The Springs School’s fourth grade has 75 students and average class sizes of 25. Above, Beth Scammell, with her fourth-grade class.
Christine Sampson
Education
In Springs, hallway traffic jams, improvised work spaces are a daily reality
When the bell rings to signal the end of periods at the Springs School, more than 300 children are often in the hallways changing classes at once. Christine Sampson
Montauk Youth's Field Day is scheduled for Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The rain date is Oct. 16.
Carissa Katz
Aubrey Peterson, an East Hampton Middle School eighth grader, outside the Union League Club in Manhattan on Monday morning
Susan Peterson
After making their own pinwheels during classes this week using paper and green drinking straws, students held them high on Friday to celebrate International Peace Day at the school's ninth "Pinwheels for Peace" event.
Morgan McGivern photos
Holding their handmade pinwheels, hundreds of students at the John M. Marshall Elementary School formed a giant peace sign on the field outside the school.
In her remarks, Beth Doyle, the school principal, related world peace to the concept of the "Golden Rule," the idea that people should treat others the way they themselves would like to be treated.
Students sang songs about peace they learned during class as part of their celebration of International Peace Day on Friday morning.
Gregory Butler, the John M. Marshall music teacher, led students in song on Friday.
Christine Sampson
First major project since ’39 would replace portables, some 40 years old
Community members packed the robotics lab during a tour of the Bridgehampton School last week, as Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz, the robotics teacher, left, explained that the basement classroom is difficult to work in, lacks a true emergency exit, and is not handicapped-accessible.
Christine Sampson photos
Mike Miller, Bridgehampton's athletic director, said during the tour the old lockers in the locker rooms — many rusting and broken — just won't cut it anymore for gym classes and sports teams.
The wear-and-tear on the safety station is evident in the school's sole science lab, in which students take classes in all four high school disciplines, earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics.
Robyn O'Brien, a food activist and expert, will be the guest speaker at the Wellness Foundation's fall seminar next Thursday.
