What is Spruce Experience?
It’s a list of parties and events that our Spruce Street families or the PTA host and sponsor throughout the school year. Spruce Street families pay to attend the parties, and ALL the proceeds go to help Spruce Street make a difference in your kids' education. It's an excellent opportunity to meet other Spruce families and students!
Check back here frequently for more events to go live!
Please reach out to [email protected] if you would like to host an additional event or help us on an existing one.
It’s a list of parties and events that our Spruce Street families or the PTA host and sponsor throughout the school year. Spruce Street families pay to attend the parties, and ALL the proceeds go to help Spruce Street make a difference in your kids' education. It's an excellent opportunity to meet other Spruce families and students!
Check back here frequently for more events to go live!
Please reach out to [email protected] if you would like to host an additional event or help us on an existing one.
TRIBECA ART WALK WITH MAUREEN MAHONY - POSTPONED, date tbd
Sstarting point to be communicated to participants shortly before the walk.
Get your art on with a tour of local Tribeca galleries with Spruce Mom, art advisor and curator Maureen Mahony. We will discuss the gallery world and the art market while viewing exhibitions that provoke larger conversations about culture and life. These tours are always fun and eye-opening as we explore one of the many specialized niches of New York City.
Non-Spruce art lovers are welcome to join. Art tours usually end at 6pm and extend into drinks at one of the local bars.
DECEMBER 2: GREAT SPRUCE COOKIE EXCHANGE [First Friday]
6:30-8PM
The Great Spruce Cookie Exchange! For this event, the cost of admission is $15 + two dozen cookies. Kids will be invited into the cafeteria to introduce the cookies they bought and then "shop" for 12 that other people brought to take back home! Hot chocolate will be served for the kids, and we are working on a beverage choice for adults who wish to stay.
Please send your child with a little take home container like a brown bag, ziplock bag or take out container that they can use to "shop".
Also please work with your children to make a sign (nothing fancy, just 8.5x11 paper) that includes their name, the name of the cookies, and a list of ingredients. If the cookies are storebought, the packaging can suffice. If cookies contain nuts, we ask that the sign is clearly and prominently marked "CONTAINS NUTS."
ATTENTION PARENTS WITH ALLERGY CONCERNS: Please be aware that any participants baked goods may contain or come into contact with common allergens such as dairy, eggs, wheat, soybeans, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish or wheat. Even though we are asking people to write their ingredients out and post them next to the cookies, we cannot guarantee that this will be done, or that what is done will be accurate or legible. So please use your own judgement in allowing your children to consume other people's baked goods.
DECEMBER 9th: COOKIE CLASS WITH AKIKO KIMURA - SOLD OUT!
4:00-5:30. Drop off for first grade and above, 10 kid limit
Come join Pastry chef and Cordon Bleu graduate Akiko Kimura for an afternoon of cookie fun! Kids will create beautiful cookie wreaths to bring home for the holidays!
No more tickets available - sign up for other Spruce Experience events!
JANUARY 6: MOVIE NIGHT [First Friday]
6:30-8PM
We will likely be hosting another movie night, stay tuned for more information!
FEBRUARY 3: TALENT SHOW IN THE AUDITORIUM [First Friday]
6:30-8PM
This talent show will be for kids, parents and teachers! We'll be communicating a lot more about it in the coming weeks.
MARCH 3: activity TBD [First Friday]
MAY 5: MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE IN AUDITORIUM // ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARTY IN CAFETERIA [First Friday]
6:30-8
Ticket Cost: $10 per guest.
Middle schoolers - DJ & pizza, Elementary school party in cafeteria.
JUNE 2: FIELD GAMES [First Friday]
TIME TBD AND WEATHER-DEPENDENT
ALL EVENTS AND TICKET PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Where do the proceeds go?
To the Spruce Street PTA general fund. That is, to the school. Spruce Street PTA's efforts each year ensure that our school has the resources needed to fund essential school programs that are not part of the DOE budget (which, as you may already know, is a sadly shrinking one). This includes modern instructional technologies, professional development for teachers, NDI, Chess, our library, and much more. While it’s hard to realize the necessity of many of these funds due to programming being halted this year, it’s always important to think ahead.
First Fridays events are not meant to make money and are run at or below cost. Please organize a sponsored event to fund our program!
Who are the parties for?
All students, parents and families of Spruce Street School. It depends on what you choose to host: some parties will be more family-oriented, some will be more for kids, other for adults (please don't plan a wine tasting for elementary school students).
Sounds fun! I want to host a party, what next?
Awesome! We need you to make the Spruce Experience a success and we welcome all ideas! Please reach out and let us know what you have in mind.
Dates and times are completely up to you.
Wait a second. I said I want to host a party, but I don't really know how.
Barely an inconvenience. Let's get in touch and figure out together what could be fun and feasible.
We have a long list of ideas and projects that can be adopted by motivated families. With a little organization, there's so much that can be done!
Do I have to host a party alone? I have a great idea but it's too much work / too expensive.
Not at all. While we can't promise to help with the practicalities, nor finance an event (the whole point of this being that Spruce families run the show and that the event funds the school through the PTA, not the other way round) we have seen in the past that the easiest way to sort this out is to involve another family, either to help with the organization or to co-sponsor the event. Still - if you need vendor contacts, ideas, suggestions on how to make things feasible, you can definitely count on us.
We hope to see you soon for all sorts of amazing Spruce Experience events!
Sstarting point to be communicated to participants shortly before the walk.
Get your art on with a tour of local Tribeca galleries with Spruce Mom, art advisor and curator Maureen Mahony. We will discuss the gallery world and the art market while viewing exhibitions that provoke larger conversations about culture and life. These tours are always fun and eye-opening as we explore one of the many specialized niches of New York City.
Non-Spruce art lovers are welcome to join. Art tours usually end at 6pm and extend into drinks at one of the local bars.
DECEMBER 2: GREAT SPRUCE COOKIE EXCHANGE [First Friday]
6:30-8PM
The Great Spruce Cookie Exchange! For this event, the cost of admission is $15 + two dozen cookies. Kids will be invited into the cafeteria to introduce the cookies they bought and then "shop" for 12 that other people brought to take back home! Hot chocolate will be served for the kids, and we are working on a beverage choice for adults who wish to stay.
Please send your child with a little take home container like a brown bag, ziplock bag or take out container that they can use to "shop".
Also please work with your children to make a sign (nothing fancy, just 8.5x11 paper) that includes their name, the name of the cookies, and a list of ingredients. If the cookies are storebought, the packaging can suffice. If cookies contain nuts, we ask that the sign is clearly and prominently marked "CONTAINS NUTS."
ATTENTION PARENTS WITH ALLERGY CONCERNS: Please be aware that any participants baked goods may contain or come into contact with common allergens such as dairy, eggs, wheat, soybeans, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish or wheat. Even though we are asking people to write their ingredients out and post them next to the cookies, we cannot guarantee that this will be done, or that what is done will be accurate or legible. So please use your own judgement in allowing your children to consume other people's baked goods.
DECEMBER 9th: COOKIE CLASS WITH AKIKO KIMURA - SOLD OUT!
4:00-5:30. Drop off for first grade and above, 10 kid limit
Come join Pastry chef and Cordon Bleu graduate Akiko Kimura for an afternoon of cookie fun! Kids will create beautiful cookie wreaths to bring home for the holidays!
No more tickets available - sign up for other Spruce Experience events!
JANUARY 6: MOVIE NIGHT [First Friday]
6:30-8PM
We will likely be hosting another movie night, stay tuned for more information!
FEBRUARY 3: TALENT SHOW IN THE AUDITORIUM [First Friday]
6:30-8PM
This talent show will be for kids, parents and teachers! We'll be communicating a lot more about it in the coming weeks.
MARCH 3: activity TBD [First Friday]
MAY 5: MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE IN AUDITORIUM // ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARTY IN CAFETERIA [First Friday]
6:30-8
Ticket Cost: $10 per guest.
Middle schoolers - DJ & pizza, Elementary school party in cafeteria.
JUNE 2: FIELD GAMES [First Friday]
TIME TBD AND WEATHER-DEPENDENT
ALL EVENTS AND TICKET PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Where do the proceeds go?
To the Spruce Street PTA general fund. That is, to the school. Spruce Street PTA's efforts each year ensure that our school has the resources needed to fund essential school programs that are not part of the DOE budget (which, as you may already know, is a sadly shrinking one). This includes modern instructional technologies, professional development for teachers, NDI, Chess, our library, and much more. While it’s hard to realize the necessity of many of these funds due to programming being halted this year, it’s always important to think ahead.
First Fridays events are not meant to make money and are run at or below cost. Please organize a sponsored event to fund our program!
Who are the parties for?
All students, parents and families of Spruce Street School. It depends on what you choose to host: some parties will be more family-oriented, some will be more for kids, other for adults (please don't plan a wine tasting for elementary school students).
Sounds fun! I want to host a party, what next?
Awesome! We need you to make the Spruce Experience a success and we welcome all ideas! Please reach out and let us know what you have in mind.
Dates and times are completely up to you.
Wait a second. I said I want to host a party, but I don't really know how.
Barely an inconvenience. Let's get in touch and figure out together what could be fun and feasible.
We have a long list of ideas and projects that can be adopted by motivated families. With a little organization, there's so much that can be done!
Do I have to host a party alone? I have a great idea but it's too much work / too expensive.
Not at all. While we can't promise to help with the practicalities, nor finance an event (the whole point of this being that Spruce families run the show and that the event funds the school through the PTA, not the other way round) we have seen in the past that the easiest way to sort this out is to involve another family, either to help with the organization or to co-sponsor the event. Still - if you need vendor contacts, ideas, suggestions on how to make things feasible, you can definitely count on us.
We hope to see you soon for all sorts of amazing Spruce Experience events!