Spruce Street School, PS 397
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    • Records Requests
    • K-5 admissions for 2022-23 school year
  • SLT
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    • Snack Guidelines for Pre-K - 1st
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Contact Information


Spruce Administration & Staff

Principal  Nancy Harris
Assistant Principal  Kara Levin 
​Secretary Rena Gregory
Secretary Valerie Salitan
School Guidance Counselor Kyesha Hines
Social Worker Lissan Hardware-Hawkins
​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
​Speech - Nancy Gellar
Physical Therapy Stefanie Cuttita
Special Ed/ SETTS - Katherine Miller

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

Teachers

Pre-K:
 Alexander Long

Kindergarten:
Bridget Williams(ICT)
Michelle Shapiro

1st Grade​: 
Candice Lam (ICT)
Rebecca Davis 

Learning Specialist K/1 Emma Fraser 

​2nd Grade:
Bianka Martires(ICT)
Joyce Heller 
Learning Specialist : Amal Abbass

3rd Grade: 
Candice Batson (ICT)
Jenn Andronica
Learning Specialist : Sophia Rock
Learning Specialist: Brianne Shannon

4th Grade:
Sultana Ahmed (ICT)
​Katelyn Talty
Learning Specialist: Jennifer Garcia

5th Grade Humanities Nancy Welch
5th Grade Math Jennifer Cain
5th/6th Grade Science Gabe Sanchez
6th Grade Math Meryl Glicksman
6th Grade Humanities Quentin Greif
7th Grade Math Jason Adoniz
7th/8th Grade Research - Jennifer Aaron
7th/8th Grade Literature  - Jessie Leon
7th/8th Grade Science - Steve Yesko

8th Grade Math Trevor Buckley
Learning Specialist 5th: Allie Brunner
Learning Specialist 6th: Alessandra Ciarlo
Learning Specialist 7th: Roberto Rios
Learning Specialist 8th: Scott Cogan


Science: Pre-K to 4th - Trent Kirkpatrick
PE:  Kevin Lundgren
Music Debbie Kho: dkho@sprucestreetnyc.org
Art: Gillian Ricci
Library: Chrissy Koukiotis

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

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

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

Lissan Hardware-Hawkins, Social Worker
Lissan Hardware-Hawkins
●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
●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
●Google student email 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

School Hours 8:15 am - 2:35 pm
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