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
    • Upper School >
      • 5th Grade
      • 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
    • Records Requests
  • SLT
  • Resources
    • Special Education
    • Additonal Support
    • Snack Guidelines for Pre-K - 1st
  • PTA

Contact Information


Spruce Administration & Staff

Principal Nancy Harris
Assistant Principal  Katya Haratonik
​Secretary Rena Gregory
Secretary Valerie Salitan
School Guidance Counselor Kyesha Hines
Social Worker Lissan Hardware-Hawkins
​Parent Coordinator Kim Mulvey
School Aide Jackie Santos 
School Aide Shatika Dixon
Lead Learning Specialist : Katherine Miller
SETSS/AIS : ​​Amal Abbass
MLL Teacher : Alix Morgan
Occupational Therapy : Lynette Cedeno
Physical Therapy :  Stefanie Cuttita
​Speech :  Nancy Geller
Speech : Stacianne Lester

Teachers

Pre-K:
 Alexander Long 

Kindergarten:
Bridget Williams(ICT)
Alejandra Ochoa(ICT)
Michelle Shapiro

1st Grade​: 
Candice Lam (ICT)
Emma Fraser (ICT)
Bianka Martires

​2nd Grade:
Brianne Shannon(ICT)
Jenn Andronica(ICT)
Joyce Heller 

3rd Grade: 
Candice Batson (ICT)
Katelyn Talty(ICT)
​David Philips

4th Grade:
Jenn Garcia(ICT)
Sultana Ahmed (ICT)
Mariana Winnik

Grade 5-8 Humanities:
5th Grade: Nancy Welch
6th Grade: Quentin Greif
7th Grade: Jessie Leon
8th Grade: Jennifer Aaron

Grade 5-8 Math:
5th Grade: Jennifer Cain
6th Grade: Meryl Glicksman
7th Grade: Jason Adoniz
8th Grade:Trevor Buckley

Grade 5-8 Learning Specialists:
Alessandra Giambrone
Allie Brunner
Gillian Auger
Scott Cogan
Sophia Rock

Grade Pre-8 Science:
Pre-K to 4th: Trent Kirkpatrick
5th & 8th Grade: Rebecca Archer
6th & 7th Grade: Gabe Sanchez

PE:  Kevin Lundgren
Music Debbie Kho
Art: Emily Higgins
Library: Chrissy Koukiotis

Paraprofessional  Evette Marsach 
Paraprofessional  Linda Lee 
Paraprofessional Nella Pramburger
Paraprofessional Lisa Grier
Paraprofessional Loana Suazo
Paraprofessional Gloria Fernandez

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
 
Katya Haratonik, Assistant Principal 
kharatonik@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Curricula
●State testing
●Special education / 504 accommodations
●Behavior and discipline

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

Lissan Hardware-Hawkins, Social Worker
lhardware-hawkins@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Middle School Bullying / Harassment
●Peer Mediation
●Social/emotional health concerns

Kim Mulvey, Parent Coordinator
kmulvey@sprucestreetnyc.org
●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
r
gregory@sprucestreetnyc.org
●Blue card updates
●Immunizations
●Records requests
●Permit requests and inquiries

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

​Eileen Reilly, School Psychologist
ereilly@sprucestreetnyc.org
●IEP’s and Special Education Services

Allyson Erlich, Social Worker
aerlich@sprucestreetnyc.org
●IEP’s and Special Education Services
●Counseling
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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
Katya Haratonik, Assistant Principal(IA)

School Hours 8:15 am - 2:35 pm
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