off to a great start by providing us with Basic essentials we needed to get our classroom up and running as well as organized. Our classroom has been able to become more and more like a home due to the supplies and resources that you have helped us get. \r\n\r\nYou have made implementing policies and procedures easier in our classroom by helping with our classroom management and organization with some of the materials purchased and helped make test taking time a little less stressful.\r\n\r\nYou have helped make things accessible to those who may have struggled to achieve and brought joy and happiness to us all. I would love to thank you again on behalf of us all. You are truly amazing!","fullyFundedDate":1755203295149,"projectUrl":"project/basically-kicking-off-the-year-right/9527378/","projectTitle":"Basically Kicking Off the Year Right","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. DiMatteo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5031435_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1512882811321","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/wynners114"},{"teacherId":7177238,"projectId":9248218,"letterContent":"I want to express my deepest gratitude for your incredibly generous donation of flexible seating options for our classrooms! This variety gives my students a unique opportunity to find a working posture that truly supports their individual learning needs.\r\n\r\nWe know that no two students are alike—some focus best with a bit of movement, while others need a cozy spot to settle in. By offering them a choice of where to sit, we are empowering our students to take ownership of their learning and create an environment where they can be their most productive selves.\r\n\r\nI am already seeing that these new seating options will help our 4th graders concentrate better, engage more deeply with their work, and ultimately thrive in the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1747172019457,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-to-flex-our-minds-and-b/9248218/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating to Flex Our Minds and Bodies!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7177238_orig.png?crop=734,734,x0,y29&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744164859226","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7177238"},{"teacherId":10008948,"projectId":9297540,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your donation of the partner parachutes. 250 students have used the parachutes this year and we will continue to use these for many more years. The students were very excited when we received the parachutes this spring. They were especially useful when there were many rainy days and the students did not get to go outside for recess. \r\n\r\nOur classroom is in a large auditorium with many steps and this makes movement very challenging. These parachutes allow students to still work together and have the same types of experiences that they would get from a regular circular parachute. I have seen first hand the teamwork skills improve from students using these parachutes together. \r\n\r\nThe students love to be creative with ways to use these movement props. They ask about using them frequently and it is a source of motivation in our class.","fullyFundedDate":1746498278861,"projectUrl":"project/up-up-and-away-we-play-parachute-part/9297540/","projectTitle":"Up, Up, and Away We Play! Parachute Partners!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Deamant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10008948_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y331&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754765008001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10008948"},{"teacherId":9524958,"projectId":8690488,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for the community support received by having these requests fulfilled from the 24-25 school year! My students have enjoyed the novelty of books that are engaging and diverse, just like our students here at Moffet. We have used books to work on answering WH questions, sequencing events, re-telling stories, and making inferences and predictions using picture clues!\r\n\r\nThe cushions have provided endless opportunity for small active bodies to seek movement safely, to engage in active listening, and to follow increasingly complex directions, keeping our sessions both engaging and supportive to students with varied needs! \r\n\r\nThank you again for all your support!","fullyFundedDate":1727981201197,"projectUrl":"project/speech-room-upgrades/8690488/","projectTitle":"Speech Room Upgrades","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jackson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9524958_orig.png?crop=1016,1016,x1014,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724336206509","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9524958"},{"teacherId":2060127,"projectId":8605856,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our New Reading Project. The reading series required a lot of play and thanks to you we were able to do that in our class.\r\n\r\nAs I introduced the different materials, the excitement the children had was indescribable. They couldn't wait to get started. The conversations they had were amazing. When using the puppets it was like watching a cartoon as they interacted with each other. The kids learned how to help and support each other while building with puzzles, legos and blocks. The playdough was one of their favorites and I was able to incorporate that into our math as well. \r\n\r\nWithout your support I don't know how I would ever have pulled off teaching this new curriculum.","fullyFundedDate":1724800398834,"projectUrl":"project/new-reading-program-new-materials-need/8605856/","projectTitle":"New Reading Program - New Materials Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Delaney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/trish-delaney"},{"teacherId":3474239,"projectId":8766956,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students' in our efforts to bring nature to our school. The Hydroponics and Aquaponics items were put to good use as all classes in our K-5 school took part in growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, or flowers. Using our new garden carts and wagon, students were able to take their plants into the school garden and continue monitoring and growing their plants. \r\n\r\nStudents were also able to learn about healthy eating choices and where food comes from. Some classes made salsa with their cilantro or tried fresh cucumber for the first time. Our nature club set up aquaponics systems in each classroom in the school and taught other students how to take care of the systems. They made posters and videos linked to QR codes explaining how hydroponics and aquaponics work. Our outdoor classroom now has a rain barrel and is a great starting point to teach about runoff and sustainability. Our meal worm growing kit and cloning kit will be housed in a new \"grow room\" as students feed meal worms their vegetable scraps the meal worms will feed our aquaponics fish which in turn grow the plants that feed our students! There are so many great things that are happening in our school thanks to your support of this project! Thank you once again.","fullyFundedDate":1726692788496,"projectUrl":"project/its-only-natural/8766956/","projectTitle":"Its Only Natural","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. DeMeno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3474239_orig.png?crop=710,710,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693857276350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/moffetmakerspace"},{"teacherId":3474239,"projectId":7858885,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students in their outdoor learning and the formation of their outdoor classroom.\r\n\r\nStudents have been using their digital binoculars both in our school's outdoor learning space and on nature field trips! They chose a tall tree to hang their bat box from. We are keeping an eye on it for guests.\r\n\r\nStudents also love the large tank that they keep their red eared slider and painted turtle in. The lid you provided helps stop little hands from getting in the tank as well as holds the heat emitter for the turtles to bask under. The turtles live in the school library so they get lots of visitors every day. students have learned about native and invasive species with our school turtles as the starting point.\r\n\r\nWe have refurbished our media hub and the next step is to set up our weather system as well as our trail cameras in front of the window bird feeder and bat box. Students love all the resources that you provided and are learning so much from them.","fullyFundedDate":1695233758775,"projectUrl":"project/full-steam-ahead-into-the-natural-world/7858885/","projectTitle":"Full STEAM Ahead Into the Natural World","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. DeMeno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3474239_orig.png?crop=710,710,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693857276350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/moffetmakerspace"},{"teacherId":3474239,"projectId":8154553,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students and their E-Sports Gaming Room. The addition of a Meta Quest 3 has been great for the learners.\r\n\r\nStudents now have 3 VR stations that they are able to set up for one another. They help one another adjust the pro-head strap that you donated. This allows for easy switching of users and comfort while playing. They are able to maintain the headsets by disinfecting the straps between use. Some of these games are sweaty work! Students have learned to take turns with the devices and guide one another in proper usage of the headsets.\r\n\r\nBy far the most popular game has been VR boxing, which gives the students a great physical workout. They have also tried engineering games, cart racing, escape rooms, fishing, kayaking, and virtual photography. All of this is giving them great learning experiences combined with 21st century skills! They are also getting reinforcement of the need to try again when they fail. \r\n\r\nStudents also helped decorate the Game Lab with the stickers you provided. There is a nice Super Mario theme running across our storage cabinets that were placed by the video game club. Thank you again for the generous donations that gave my students these awesome resources!","fullyFundedDate":1711398784701,"projectUrl":"project/you-got-game/8154553/","projectTitle":"You Got Game","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. DeMeno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3474239_orig.png?crop=710,710,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693857276350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/moffetmakerspace"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_40846","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":217,"numTeachers":21,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":25,"percentWhite":22,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":43,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"10.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":67.4,"schoolId":40846,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about John Moffet Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"John Moffet Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/pennsylvania/philadelphia-city-school-district/john-moffet-elementary-school/40846"}