Education

East Hampton School District officials will officially present their three bond proposals at a March 17 school board meeting, and there are some significant changes since the projects were decided on.

This weekend marks the opening of the Parrish Art Museum's Student Exhibition. Also on Saturday, there's a catapult workshop at the Children's Museum of the East End.

Tracey Frazier, a fifth-grade teacher, is keeping a tradition alive by teaching cursive writing.

Beach season may be hard to picture with the ground still covered in snow, but the East Hampton Town Recreation Department is already preparing kids for the summer ahead, with training, evaluation, and testing for the junior lifeguard program happening at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter set for Sundays through late June.

The saying is “better late than never,” but “better late than on time” might be more fitting for East Hampton High School’s spring musical, “Into the Woods.” Thanks to the snow, the production’s three performances, originally scheduled for last weekend, are now set for Friday through Sunday at 7 p.m., having given the cast more time to get ready.

Buried beneath the budgets and bond updates at the East Hampton School Board meeting Tuesday was the announcement nobody wanted to hear: The district's athletic director, Kathy Masterson, is retiring at the end of this school year. 

On Feb. 9, a group of 20 East Hampton High School seniors boarded a plane for Africa to begin the adventure of a lifetime. An 18-hour flight would transport them to Malawi, where they spent five days helping to build a school in the village of Chipa.

A new English as a New Language College Readiness program, created by Sandra Quinteros, a guidance counselor who was an E.N.L. student in Riverhead herself, is helping some college-bound East Hampton High School students realize their dreams.

Two of Montauk’s favorite seafood restaurants went head-to-head this month — but there was no fish involved, only hoops.

As high school seniors begin seeking out college scholarships, there is good news for students from Montauk and for those interested in pursuing degrees in health care.

Bonac’s wrestling team received its first piece of fan mail, from 90-year-old Carol Sherman, who wrote of Bronco Campsey, “People’s comments about you — they said not only are you a wonderful athlete, but you’re modest, and you’re polite, and you’re a great kid. And I said, ‘Well, that sounds like the kind of guy I’d like to meet!’ ”

The best and brightest new ideas were on display in Montauk, as students tested out hypotheses and performed experiments for the Montauk School Science Fair.

Superintendent Josh Odom and BBS Architects unveiled the first renderings of a nearly $34 million renovation to the 99-year-old school building. Architects said they worked to blend old and new parts of the building so they’re stylistically in sync.

What could attract over 200 people to a breakfast in the span of three hours? Was it the food? The company? The answer is the kids.

If you’ve been to a sporting event at East Hampton High School recently, walked through the halls during play rehearsals, or attended Mass at St. Therese in Montauk, chances are you’ve heard Faith Mullaly. The freshman has the powerful yet beautiful voice of a woman three times her age, and the grace to go along with it.

This week the members of Guild Hall's Teen Arts Council will present a short theater piece, the Southampton Arts Center will open a student exhibition, and the Children's Museum of the East End has a family dance party planned.

“Emergency drills are important because they help keep everyone safe,” said Erik Kelt, the school’s principal. “When we practice emergency drills at school, students and staff learn what to do, where to go, and how to stay calm.”

For kids and families this week, there's tinsmithing at the Children's Museum of the East End, a family workshop at the Watermill Center, and a movie, author visit, and slime-making at the East Hampton Library.

East Enders in search of a cultural experience, look no further than the Ross School’s senior projects. “The idea is that their passions and their interests and their academic capacity and skills all feed into a passion project that they pursue on a very serious level, working with faculty mentors. It’s like a pivot point in their lives,” said the director of senior projects.

The long Martin Luther King Jr. weekend was a competitive one for Spring School students who swim for the East Hampton Hurricanes.

With Valentines Day around the corner, our teen book reviewer considers two books by Nicola Yoon about profound romances, each of which have captured the hearts of readers across the globe: "Everything Everything" and "The Sun is Also a Star." 

At its celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, Cavalry Baptist Church presented three scholarships in honor of Dr. King: to Maya Tavares, a senior, Jacarra Stephens, a 2018 graduate, and to the East Hampton football team. Each of the honorees received flowers, a certificate of recognition, and $500.

The Pierson Capital Improvement Project, the Sag Harbor School District’s $40 million bond to renovate the high school, passed overwhelmingly Thursday night, 765 to 169.

“Spirit of ’76: East Hampton in the American Revolution,” the East Hampton Historical Society’s new podcast coinciding with the United States semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, is researched, written, and narrated by an East Hampton High School senior.

Until 9 Thursday night, Sag Harbor taxpayers will be able to vote on the Pierson Capital Improvement Project, a $40 million renovation of the district’s high school. If it passes, the bond will cost a homeowner with a house valued at $1 million an average of $7.37 a month for the next 30 years. The project modernizes the school facilities and upgrades several areas that have fallen into disrepair.

From East Hampton High School to Hofstra University to Puerto Rico, if there is a lacrosse field, Melina Sarlo will find it. The college sophomore spent her winter break playing in the Pan American Lacrosse Association Sixes Cup in Humacao, Puerto Rico, where she represented Argentina and helped her team win a bronze medal.

Despite the flu circulating at Montauk School — one first grade class had just four of its usual 16 students on Jan. 9 — the Robert Fisher Scholarship Pasta Supper at the Montauk Firehouse on Friday was a success.

The theme for January is “being of service.” This means the club is going to give back to the community. The Diversity Club will work hard every week to create small gifts: making jewelry, crocheting gifts, and writing inspirational quotes on paper, as well as organizing lunches for the homeless community at Maureen’s Haven in Riverhead.

She’s been playing middle school softball for only a year, but 12-year-old Ann Peterson is already hitting it out of the park. The Springs School pitcher competed in the All-American Select Games in Panama City Beach, Fla., this month, where she won the All-American Ace Award and was named tournament M.V.P.

Big things are on tap in several South Fork school districts in 2026. From capital improvements to bond referendums, here’s a look at the year ahead.