The fall adult education program at East Hampton High School is set to start on Oct. 3, and the school district has put out a call for community members who are interested in leading classes. They can contact Debbie Mansir, the school’s programs coordinator, at 631-329-6462 or [email protected].

Topics of past classes have included bridge, acting, Pilates, website design, and singing. Classes are predominantly offered in the evenings. Some may have a cost associated with signing up. Once a schedule of classes has been completed, it will be posted on the school district’s website, easthamptonschools.org.

“These classes offer so many opportunities to the community. . . . It also has the secondary benefit of allowing people to share their interests and passions for what is important in their own lives,” Ms. Mansir said.

Election Day at Wharf Shop

Finding it hard to translate all the presidential election banter into a kinder language your young children might understand? The Wharf Shop in Sag Harbor is holding its own election on Saturday to give kids an idea of what the word means and how a winner is selected.

No Electoral College or superdelegates here (because hardly anyone can understand that, let alone a 7-year-old), just a bubble-blowing teddy bear that needs a name. Voters will cast ballots for one of four: Oliver, Arthur, Henderson, or Oscar.

Fall Sports a-Go-Go

The East Hampton Town Department of Parks and Recreation has put out the word about still more fall clinics and sports programs for kids this week.

The Poxabogue Golf Center in Sagaponack will have an after-school junior golf program for kids 10 and older on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. It started this week and will continue through the end of October. The cost is $40 and registration is with Joe Munzer, the P.G.A. head professional at the golf center, at 631-537-0025.

Eight-week flag football, volleyball, inline skating, roller hockey, and soccer clinics at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett also begin this week, but there is still time to join up. Flag football for ages 6 to 12 is offered on Mondays from 5 to 6 p.m. Volleyball for 11 to 16-year-olds is on Mondays from 6 to 7. On Tuesdays there’s inline skating for ages 4 to 9 from 5 to 6 p.m. and roller hockey for ages 6 to 12 from 6 to 7. The fall soccer program will begin on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost for each clinic is $125. Registration is at the arena on Abraham’s Path.

Turtle Talk

Kids may be more familiar with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles than they are with real ones, but the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton hopes to teach them a little about the actual turtles in their midst during a program on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Children 6 and older will learn facts about turtles such as Long Island’s eastern box turtle and their place in the food web.

A family program on Saturday at 11 will have people learning how to harvest their own sea salt and how it can be used for body scrubs, beauty products, and other household mixtures. Those who participate have been asked to take a bucket or other vessel to collect water in. That evening at 6:30, families can join the museum in an exploration of Fresh Pond in Amagansett and the creatures that live there.

A family walk on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. will focus on animals that are herbivores and the benefits, environmental and otherwise, of adopting vegetarian diets. A vegetarian snack will be served. Advance registration has been requested for all programs.

Apples and Honey

Apples and honey are a traditional combination to usher in the Jewish New Year each fall, a symbol of hope for a sweet year ahead. On Sunday, the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton and Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor will host an apples and honey program at the museum from 10 a.m. to noon. Visitors will get to taste a variety of local apples and local honey, make apple crafts, and sing songs from different cultures around the world. The cost is $12 including museum admission. Members get in free.

Neo-Political Tweens

Kate Mueth and Susan Stout of the Neo-Political Cowgirls are leading a new program for girls 8 to 12 with a focus on the environment. Neo-Political Young Cowgirls Examine the Environment will be offered at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. through Oct. 20. The cost is $230, $220 for Guild Hall members. The first class was on Tuesday.

The program will include journaling, theater games, conversation, and directing and performing exercises. Registration is at 631-324-4051 or [email protected].

Open Mike for Kids

Kids in 5th through 12th grades will showcase their talents at an open mike night tomorrow at 7 at Bay Burger in Sag Harbor, and families have been invited to join the audience. The restaurant’s burgers, hot dogs, ice cream, and other menu items will be available for purchase during the performances.

State auditors reviewing the Sag Harbor School District’s before-school and after-school elementary care program have reported weaknesses in record-keeping, financial oversight, and the segregation of duties among administrators.

In a report released last week covering district operations from July 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2015, auditors called for the district to better regulate the program. “Because district officials did not provide proper oversight, there is an increased risk that errors and irregularities could occur and remain undetected and uncorrected,” they said.

Among the findings was the discovery that a tiered tuition system for the before-school program had been developed by the program director without approval from the school board; that inconsistent tuition fees had been charged to families participating in the reduced-price milk program, that attendance records had not been maintained for the morning program, and that hundreds of dollars in late tuition went uncollected for several weeks.

During one six-week period from Sept. 9 to Oct. 31, 2015, auditors found 21 families had amassed combined late fees totaling $1,215. Two of the families were not properly registered for the program, and the attendance records did not always agree with the payment records. One deposit reportedly remained unaccounted for in a clerk’s drawer for 161 days.

Auditors also faulted the school board for not providing enough guidance to administrators. “The director was not provided with specific guidance on how to appropriately carry out her job duties,” the report reads. “As a result, district officials do not have adequate assurance that the correct fees are being charged and collected for all childre­n who attend the program or that the rules specified in the application and rates charged are consistently applied.”

Among their recommendations, auditors suggested the district adopt standard policies and fees, improve attendance and financial record-keeping, and establish checks and balances by dividing responsibilities among different staff members.

In a response letter to the state, Katy Graves, the district superintendent, said the audit’s findings and recommendations “will allow us to improve and strengthen the internal controls over the program’s operations.”

“District administrators and staff have made many improvements to the program along the way but also recognize the need to improve the oversight of the program’s financial operations,” she wrote. “We will work hard to develop a corrective action plan that addresses all the findings and recommendations contained in the audit report.”

Sag Harbor Elementary’s after-school care program was established about 30 years ago, and the morning care program was added in 2012. According to the comptroller’s report, during the 2014-15 school year, the programs took in $62,717 and spent $60,176. Close to 100 children from more than 80 families participated in the program during the time period examined in the audit.

Youth Soccer, Tennis, Basketball

Soccer, tennis, and basketball youth clinics sponsored by the East Hampton Town Parks and Recreation Department start this week and next.

Signup for the soccer program is on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Stephen Hand’s Path soccer field in East Hampton. The $45 registration fee includes a team shirt. There are two divisions: one for first through third graders, another for fourth through sixth grade. Games are on Saturdays at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and noon, starting on Sept. 24.

Tennis clinics started this week at the youth park on Abraham’s Path in Amagansett. A clinic for first through third graders meets on the courts on Tuesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. One for fourth through sixth graders will be held on Fridays at the same hours. The cost is $45 per child; registration is at the Parks and Recreation Department behind Town Hall or at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center.

Free basketball clinics will also be offered at the youth park starting Wednesday and running through Oct. 19. Children in kindergarten through third grade will have the courts from 4 to 5 p.m.; fourth through sixth graders take over from 5 to 6. Registration is also at the Parks and Recreation Department or the Playhouse.

Got Talent? Flaunt It!

Fifth through 12th graders with comedic, poetry, spoken word, and musical talents have been invited to share them at an open-mike night at Bay Burger in Sag Harbor on Friday, Sept. 23.

Youth bands have been asked to register by Wednesday at 631-702-2425 to reserve a performance slot. There is no fee to participate in the 7 to 9 p.m. gathering. Bay Burger burgers, hot dogs, shakes, and ice cream will be available for purchase.

Bay Burger is on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.

Music and Movement Classes

The Ellen Johansen Music Studio in East Hampton will offer new families a chance to try out one of its early-childhood music and movement classes for free this month as the fall schedule gets under way.

Classes for toddlers and preschoolers include Play With Me: Family Music for Toddlers, for ages 15 months to 3 years, Cycle of Seasons: Wind Dancers, for 3 and 4-year-olds, and Music Starters for 4-year-olds.

Play With Me is offered on Wednesdays from 10 to 10:35 a.m. and Fridays from 9:30 to 10:05 a.m. The cost for 15 classes and a family home material kit is $280. The Cycle of the Seasons class will meet on Wednesdays from 3 to 3:45 p.m. and costs $330 for 15 classes and home material. It taps into the imaginative world of 3 and 4-year-olds with an emphasis on stories and development of listening skills. Music Starters introduces children to the people, places, plants, and animals of their community through story, music games, and music ensemble. It will meet on Tuesdays from 3 to 3:45 p.m. All children must be accompanied by an adult for these classes.

In addition, on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. a class for kindergarten and first graders will explore the cultures of the British Isles and indigenous cultures of the Americas through stories, song, dance, and ensemble work. Space is also still available in a Wednesday group piano and keyboard class for 7 and 8-year-olds.

Additional pricing details and registration information can be had by calling Ms. Johansen at 631-418-5497, by emailing [email protected], or online at ellenjohansenmusicstudio.com.

Ms. Johansen has taught Musikgarten for 30 years. Her studio is on Stratton Square.

Roald Dahl and a Pokemon Go Parade

The Hampton Library will celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday tomorrow at 4 p.m. Kids will make art to transform themselves into some of the characters made famous in the author’s classics such as “James and the Giant Peach,” “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

Pokemon Go fans can join a parade in search of Pokestops in the community while also learning a little Bridgehampton history on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the library.

Celebrate the Caped Crusader

Saturday is National Batman Day, and the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor will mark the occasion with crafts and fun with a Batman theme from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Children have been invited to wear their P.J.s or dress as the Caped Crusader.

Kids 10 to 14 can make duct tape pencil cases on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the library. Tape will be provided, but participants may also take pictures, magazine clippings, or other things to personalize their creations.

Wiggle and Giggle

Toddlers Tango, a music and movement program for 2 to 5-year-olds, promises to get kids and their adults “wiggling and giggling” at the Montauk Library tomorrow. The fun will start at 12:30 p.m.

On Saturday at the library, kids in kindergarten through fifth grade can create apple desserts from 2 to 4 p.m., and on Tuesday at 4 p.m. the library will celebrate World Peace Day with peace-themed crafts for ages 4 and up.

Lego builders will gather at the library to unleash their creativity on Friday, Sept. 23, at 4:30 p.m.

As space in library programs is limited, advance registration is requested.

Monarchs on the Wing

Families who join in the South Fork Natural History Museum’s nature paddle on Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. will be on the lookout for monarch butterflies, which are at the peak of their fall migration right about now. Mike Bottini, a naturalist and author, will be in the lead and will rent standup paddleboards, kayaks, and canoes to those in need, starting at $40. Reservations for the program can be made with the museum; Mr. Bottini will take boat or board reservations separately at 631-267-5228 or by email to [email protected].

Children 6 to 8 will learn about endangered Long Island species such as the eastern tiger salamander and what “endangered” means on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the museum. Advance registration is requested.

Big Rigs Pull In

Emergency vehicles, tractors, construction machines, and other impressively large vehicles will pull into the Children’s Museum of the East End on Saturday morning for Big Truck Day. The trucks and their drivers will be on hand to offer tours and show off their rigs from 10 a.m. to noon. The $12 cost includes admission to the museum; members get in free.

All About Apples

Apples will be the theme of a story and craft time for kids 4 to 6 at the East Hampton Library on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Next Thursday, middle schoolers can created bleached-out T-shirt designs at the library at 4 p.m. T-shirts will be provided.

Advance signup has been requested for all.

The Child Development Center of the Hamptons may have closed its doors in June, but much of its furniture, books, and learning materials will continue to serve students. The Springs School Board announced during its Aug. 29 meeting that many of the defunct school’s resources had been donated to Springs, where 24 former students of the charter school are now enrolled.

Teacher’s desks and chairs, student’s chairs, bookshelves, several trapezoid-shaped desks for primary students, “cubby” units for student belongings, and filing and storage cabinets are among the items donated. Eric Casale, the Springs School principal, said it had received at least 100 items, not counting individual books and resource materials. He called the dollar value of the goods “immeasurable.”

Mr. Casale, several other Springs administrators, and the custodial crew had visited the charter school to take inventory and request what was needed.

“They had some really nice pieces of educational furniture that we’ll be able to use in the classrooms that we wouldn’t normally have had,” he said Tuesday, the day school opened. “We’re really grateful to them and their administrators.”

The furniture that was displaced is being put in storage, Mr. Casale said. “Some of it is a little bit older but in good shape, and if we ever need it for possible expansion, we’ll have the supplies and furniture handy.”

C.D.C.H. announced in May that about three months of negotiations for a potential management takeover by Kevin Gersh, who operates several private schools and after-school programs for children with special needs, had not been successful. Representatives of Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, the nonprofit organization that had managed C.D.C.H., could not be reached for comment.

Dance Classes Galore

Fall registration is under way at various dance studios catering to the younger set, among them the Hampton Ballet Theatre School in Bridgehampton and Montauk, Dancehampton in East Hampton, and the Creative Edge Studio in Montauk.

At Dancehampton, on Lumber Lane, classes for children 2 and up are given after school and on weekends, with offerings ranging from ballet, tap, and jazz to lyrical, musical theater, and hip-hop. Registration is online at dancehampton.com. Classes begin on Sunday.

The Hampton Ballet Theatre School begins its fall semester on Monday at its two locations in Bridgehampton, on Butter Lane and at the Bridgehampton Community House, and on Tuesday at its satellite studio at Yoga Lila in Montauk. The studio offers a classical ballet track of study as well as a contemporary track. Auditions for a “Nutcracker” workshop, which culminates in Dec. 9, 10, and 11 performances of the Christmas classic at Guild Hall, will be held on Sept. 24.

At Creative Edge, which has classes at its studio at 710 Montauk Highway in Montauk, registration will be on Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The studio teaches ballet, tap, lyrical, jazz, and hip-hop. A schedule can be found online at creativedgedance.com.

About Brain-Healthy Snacks

A Wellness Foundation nutrition program for kids about snacks to support brain and heart health and protect the body from disease will be held next Thursday at 4 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. Intended for ages 8 to 13, it will involve preparation of a nutritious snack. Advance registration has been requested with the library’s children’s room.

For Budding Authors

Budding authors, mark your calendars. A writing workshop aimed at helping middle schoolers find their voice and enjoy the creative writing process outside of the classroom will begin at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor on Sept. 17. The workshop will meet weekly from 10 to 11 a.m. throughout the year. Snacks will be provided. Advance registration is not necessary.

Kids Cast a Seine Net

In a program led by Ashley Federici of the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, families will pull a seine net from the beach on Saturday to see what sort of tropical fish they might haul in. Participants will look out for juvenile tropical fish that make their way north from the Gulf of Mexico this time of year. Those who sign up for the 9:30 a.m. program should dress to get wet.

A new face has joined the professional staff at Project Most this year, one that parents will soon be familiar with. Carolina Agudelo, a native of East Hampton, has been appointed to the newly created position of family liaison.

Rebecca Morgan Taylor, Project Most’s executive director, said Tuesday that Ms. Agudelo will work part-time in the Springs and John M. Marshall Elementary School programs with the goal of engaging with parents.

“We felt that there was a need in the community, a need for parents to connect to their children’s education and activities in the after-school program,” Ms. Taylor said. “We now know Project Most is an educational learning program and we wanted our parents to be involved with that. If you don’t have somebody dedicated to that, it’s difficult to rally the parents and get them involved.”

Ms. Agudelo has a background in social work, so she is qualified to help students with “life skills, getting to know each other, and solving problems in social groups,” Ms. Taylor said. Ms. Agudelo also speaks Spanish, which will help encourage Spanish-speaking parents to be involved, Ms. Taylor said. Ms. Agudelo will also help train staff members, counselors, and group leaders in child development and behavior management, and will lead meetings on various topics for parents at intervals throughout the school year.

Project Most, an after-school enrichment program for students in the Springs and John Marshall schools, begins on Sept. 12. The program is still registering students. More information on Project Most may be found online at projectmost.com.

Bridgehampton School officials have unveiled preliminary drawings for a 35,440-square-foot addition and renovation of the building, with an estimated cost of $25 million to $30 million, that they say would allow the district to meet the demands of increasing enrollment and current and future standards in education.

“The community urges us to make sure that we’re offering a viable academic program. I believe we’re really good at that, but space is really thwarting that forward movement,” Lois Favre, the Bridgehampton superintendent, said during the Aug. 24 school board meeting, when the drawings were released.

The district has planned a community forum for Sept. 14 at 6 p.m. to discuss the proposal in detail and solicit feedback from residents. A referendum vote could come in December.

Dr. Favre and school board members say the school’s science labs and library are lacking and the cafeteria is crammed into a former kindergarten room. They say the second-floor classrooms are half the size of regular classrooms, having been carved up into smaller spaces when more individual rooms were needed at some point, and will not fit the larger class sizes that will soon be moving up from elementary school into middle school and high school. Some of the modular classroom buildings outside the main school, which house music and prekindergarten programs and some administrative offices, are at least 40 years old and pose a security risk. Dr. Favre called the gymnasium “unsafe for athletes and fans alike” and said some schools refuse to play in sports games there.

Enrollment the beginning of this school year, on Tuesday, is 200 students, the highest number that Dr. Favre has seen in the last six years. Enrollment hit a high of 205 during the 2015-16 school year. It has grown about 40 percent since the 2012-13 school year, and is projected to keep growing.

“Trying to schedule and make sure the students have what they need gets increasingly difficult each year,” Dr. Favre said.

The drawings, created by the Port Jefferson architectural firm of John Grillo, show an addition at the back of the current school building. Drawings include a new gym, locker rooms, fitness center, cafeteria, science lab, music suite, technology lab, and classrooms dedicated to social studies and small group instruction. They show a renovated library and formal auditorium with a stage.

The idea of expansion at the Bridgehampton School is not new. According to Dr. Favre, it was discussed over the course of four years beginning in 2005. In 2008, the school board passed a resolution to ask its voters to “approve forward movement” on building an addition, but no such community vote took place, Dr. Favre said, and between 2007 and 2008, through the budget process, the district returned $5.6 million in reserves to taxpayers that had at one point been earmarked for potential expansion plans.

During the Aug. 24 meeting, the school board was in general agreement to pursue the process to renovate and expand.

Reached by phone yesterday, Ronnie White, the school board president, said he was happy with what he saw at the meeting.

“Since the existence of the building, we have yet to do any kind of major capital improvement or expansion,” he said. “From what I saw at the last board meeting, it would really solve the issues that we have. . . . It just appears as though it was definitely a need list instead of a wish list. I think they definitely catered to the things we are in dire need of.”

While the time spent viewing the preliminary plans and their subsequent discussion during the open portion of the meeting was brief, Mr. White said the board was “able to go back up there and take another look” during an executive session that followed. That, however, is not a permitted use of an executive session, which are limited to topics such as real estate negotiations, discussions of specific employees, and legal matters.

Mr. White urged residents to attend the forum on Sept. 14. “We’re hoping we can get as much of the community involved as possible,” he said. “It could be beneficial so long as everyone comes out to look, see, and understand. It’s important that we do that.”

Four South Fork high school seniors have won scholarships for voice training from the Choral Society of the Hamptons.

Established more than 20 years ago, the scholarships honor and encourage professional careers and amateur participation in singing.

The winners, each of whom was required to perform an audition piece, answer a two-page questionnaire, and provide a details evaluation from a teacher, are Ella Parker and Matthew Schiavoni from Pierson High School in Sag Harbor and Maura Sitzmann and Edward Hennessey of Westhampton Beach High school.

Dancehampton Open House

Dancehampton in East Hampton will have an open house tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to introduce young dancers to some of its school-year offerings. Free half-hour sample classes include ballet and tap for ages 2 to 4 at 10 a.m., musical theater for ages 5 to 7 at 10:45, hip-hop for ages 8 to 10 at 11:30, lyrical dance for ages 11 and up at 12:15, and tap for all ages at 1 p.m. There will be refreshments, raffles, and discounts on tuition, dancewear, and shoes.

Dancehampton, which is in its 10th year, has a studio at 15 Lumber Lane, across from the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter. Reservations for tomorrow’s classes have been requested and can be made by emailing [email protected].

Snapping Turtle Search

Three family activities with the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will offer a closer look at the local environment and ecology this weekend. On Saturday at 10 a.m., Andy Sabin, the museum’s president, will lead a search for snapping turtles, which, according to SoFo, “can grow to a length of three feet from head to tail and weigh as much as 70 pounds.” Participants will also look for Eastern painted turtles and what the museum calls “the aptly named stinkpot turtle.”

Later that day, at 2 p.m., families will scour the vineyard field behind the museum for interesting flowers and leaves while learning about their function. Then they’ll collect a few to make impressions in air-dry clay. There is a $3 materials fee for this workshop.

On Sunday at 10 a.m., Al Daniels will lead a seining adventure for families at Noyac Bay. Everyone will get a chance to help as he uses his big net to sweep the waters in search of various near-shore fish and marine creatures. Reservations have been requested for all museum activities.