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Judy D’Mello
Contributing Writer

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Articles by this author:

  • School Budgets, Bus Depot Coast Through
    Spending plans totaling almost $193 million for the 2018-19 academic year were approved on Tuesday by voters in school districts from Montauk to Bridgehampton. Budgets in all of those school districts came in below the state-mandated tax cap.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • A Modern Day Abortion Rights Crusader
    In 1971, together with the doctor she worked for, Merle Hoffman started Choices, the first legal clinic in the United States to provide abortions.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Beach Day Off for Oldest
    Beach day, a beloved end-of-year outing many South Fork students look forward to for months, will not be on the calendar this year for sixth through eighth graders at the Springs School.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Relay: We Don’t Need No Education
    In 1867, something called the Department of Education was formed in the United States, establishing the notion that providing children with an education is a universally good idea. But in the century and a half since then, it seems we’ve managed to take the 15 years of children’s lives that should be the most fun, carefree, inquisitive, and experimental and turn them into a period filled with stress and a neurotic sense of failure.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • School Budgets Pass From Montauk to Bridgehampton
    Voters from Montauk to Bridgehampton approved their respective school district budgets for the 2018-19 year on Tuesday.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Security, Job Readiness Are Focuses of School Budgets
    Every district from Montauk to Bridgehampton stays the under tax cap
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Who’s Who in 2018 School Board Races
    School Districts will find 15 official candidates vying for 12 open seats. The only contested races on the ballots are in East Hampton, Amagansett, and Sagaponack.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Six Student Plays Onstage
    Six short plays written and performed by East End middle school students will be presented at Stony Brook Southampton’s Avram Theater on Saturday at 7 p.m. It is the culminating event of the 2018 Young Artists and Writers Project, or YAWP, for middle schoolers.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Debate Teacher Evaluation
    State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. announced last Thursday that the Assembly had passed legislation to improve teacher evaluations by delinking them from standardized testing and returning control to local school districts.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Springs’ Spring Plant Sale
    A much-anticipated Springs School fund-raiser, the annual Seedlings Project plant sale, will be back tomorrow from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale takes place in the greenhouse behind the school.
    By: Judy D’Mello

Blogs by this author:

  • CMEE Celebrates East End's Latino Culture (News, Villages)
    On Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Children's Museum of the East End will hold its fourth annual feria -- a fun-packed festival to celebrate the East End's Latino culture. Families with children of all ages can enjoy a day of traditional cuisine, music, and art.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Sexual Abuse Prevention Workshop for Teens (Education)
    The Retreat, a nonprofit advocacy organization and shelter for victims of domestic violence, will present Navigating Consent: A Sexual Abuse Prevention Workshop for high school students on Thursday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the East Hampton Library
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Free Student Film Screening (Education)
    Guild Hall’s 15th annual student film competition ceremony and screening will be held Thursday night at 6. The event is free and open to the public.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Springs Makes Case for Space as Bond Vote Nears (Archive)
    In anticipation of a March 6 Springs School District vote on a $16.9-million bond to finance a long-planned expansion project, the school board and administrators will present an overview of the project on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Ashawagh Hall.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Evening of Hoops Wizardry for Class of 2020 (News)
    East Hampton High School’s class of 2020 will host the Harlem Rockets, a group of basketball entertainers, on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. in the high school gym.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Why a Girl Becomes a Nun in 'Novitiate' at Hamptons Film Fest (Art Blog, Film Festival)
    Set in the 1960s, "Novitiate" examines a radical time in Catholic history through the story of a girl who becomes a nun.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Teen and Teeny Thespian Camps at Bay Street This Month (Villages)

    In the wake of Broadway's mega successes like “Hamilton” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” young people’s interest in musicals — and theater in general — has never been so piqued.

    For aspiring actors on the East End, uninterested in lazing on the beach during their summer break, Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor offers a variety of summer-long workshops and camps for tots, tweens, and teens — that is, anyone between the ages of 4 and 18 — all taught by seasoned teachers and theater professionals. While the workshops began in July, there are still plenty of classes for the remainder of August.

    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Survey for East Hampton Parents (Education, News)

    Parents of children attending East Hampton schools are being asked to participate in a survey about their involvement in education politics, including where they stand on opting out of standardized tests. The survey is sponsored by a research team at Michigan State University. The East Hampton School District is one of several across the state to be included in the survey.

    All responses will remain anonymous. According to the research team, the goal is to learn more about parent views on various education issues. The first portion of the survey asks about opt-out activities and the second section deals with political participation habits. As a token of appreciation, four $25 Amazon gift cards will be awarded to randomly selected participants.

    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Students on Red Carpet at Teeny Awards (Education, News)
    At a red carpet gala, East End Arts celebrated the best in school theater with its 15th annual Teeny Awards ceremony on Sunday at Southampton High School.
    By: Judy D’Mello
  • Screens and Teens Tonight at East Hampton Middle School (News, Villages)
    East Hampton Middle School is holding a parents-only discussion this evening at 6:30 with Nicholas Kardaras, author of "Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids," published in 2016.
    By: Judy D’Mello