Welcome to the Spruce Street School, PS 397!

Upcoming Events


September 12 - Regents Information Session
for 8th Grade Families
3:00 pm
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September 14 - Parent Social
6:30 pm
(Adults only) - Postponed
​New Date TBA
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September 19 - PTA Meeting
​8:30 am, cafeteria
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September 21-22 - Rosh Hashanah
​(Schools Closed)
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September 26 - Curriculum Night
5:00-7:45 pm
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September 29 - Middle School Information Session
Spruce Street Families only


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Announcements

Message from Hillary - 2017/18
August
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School lunch is free for all students!
Read the NYC DOE article here
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Registration of the 2017/18 Academic Year
Please contact Valerie Salitan,vsalitan@sprucestreetnyc.org,
​our Parent Coordinator to set up an appointment
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2017/18 School Supplies
Find class supply lists here.
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Save The Date(s)
October 21st - Taste of the Seaport
​October 28th - Spooktacular

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PTA Happenings!

​Thank you  to all PTA members who have participated this year - both in raising funds to enrich the learning of all of our kids, and in continuing to build the supportive and involved community of Spruce Street's families and staff.

And what a year it has been!
  • Our gross profit for the year was the highest in our school's history, and 20% above our original budget. With a predicted large drop in support from corporate sponsors this year, we were projecting a very different end result last Fall...
  • The Direct Appeal, which is the single highest source of PTA income, raised close to $175k; 46% higher than projected. And our push to raise our family contribution rate beyond a previous average of around 30%, resulted in us achieving 48% in the last two weeks. In a maturing school, this is something we are really proud of.
  • With early budget pressures, the chairs of our major events pulled out all stops, reducing expenses and increasing revenue, while still delivering on all the fun expected by our fortunate Spruce St community - Gala made 22% above budget ($130k), Spooktacular was 89% above budget (earning $13k), and Carnival was 46% above budget (at just over $6.5k).
  • As well as improving the efficacy of a range of fundraisers, we added additional ones - with the standout being the Readathon, earning $12.5k.
Congratulations to every involved PTA member - that's all of you! - for such fantastic results.

Next year will be bigger still... 

We'll be the largest school we've ever been, with our first 8th grade. We'll be looking at new enrichment programs for all, and particularly the lower elementary school, as well as more social fundraising events aimed at our older middle school students.

Some dates to note for PTA Events:​
  • September 7 - Welcome Back to School Breakfast for Families 8:40 am (Cafeteria)
  • September 14--Cheese and Wine at Spruce
  • October 21 - Taste of the Seaport
  • October 28 - Spooktacular
  • Week of December 4 - Book Fair
  • February 10 - Middle School Dance
  • February 14 - Friendship Day
  • March 24 - Gala
  • Week of May 21 - Read-a-Thon
  • May 19 - Spring Carnival (K-5)
  • TBD - Yearbook Signing Party

We'll continue to seek the help of the whole parent body, whether in contributions of money or of time, to reach these higher goals next year.
The Spruce Street PTA believes passionately in inclusion for all members and for all children in our school. If paying fees for any PTA activity creates financial difficulty please reach out directly to our Parent Coordinator, Valerie Salitan, by emailing her at (vsalitan@sprucestreetnyc.org) or calling - 212-266-4800, ext.2.  All requests are handled with discretion and anonymity.