Welcome to the Spruce Street School, PS 397!

Upcoming Events

  
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March 2 - 5th Grade
Parent Workshop
Puberty Education at Spruce
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March 2-4- Project Cicero
Book Collection
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March 5 - Family Conferences
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
11:15 a.m. dismissal
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March 13 - 2nd/3rd Grade
Class Shares
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March 24 - PTA Meeting
8:30 am
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March 25-26 - NYS ELA Test
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​Spruce Admin
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Front Desk Sign-In
To help with school safety everyone must sign-in at the front desk with a photo ID.
Fill out all information completely.
If going to an area of the school different than your stated location,
​please notify security at the front desk.
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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 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.
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Announcements



Lost & Found
Leftover items in the lost and found
will be donated at the end of each month
to Wearable Collections
(Helpful hint: labeled items are returned to students)

SCHOOL SAFETY REMINDERS
Parent events and classroom celebrations
take place throughout the year. 
For safety reasons, please exit the building
after attending your designated event. 
Unannounced classroom visits and detours
through the building compromises our safety. 
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.​​
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Register for Manhattan Youth After School
here
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Imogen Roche Foundation
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Interested in Spruce Street for 2019/20
Contact our Parent Coordinator, Kim Mulvey
kmulvey@sprucestreetnyc.org
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Read Spruce Street Lateness/Absence Policies
here
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Curious about the different Safety Protocols
that we practice at Spruce?
See them here
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Corona Virus Update:
Many of you have reached out about our school's response plan. To be clear, we follow guidance from the Department of Health - we do not make a response plan for our individual school. To that end, please see below for updated guidance we received:
“ At this time, it is important to listen to facts and not respond to fear. Currently, there are no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in New York City and the risk to New Yorkers remains low.
Please read the Department of Health update and FAQ sheet here. 

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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.


Some dates to note for PTA Events 2019/20:​
  • September 5 - Welcome Back to School Breakfast for Families 8:40 am (Cafeteria)​
  • September 12 - Wine and Cheese Mixer
  • October 19 - Taste of the Seaport
  • November 2 - Spooktacular
  • December 2-6- Book Fair
  • February 8 - Middle School Dance
  • February 12 - Friendship Day
  • March 28 - Gala
  • May  11-22 - Read-a-Thon
  • June 10 - 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.