Children’s Fair

Bounce houses, face-painting, pony rides, and so much more are in store at the East Hampton Library’s Children’s Fair on Sunday at 2 p.m. And the good news for parents is that it’s all free. The fair will be held at the Gardiner Farm off James Lane in East Hampton Village.

Over at the library proper, in a safety workshop on Tuesday children 8 to 11 will learn how to fall, roll, and “be ready with a protective stance,” as well as why screaming can help them when they’re in trouble. Arleen West will be the instructor for the workshop, which runs from 3 to 4 p.m.

Children 4 and up can make melted wax paintings using metal foil on Wednesday at 4 p.m. On Friday, Aug. 14, little ones up to age 3 have been invited to a rhyme time with puppets from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., and kids 4 and older will use cutouts and decorative materials to make family portraits.

Sailing, Free Swimming

Another of East Hampton Town’s two-week sailing programs for kids 12 and up and adults will begin on Monday at Fresh Pond in Amagansett. Instruction takes place each day from 9 a.m. to noon or from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. through Aug. 20. The cost is $200 per person, and registration is at the Parks and Recreation Department behind Town Hall.

Free swimming instruction for children 4 and up is being offered on Mondays through Aug. 21 at Albert’s Landing Beach in Amagansett. The classes are open to all levels, from beginner to advanced. Registration is at the beach at 10 a.m. on Monday. Swimmers should take goggles and water shoes.

Art at the Barge

Art projects for the whole family in a variety of mediums are offered inside and out at the Art Barge on Saturdays through Aug. 23. Families with children 6 to 9 years old can work together or individually with instruction from Franca Bombieri and Chris Cohan from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The cost is $25 per person, and advance registration has been requested at 267-3172. The Art Barge is off Napeague Meadow Road on the shore of Napeague Harbor.

Brady Rymer at Guild Hall

Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could will prove that they can on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Guild Hall in East Hampton. Mr. Rymer, a two-time Grammy Award nominee, plays “joyful, rootsy rock ’n’ roll” for families, according to a release. Tickets to his KidFest performance cost $18 for adults and $14 for kids. A workshop for kids will precede the performance at 4 p.m. and costs $10. Members get a $2 discount on performances and workshops.

Salt Marsh Excursion

Crystal Possehl of the South Fork Natural History Museum will lead families on an exploration of a salt marsh at Munn Point in Southampton on Saturday at 10 a.m. A raised boardwalk leads over the marsh there to Shinnecock Bay. Families will help herd fish into a seine net, use binoculars to spot birds, and seek out other shore life. Reservations are required, as parking at Munn Point is limited and requires a Southampton Town beach parking permit, which can be borrowed from the museum.

Legos and Robotics

A Lego and robotics workshop for children in first through third grades will take place on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Montauk Library. Kids can create superheroes out of Legos. In a later session at 3:45, children in fourth through sixth grade will be able to use the 3-D printer to make their own Lego-inspired projects.

An August movie series for families starts today and runs every Thursday this month at 3 p.m. Today’s feature is “The Incredibles,” with “Big Hero 6” next Thursday. “Despicable Me” will be screened on Aug. 20, and on Aug. 27 “Frozen” will be shown.

Parrish Art Workshop

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill is offering a three-day art workshop for 5 and 6-year-olds on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children will explore painting, sculpture, printmaking, and collage. They should take a lunch. The cost is $190 per person, $145 for members, and reservations are a must.

Circus Camp

Would-be acrobats, jugglers, and clowns ages 8 to 12 may want to mark their calendars for Aug. 17 through 20, when a circus mini-camp puts down stakes at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center. Children will learn a range of circus skills each day from 2 to 5 p.m. and then show off their new skills in performance on Aug. 21. The cost is $150 per child and includes two tickets to the performance. Additional siblings cost $100.

Administrators at the Bridgehampton School are planning to launch an alternative high school program in September to bring at-risk students back home and, at the same time, save money.

Lois Favre, Bridgehampton’s superintendent, broke down the new program at the July 29 school board meeting. It will have an afternoon-to-evening time frame designed to  allow work and study, or internship opportunities, along with job coaching during the earlier part of the day. In addition to courses needed for graduation, students will work toward earning a Regents diploma, and guidance and counseling will be integral to the program. Whether students participate will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, she said.

“This creates a program that we believe our students will benefit from in lieu of a more expensive option that is no longer meeting the needs of our students, enabling us to keep our students in-district in an effective program individualized to meet their needs,” Ms. Favre said in an email Tuesday. The district now has two or three students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades who are likely to take advantage of the program, she said.

Bob Hauser, the assistant superintendent for business, said the program would save at least $80,000 this year. Savings will accrue in the areas of tuition and transportation because existing staff will be the teachers and current bus routes will be used. Mr. Hauser said the program is being tested this summer with one student, a sophomore, who, he said, is showing “amazing progress.”

“The student has been coming here every day, gets the one-on-one attention with a teacher. There’s a job coach and another teacher for core classes. This is our trial to make sure it’s going to work,” he said.

Mr. Hauser noted that the program may also provide an option for other students to make up required physical education credits to be able to graduate.

On the phone yesterday, Ron White, president of the Bridgehampton School Board, called the program innovative, clever, and essential. “It’s giving a kid another option, another opportunity to be successful, because everyone doesn’t succeed in the same way.”

Student musicians from the South Fork, New York City, and countries as far away as Afghanistan, Mexico, Bolivia, and Israel will converge here starting on Monday to make beautiful music.

The summer camp that brings them together is Hamptons Music Sessions, now in its fourth year. Theresa Kim, a piano teacher who founded the program, has announced that this year’s camp will include 11 public performances over the course of 11 days from Southampton to Montauk.

The goal is to “become more a part of the fabric of the community,” Ms. Kim said Tuesday.

Performances include a trio at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett at 8 p.m. on Wednesday (tickets are $20), a free show at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, and a show highlighting the work of Arab and Israeli students at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton on Aug. 9 at 4 p.m.

Other shows in East Hampton will take place at BookHampton, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, and the East Hampton Town Senior Citizens Center. A complete festival lineup can be found at hamptonsmusic.org/events.

Guests can expect a combination of classical music pieces and instrumental improvisation at each show.

“Using their classical techniques, they’re able to make up their own music and play together off the cuff,” Ms. Kim said. “It’s really fun.”

The students, who are in kindergarten through 12th grade, will come prepared: Ms. Kim said they have spent time on their own learning the sheet music before their arrival at the camp.

It’s fair to say the importance of the students’ work lies not only in the ambitious lineup of performances. The camp is also about culture, service, and friendship.

“We teach kids at an early age that a cultural exchange is very important to their education,” Ms. Kim said. “I think that’s a really valuable experience. Anyone can make music, and through music you can communicate with anyone.”

The Wellness Foundation of East Hampton, a nonprofit, is marking its 10th anniversary this year, and expanding its focus on engaging children and families in learning about and improving their health through optimal nutrition and lifestyle choices.

Beginning Wednesday, Jennifer Taylor, who has been with the foundation almost from the start, will offer a W Kids in the Kitchen cooking class series — three sessions at the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor at which children and parents will be able to cook and enjoy more than a dozen different and easily replicated meals. The classes are for children ages 8 to 12.

Ms. Taylor said that some time ago she was struck by a prediction she heard that, because of the incidence of chronic degenerative diseases such as diabetes and heart disease caused by obesity, the children born in this generation may be the first to have a shorter life span than their parents.

She was inspired, she said, to begin a wellness program that could turn that prediction on its head.

The goal is to inspire and teach children to “grow a healthy body.”

“ ‘It’s your responsibility,’ ” is the message, Ms. Taylor said. “And the kids have really risen to that. We tell them, ‘You are wellness warriors in your community.’ ”

Over the last seven or eight years, the Wellness Foundation has presented its Healthy Food for Life program in every public elementary and middle school from Southampton to Montauk, Ms. Taylor said.

In an effort to involve every student in the program’s activities once every three years throughout their schooling, the six consecutive weekly lessons are presented to students in prekindergarten and/or kindergarten, third grade, and sixth grade. A high school curriculum is being developed.

Surveys of children and families involved in the program have shown that it has an impact reaching beyond just the kids.

Almost 80 percent of families report eating more whole foods and green leafy vegetables, the foundation says, 57 percent of families report a decrease in the consumption of processed junk foods, and almost half the families report an increase in reading food labels before making a purchase.

   It was the children at the East Hampton Middle School who initially prompted Doug Mercer, the founder of the Wellness Foundation, to act.

After Ginny Reale, a middle school health teacher (who became a Wellness Foundation teacher after retiring from the school), started a wellness initiative called Bonac on Board to Wellness, students bought into the healthy eating message so much that they staged a sit-in to push for healthier options for school lunches.

Mr. Mercer, said Ms. Taylor this week, was inspired, in his retirement, to also do something to spread the healthy living word.

More than 1,000 people, Ms. Taylor said — and maybe half again as many — have signed up for the foundation’s Wellness Challenge, a seven-week program that provides information and guidance to those interested in adopting a vegan diet and healthier lifestyle.

Also launched this summer were new Healthy Food for Life program online training and certification sessions. They were developed after the foundation’s work in the schools was featured in the movie “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead 2” by Joe Cross.

A documentarian who chronicled his own weight loss and health enhancement journey in the first “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead,” Mr. Cross has visited East Hampton and seen the results of the program here.

People from all over the world who saw the movie approached the Wellness Foundation for tips on starting their own Healthy Food for Life programs, Ms. Taylor said.

Participants in the first online training session, which began two weeks ago, hail from across the United States and include preschool and middle school teachers, a pediatrician, a health coach, a nutritionist, and a mother and grandmother who wants to enlist her own family in the program.

With six interactive webinars, curriculums for various grade levels that are aligned with Common Core curriculum standards, and associated teaching materials, “we really teach them how to start a wellness movement,” Ms. Taylor said.

At the W Kids cooking classes starting next week, Ms. Taylor will present a lesson, and then small groups will break off to create four or five meals that all can taste.

Children are much more likely to eat — and enjoy — healthy foods if they’ve participated in the cooking process, Ms. Taylor said, and families are much more likely “to go home and make something after they’ve tasted it.”

“We call it a wellness revolution led by kids,” she said. 

Those interested in registering for the classes, which cost $60 each for a parent and child, or $150 for all three, may register online at wfeh.org, or by calling the Wellness Foundation’s East Hampton office. Additional adults or children may join in for $25 per session. The sessions will cover breakfasts, lunches and snacks, and “superfood suppers.”

Robotics

For budding engineers in kindergarten through fourth grade, the Brooklyn Robot Foundry is coming to East Hampton. With full-day ($180) or half-day ($100) sessions, the program guides children in building their own custom robots that they can take home. Projects vary from day to day. Sessions run Monday through Friday from Aug. 3 to Aug. 14 at East Hampton High School. Sign-up is online at brooklynrobotfoundry.com/summer-sessions-hamptons.

Calling All Superheroes

Petra’s Puppets is calling all superheroes to the Montauk Library today at 2 p.m. to join Ultra Duck on a quest for the perfect ravioli. Eric, the mild-mannered sheep puppet, will transform into Super Sheep and will ask for audience participation to battle the villainous Gorgonzilla and his dastardly sidekick, the Almost Invisible Cow. Children can wear their own superhero capes if they wish and will be invited to play a mind-twisting game of Defeat the Cheese.

At the Art Barge

The setting for the Children’s Art Carnival, a series of art workshops for kids 5 and up in a variety of mediums, could hardly be more peaceful. Set on the shores of Napeague Harbor, the Art Barge, a.k.a. the Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, is definitely far from the madding crowd. The Art Carnival classes began on Monday and will continue today and tomorrow and Monday through Friday, Aug. 7, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. or from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children will experiment with form, line, shape, and color using “motivational teaching toys” designed by Mr. D’Amico, and then go to work in the studio. The cost is $40 per day, per student, and advance registration has been requested by phone at 267-3172.

Family Fun Day

Mamalee and Friends will get moms and dads and kids and grandparents dancing during the Hampton Library’s Family Fun Day on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. on its back lawn in Bridgehampton. There will be games, projects, and shaved ice courtesy of SnowBiz, and it’s all gratis.

On Tuesday at the library, kids 7 to 12 will create retro video characters using beads and an iron from 4 to 5 p.m. A science workshop on Friday, Aug. 7, from 11 a.m. to noon will have kids 4 and older making “elephant foam” that grows and grows. Watch out!

Camp Shakespeare

The Hampton Shakespeare Festival is gearing up for Camp Shakespeare, a series of performance workshops focusing on the Bard for kids 8 to 15. The camp will be offered in Amagansett at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church from Aug. 10 through 14 and Aug. 17 through 21, and at the Southampton Cultural Center from Aug. 24 through 28. The cost is $475 per week, or $450 per week for two weeks or more. Some financial aid is available.

Each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. campers will do acting, improv, movement, and voice exercises and theatrical arts and crafts, and they’ll finish each week with a performance for family and friends. Participants will be divided by age. Advance sign-up is a must at 267-0105 or hamptons-shakespeare.org/ camp.

“Peter and the Wolf” Returns

The young dancers of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School will be joined by the Hampton Festival Orchestra in a production of Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’ on Tuesday at the Children’s Museum of the East End and next Thursday at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center.

Tuesday’s show will start at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $17 in advance, $15 for CMEE members, and $20 at the door. They can be reserved through the museum. Next Thursday’s performance will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $15.

The ballet school’s director, Sara Jo Strickland, choreographed the production. Students 4 to 18 will dance the parts, with Adam Baranello of the A&G Dance Company joining them. Bonnie Grice of WPPB radio will be the guest narrator.

Paper Boat Regatta

Families will build origami boats and race them in rain gutters during the Amagansett Library’s annual paper boat regatta on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The family movie today at 3:30 p.m. will be “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” starring Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner. The library also has a slew of regular weekly activities, details of which can be found in our children’s calendar in today’s arts and living section.

The Circus!

The Cole Bros. Circus will set up its tents on the Shinnecock powwow grounds in Southampton on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with shows scheduled for 5 and 8 p.m. each day. Tickets start at $16 for general admission. They are available online at gotothecircus.com or at Wittendale’s flower shop on Newtown Lane in East Hampton or Stevenson’s Toys in Southampton. Pony rides and face painting will be offered an hour before each scheduled show.

Busy Month at CMEE

There’s a whole lot happening at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton as August arrives, beginning Saturday with the opening of “Dictionary Daze,” an exhibition of alphabet-themed screen-print collages by Peter Tunney.

“Inspired by illustrations found in the 1927 edition of Webster’s International Dictionary, the exhibit showcases the artist’s enthusiasm for language, unique perspective, and creative process,” the museum said. A reception and T-shirt printing workshop for the whole family will kick off the show on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Those wishing to attend have been asked to reserve a spot by emailing Liz Bard at [email protected]. The exhibition will be on view through Labor Day.

A number of monthlong workshops for parents or caregivers with kids 2 to 4 will start this week. On Tuesdays, there’s a family art and dance program from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays bring cooking classes from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Clay art workshops will be given on Thursdays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. or from 10:15 to 11, and on Fridays, it’s family art from 9 to 9:45 a.m. or 10:15 to 11. The cost for each is $200 or $150 for members.

A Spanish-language immersion program for ages 5 to 7 will be offered on Tuesdays all month from 3 to 5 p.m. The cost is $375, $325 for members. Baby and Me early childhood parenting sessions will be offered on Monday and Tuesday and again on Aug. 10 and 11 at 11:30 a.m. This one costs $20 per session, free for members.

Finally, a soccer program for kids 21/2 to 5 will take up residence at CMEE on Mondays through Fridays in August, with half-day and extended day options available. Kick and Play, a pre-soccer movement program for parents and toddlers up to 24 months, will be offered on Mondays and Thursdays in August from 9 to 9:40 a.m. Registration for these is through Super Soccer Stars at 212-877-7171.

On Friday, Aug. 7, at 6 p.m. Elizabeth Frogel will read from her book “Charlie Girl” during the museum’s monthly Pizza and Pajama Night. It’s free for members, $10 for everyone else. Reservations have been recommended.

Basics of Safety

Arleen West, who studied under Sensei Mark Tuthill, will teach ages 5 to 7 some basics of personal safety and self-defense during a program on Tuesday from 3 to 4 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. Kids will learn how to fall, roll, and “be ready with a protective stance.” Ms. West will teach the same workshop on Aug. 11 for kids 8 to 11.

Stop-Motion Workshop

The John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor is offering a stop-motion animation workshop for kids 6 to 9 next Thursday and Friday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to noon. Kids will work in teams of two to make their own animated short using clay, drawings, or whatever materials they like. There is space for only eight participants.

If they only knew, the wildlife around Pussy’s Pond in Springs would surely thank East Hampton’s Girl Scout Troop 419.

With a bronze award already earned — for which the scouts created a pamphlet on endangered wildlife, spent a night at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, N.Y., and sailed on a whale-watching vessel, among additional field research — the scouts’ journey toward a silver award has included a study of noise pollution. That research took them to the town trustees’ June 23 meeting and the July 9 meeting of the town’s nature preserve committee, where they proposed a sign requesting that noise be kept to a minimum so as not to disturb animals.

“We decided we wanted to make a sign to get people aware of the noise and try and get them to quiet down a little,” Alexandra Schumacher, a Cadette, told the trustees last month. “The animals would be happier if that happened.”

After all, as Sienna Bowen, another Cadette, explained to the nature preserve committee, “The animals are having a hard day trying to survive.”

The scouts were warmly received by both the trustees and the nature preserve committee, who are expected to issue a joint recommendation to the town board that a sign be approved. “These girls are very passionate,” said Lisa Brown, their leader. “They have been following environmental issues from the start.”

Automobile traffic is a prime culprit, the girls said, though they also determined that their own activities disturbed wildlife. “We noticed how all the animals were running away when we were talking,” Caroline Brown, who is Ms. Brown’s daughter, told the trustees. “We noticed that, when we walked up to a deer, it ran away.”

The scouts submitted a drawing of the proposed sign to the nature preserve committee and asked for additional suggestions as to its design, construction, and placement. If all goes according to plan, the town board will accept the joint recommendation and the proposal will be adopted. A ceremony at the pond would mark the sign’s installation.

Diane McNally, clerk of the trustees, was enthusiastic about the idea when it was presented in June and again at the nature preserve committee’s meeting, which she attended. “I have no objection to the Girl Scouts trying to alleviate noise,” she said at the trustees’ meeting. “We will accept into the record their recommendations or suggestions for a sign.”

At the trustees’ July 14 meeting, she briefed her colleagues on the nature preserve committee’s deliberations. The sign would be installed on land under that group’s authority, not trustee jurisdiction, she said. “The nature preserve committee will continue to work with them,” she said of the scouts. “They’re a great group of girls.”

Perlman Family Concert

It’s a little bit of a journey, but a change of scene combined with beautiful music might just make the Perlman Music Program’s annual family concert on Shelter Island Sunday well worth the trip.

The concert, on the program’s campus on Shore Road in Shelter Island Heights, kicks off at 11:30 a.m. and will include popular songs, skits, costumes, and an “instrument petting zoo,” giving kids a chance to touch and try the instruments — a welcome change from “look with your eyes not your hands.” The concert is free, and there will be coloring books and juice boxes for young audience members.

Angelina Twirls Into Montauk

Katharine Holabird, the author of the popular “Angelina Ballerina” series of children’s books and a new “Twinkle” series, will talk about her books and her much-loved characters on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Montauk Library. Ms. Holabird’s stories about a dancing mouse in the village of Chipping Cheddar have won numerous awards and were spun into an animated TV series.

Young fans have been invited to bring books from home to be signed by the author. Advance registration is suggested.

For Fashionistas

Wannabe clothing designers and youngsters with a flair for fashion can design and create a dress for a doll or stuffed animal on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Children’s Museum of the Hamptons in Bridgehampton. Ana Bianchi, the founder of PaperGirl, a company that produces “illustrated dresses,” will lead the workshop.

PaperGirl uses embroidery and digital printing to turn illustrations into “wearable art,” according to its website. “It is as if the dress was a page from an artist’s drawing pad or an illustrated book.” Dresses from Ms. Bianchi’s collection will be for sale, and a portion of proceeds will go to the museum. The workshop is free with museum admission. Advance sign-up is suggested.

Scream for Ice Cream

Ice cream will be on the menu at the Amagansett Library on Wednesday. Children will make their own frozen treats during a 3:30 p.m. workshop. Later that day, those 10 and older can join parents for a program about the moon at 7 p.m., followed by stargazing at 9, weather permitting.

In other fun at the library this week, “Big Hero 6” is the family movie this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Next Thursday’s flick is “Paddington.” Both are rated PG.

On Saturday, children will make pinwheels during a 3:30 p.m. craft session. Reservations are suggested for all the above.

Nature as Family Practice

It’s sometimes hard to find time to stop and smell the roses . . . or watch a worm or study a colony of ants at work. Recognizing this, a family workshop at the South Fork Natural History Museum on Friday, July 17, will focus on ways to bring nature into family life. Called Nature as a Family Practice, it will offer simple suggestions for making the most of “in-between, teachable moments.” The instructor, Barbara Blaisdell, will help families with kids from 4 to 8 design their own lists and calendars of possible mini adventures in the great outdoors. The workshop starts at 10 a.m.

Also at the museum this week, kids 3 to 6 can get in touch with the “animal within” during a movement and mask-making workshop on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. There is a $3 materials fee. Older children, ages 6 to 9, will learn about the life cycle and special characteristics of ferns during a workshop on Sunday at 10 a.m.

Movies, Lanterns, Mermaids

There’s a lot for kids at the East Hampton Library this week, starting with a family screening of “Big Hero 6” this afternoon at 5 p.m.

Rhyme time with puppets will stimulate little ones up to age 3 tomorrow from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. And children 4 and older can use textured materials to print their own creatures during an art program tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. On Wednesday, kids the same age will make Japanese floating lanterns from 4 to 5 p.m. Next Thursday’s family movie at 5 p.m. is “The Little Mermaid.” Finally, on Friday, July 17, at 11:30 a.m. Mr. Skip will get kids 2 and older “movin and groovin.”

The news that Cleopatra Panagiosoulis, the Springs School vice principal, had resigned after just two years to take a job as principal of a preschool in Freeport drew criticism at Tuesday’s organizational meeting of the Springs School Board.

Chris Tucci, a contractor, stood during the public portion of the meeting to express disappointment in the school’s inability to retain Ms. Panagiosoulis, or Ms. P, as is her preference. He asked that the board acknowledge the great job she had done and comment on a replacement.

Ms. Panagiosoulis was present at the beginning of the meeting, but her departure had not been mentioned. During a 90-minute meeting hiatus, however, she told a few people and it became known.  John Finello, the school superintendent, said she was to begin her new job tomorrow.

“Freeport is a shorter commute for me and my background in education is mostly early childhood,” Ms. Panagiosoulis said in an email later. She said she welcomed the opportunity.

Board members and residents acknowledged it would be difficult to replace Ms. Panagiosoulis, who became vice principal in September 2013.

“I think it’s a real shame that we lost her,” Mr. Tucci said, noting that securing another Spanish-speaking vice principal could prove tough. Mr. Finello echoed that. However, the board did not comment.

This marks the second time the Springs School has been left scrambling for an assistant principal. Ms. Panagiosoulis arrived after Katherine Byrnes abruptly resigned following irregularities on state testing. The school picked Ms. Panagiosoulis out of a pool of 170 applicants for her fluency in Spanish and Greek and work with data.

The board was able to replace its own vice president, John Grant, who did not run for re-election, however. Barbara Dayton, a board member, was sworn in, along with Elizabeth Mendelman, president, and Mr. Finello.

A public hearing to discuss repairs for the aging Springs building had been scheduled after the organizational meeting, however, the board had not allowed enough notice and the hearing was postponed. Jeffrey Miller, a board member, outlined several fixes to be addressed, including rusting paint, resurfacing and replacing lockers, filling in wall cracks, repairing a broken surveillance camera, replanting shrubbery, and updating interior doors. The district plans to withdraw $78,717 from a reserve fund to cover the costs.   

The board also agreed, pending a review of budget allocations, to apply for a state grant of $136,814 for interactive whiteboards, Chromebooks, and iPads for fourth and fifth graders. The money allotted to the three devices added up to only $133,000, however, and Eric Casale, the principal, said he would check the figures.

Daring Feats at Guild Hall

The Kamikaze Fireflies juggle fire while balancing on shopping carts, towers of chairs, and precarious poles, and on Wednesday they’ll take their comedy variety show to Guild Hall. The Los Angeles team of Rob Williams and Casey Martin travel the country entertaining audiences of all sizes. Wednesday’s show at Guild Hall starts at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for kids, with a $2 discount for members.

An outdoor workshop related to the day’s performance will begin at 4 p.m. The cost is $10, $8 for members.

Kids in the Kitchen

The Wellness Foundation of East Hampton, which runs healthy foods programs in local schools and educates people of all ages about the benefits of better food choices, is offering a summer cooking series for kids 8 to 12 and their parents on the first three Wednesdays in August. The registration deadline is Friday, July 31.

The first class will focus on creative, nutritious breakfasts and offer “tips so you and your child can be health-savvy shoppers,” according to the foundation. Lunch and smart snacks are on the menu for class two, and “superfood suppers” are the subject of the third class. Each session will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Sag Harbor. The cost per class is $60 for one child and an adult or parent, and another $25 for an additional child or adult. The three-class series costs $150 for a parent and child. Registration is by phone at 329-2590 or online at wfeh.org.

National Circus Project

Performers from the National Circus Project will visit the Montauk Library tomorrow, offering an upbeat sampling of the circus arts from 5 to 6 p.m. Next Thursday, Petra Puppets will be on hand from 2 to 3 p.m. with a story of Ultra Duck and his “quest for the perfect ravioli.”

Grandparents Day

Grandmoms and granddads will take center stage on Wednesday when the Children’s Museum of the East End hosts a grandparents night at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton. Visitors can stroll the five-acre open garden and join in a scavenger hunt amid the plantings from 6 to 7:30. The cost is $10. Members get in free.

Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore

Kids 6 to 8 will explore the field and pond behind the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday as they search for creatures and learn about the foods they eat during a program at 10:30 a.m. Advance registration has been requested.

Tales Told Anew

Tuckers’ Tales, a Pennsylvania puppeteer duo, will perform today at the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor and the Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane.

In Sag Harbor, Marianne and Tom Tucker will present “Tales of Beatrix Potter” today through Saturday at 11 a.m. Tickets cost $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for children 3 and under and additional siblings. In Southampton, the puppeteers will offer “It’s the Wolf!” — a sort of fairy tale revue about the travels of Mr. Furr E. Wolf. The outdoor show starts at 4:30 p.m. and is free.

Superheroes, Zines, and Puppets

Wannabe superheroes can indulge their fantasies during two programs at local libraries this week. On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., kids of all ages can create superhero costumes at the Amagansett Library. Those 4 and up might consider wearing them to a superhero party at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton on Friday, July 31, at 11 a.m.

Also at the Hampton Library, teens will make subway art using words and letters found in magazines during a program on Saturday at 2 p.m.

At the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, this afternoon’s craft for ages 3 and up will be mini beach umbrella wreaths. The fun starts at 3. On Monday at John Jermain kids 12 to 18 will learn all about zines — do-it-yourself publications that anyone can publish on any topic. Materials will be provided. The program runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The library’s drop-in Lego League for ages 5 to 12 gathers on Wednesday at 11 a.m., and next Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. kids 3 and up can make a picture using buttons.

At the East Hampton Library, ages 4 and up will explore Aztec art and make some of their own on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. An interactive rhyme time with puppets will stimulate little ones up to age 3 on Friday, July 31, at 10:30 a.m. Advance registration has been requested.

Inda Eaton, the singer, songwriter, and storyteller based in East Hampton, will lead a series of workshops for elementary-school age students in the coming weeks at local libraries. The workshops are produced through Ms. Eaton’s nonprofit organization, Ideas to Inspire, which encourages imagination and self-expression among children through music and storytelling, aided by digital technology and social media. The workshops will include writing, a recording session, and a live music performance, and will culminate in an audio recording that the children can take home.

The workshops will take place today and on Aug. 13 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library for children in grades four through six. A session for children 9 to 11 will be held on Tuesday at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor. Further details can be found at ideastoinspire.org.