Spruce Street School, PS 397
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  • Home
    • Mission/Vision
    • Contact Information
  • Divisions
    • Lower School >
      • Pre-K
      • Kindergarten
      • 1st Grade
      • 2nd Grade
      • 3rd Grade
      • 4th Grade
      • 5th Grade
    • Middle School >
      • 6th Grade
      • 7th Grade
      • 8th GRADE
    • Cluster Classes >
      • Science
      • P. E.
      • Music
      • Art
    • Library >
      • E-Books
  • Admissions
    • Pre-K Information
    • Kindergarten Information
    • Middle School Information
    • Applying to High School
  • PTA
  • SLT
  • Resources
    • Special Education
    • Additonal Support
    • School Supplies
    • Snack Guidelines for Pre-K - 1st

Contact Information


Spruce Administration & Staff

Principal  Nancy Harris
Assistant Principal  Kara Levin 
Assistant Principal  Stefanie Ericksen
​Secretary Rena Gregory
Secretary Valerie Salitan
School Guidance Counselor Kyesha Hines
Social Worker Stephanie Concepcion
​Parent Coordinator Kim Mulvey
Supervising School Aide Nancy Chen-Rios 
School Aide Jackie Santos 


Family Worker Pat Young
Social Worker Allyson Ehrlich
School Psychologist Stanley Hui
Occupational Therapy Lynette Cedeno
Learning Specialist/Academic Intervention Kristen Wedge
Learning Specialist/Academic Intervention Scott Cogan
Learning Specialist/Academic Intervention Joanna Soriano

Speech Lauren Marcus
​Speech
 Stacianne Lester
Special Ed/ SETTS - Katherine Miller

Special Ed/ SETTS - ​​Katya Haratonik
Special Ed/ SETTS - ​​​Bridget Williams
ESL Support - Alix Morgan

Teachers

Pre-K:
 Alexander Long
 Alison Hannon

Kindergarten: kteachers@sprucestreetnyc.org
Rebecca Davis
Emma Fraser
Candice Lam
Samantha Weng

1st Grade​: 1stgradeteachers@sprucestreetnyc.org
Nicole Silverberg
Bridget Williams
Michelle Arroyo

​2nd Grade: 2ndgradeteachers@sprucestreetnyc.org
Joyce Heller
Candice Batson
Amal Abbass

3rd Grade: 3rdgradeteachers@sprucestreetnyc.org
Jenn Heo
Jennifer Cain
Carolina Bazan

4th Grade:
Sultana Ahmed
Bari Reyer
Paola Higuera

5th Grade:
Sophia Rock
 John Speedling(ICT)
Jennifer Garcia(ICT)

6th Grade Science - Meryl Glicksman
6th Grade Humanities - Rachel Fischhoff
6th/8th Grade Math Trevor Buckley
7th/8th Grade Literature  - Jessie Leon
7th/8th Grade Science - Rebecca Archer
7th/8th Grade Math - Ricky Reid

7th/8th Grade Research - Jennifer Aaron

Science: Pre-K to 5th - Trent Kirkpatrick
PE:  Kevin Lundgren
Music:  Alan Weintraub
Music:  Daniel Mauck  
Art:   Kristin Huetter

Paraprofessional  Evette Marsach 
Paraprofessional Myrsa Joseph
Paraprofessional  Linda Lee 
Paraprofessional Opal Stephenson
Paraprofessional Marco DaSilva
Paraprofessional Mecca Norfleet
Paraprofessional Erei Dabuyaba
Paraprofessional Jared Murray

Contacting the School

If you need to contact the school for any reason, please call our main office at 212-266-4800. 

During the school year please email or write teachers directly if you have questions or concerns related to your child’s academic performance or class work. Please allow up to 24 hours for a teacher to respond. 

If other questions or concerns arise during the school year, please contact the school staff as follows:
Nancy Harris, Principal 
nharris@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Overall concerns
●Issues unresolved through other channels
 
Kara Levin, Assistant Principal 
klevin@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Curricula
●State testing
●Special education / 504 accommodations
●Behavior and discipline

Stefanie Ericksen 
sericksen@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Curricula
●State testing
●Special education / 504 accommodations
●Behavior and discipline

Kyeshah Hines, Guidance Counselor
khines@sprucestreetnyc.org , ext. 2493
●Test accommodations
●Elementary School Bullying / Harassment
●Middle  school admissions
●Social/emotional health concerns

Stephanie Concepcion, Social Worker
sconcepcion@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Middle School Bullying / Harassment
●Peer Mediation
●Social/emotional health concerns

Kim Mulvey, Parent Coordinator
kmulvey@sprucestreetnyc.org, ext. 2492
●General questions
●NYC Schools Account/state testing score information
●School events and calendar
●Financial assistance for school trips
●Parents Association related questions

Rena Gregory, School Secretary
rgregory@sprucestreetnyc.org, ext. 0
●Busing
●Blue card updates
●Immunizations
●Records requests
●Permit requests and inquiries

Valerie Salitan, School Secretary
vsalitan@sprucestreetnyc.org, ext. 0
●Official attendance records
●Planned family trips/absences
●Blue card updates
●Records requests
●PupilPath/Google student login

Nancy Chen-Rios, School Aide
nchen-rios@sprucestreetnyc.org , ext. 0
●Official attendance records
●Planned family trips or absences
●Absence phone calls/emails
●Doctors’ notes
●Immunizations
●Metrocards

​Stanley Hui, School Psychologist
shui@sprucestreetnyc.org
●IEP’s and Special Education Services

School Nurse
212-266-4800, ext.  2421
●504’s and Medical Issues

Pat Young, IEP Family Worker
pyoung@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Scheduling IEP Meetings
●Parental Consent






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Spruce Street School - PS 397
12 Spruce Street
New York, NY 10038
212-266-4800
​(Fax) 212-266-4805

Nancy Harris, Principal
Kara Levin, Assistant Principal
​Stefanie Ericksen, Assistant Principal 
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