Welcome to the Spruce Street School, PS 397!
Fall 2021 Update
Read the Chancellor's reopening plan for Fall 2021

Blended/Remote Learning 2020-21
Pre-K through 5th grade is now 5 days a week for In Person Learning
Blended Learning Updates
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Students are required to complete a health screening
on in person attendance days. 
Click here
to complete and show at entry
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Set up your child's DOE Email Account
Your child needs this to easily log into
Zoom Meetings 
DOE Zoom Instructions
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Arrival Times: 
8:30-8:45 a.m. - Pre-K/K students
8:45-9:00 a.m. - 1st/2nd Grade students
9:00-9:15 .am. - 3rd/4th/5th Grade students
9:15-9:30 a.m. - 6th/7th/8th Grade  students
Dismissal Times:
2:00 - 2:15 p.m. - Pre-K/K 1st Grade students
2:00-2:15 p.m. - 2nd/3rd/4th/5th Grade Students
2:15-2:30 p.m. - 6th/7th/8th Grade Students
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Updated Cohort Schedule
Early Pick-ups in May/ June
In general, we discourage early pick-ups except in the event of illness or a medical appointment. We genuinely do not have the manpower on Friday afternoons to coordinate early pick-ups for weekend travel. Each early pick-up requires multiple phone calls to classrooms and coordination with teachers, thereby disrupting instruction and office coverage.

Due to staffing shortages, our main office will be closed each afternoon from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Except for an emergency situation, we are unable to accommodate early pick-ups during this time.

Thank you for your support and cooperation with this as we head into the final weeks of school.
Reporting a Student's Absence
Please click here to report an absence. Parents should always notify the school in the event of an absence.
Written documentation stating why your child is absent should be submitted electronically
​ to the main office.

Click here to see what documentation is accepted and can be noted as excused on your child’s attendance record. Please also know that an excused absence does not reduce or delete the number of days your child is out of school.

Information

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​Daily Breakfast
Daily Lunch
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​Curious about the different Safety Protocols
that we practice at Spruce?
See them here
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Announcements

If you require translation/interpretation
services please reach out to our
Parent Coordinator Kim Mulvey
 kmulvey@sprucestreetnyc.org
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​Take Out Meals are available through the DOE
​More info here
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Interested in Spruce Street School for 
Grades K-5  for 2020-21?
 Please contact Kim Mulvey
kmulvey@sprucestreetnyc.org
with questions
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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.
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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, Kim Mulvey, by emailing her at (kmulvey@sprucestreetnyc.org) or calling - 212-266-4800, ext.0.  All requests are handled with discretion and anonymity.