Education

Montauk Mile and the Old Montauk Athletic Club have announced this year’s OMAC East Hampton High School senior scholarship winners. Each will receive $1,000.

Every parking spot on Gingerbread Lane was taken, with cars spilling onto the grass as families arrived for the International Heritage Fair at the John M. Marshall Elementary School.

When voters from Sagaponack to Montauk head to the polls here on Tuesday, no matter what school district they’re in, they’ll find budgets for the 2026-27 academic year that are tax-cap compliant. The districts have managed to preserve all of their programs and services without piercing the cap, which means the budgets need only a simple majority to pass.

In Diane Shoemaker’s business class, Springs students in sixth grade are going outside to garden in the school’s greenhouse. The students are taking care of the garden by planting and watering the beds.

The members of Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council will host a fashion show on Friday, May 22, featuring sustainable clothing made from repurposed materials.

The East Hampton High School Jazz Band won first prize at Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s 2026 Battle of the High School Jazz Bands last week.

CMEE has an art bar craft for moms and kids on Friday, and a children’s herb garden comes to the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum on Saturday.

In the Springs, Amagansett, and Montauk School Districts incumbents are running unopposed to keep their seats on the school boards.

On May 19, East Hampton School District voters will elect two members to the school board. Two incumbents are running to keep their seats, while a newcomer is hoping to oust one of them.

The East Hampton School Board unanimously approved the appointment of Todd Gulluscio as the district’s new director of athletics. Mr. Gulluscio has been with the Shelter Island School District since 2014.

Three is the magic number in the East Hampton School District next month. Taxpayers will see three bond propositions on the ballot on May 19, along with the annual school budget and the school board elections.

Springs School’s monthly pep rallies for the middle school students, led by the teacher Sondra Vecchio, usually begin with Ms. Vecchio asking the students how they feel, and the students chanting back loudly, “Osprey strong! All day long!”

At East Hampton High School’s annual Science Research Symposium last week, 25 seniors shared their findings from three years of scientific research under the guidance of mentors in their chosen field, while sophomores and juniors offered a glimpse of their inquiries so far.

On a bright, sunny, and windy April Sunday at the turf field at Stephen Hand’s Path, a group of elementary school girls with goggles and lacrosse sticks was proof that our community created something good in the wake of Covid. The young athletes are part of East End Lacrosse, a program for boys and girls from Montauk, Amagansett, East Hampton, Springs, and Sag Harbor that began in 2021.

With the May Day 5K at Main Beach in East Hampton Village coming up, the Bonac Bolts were hard at work on the last Sunday of spring break, getting ready to race. The free youth track program is set to meet one more time before the May 3 race.

The 2026 East Hampton High School salutatorian and valedictorian were celebrated at an East Hampton School Board meeting this week for earning top grades and for their achievements in community service, sports, and science.

Fifth graders worked to make a masterpiece of a cover for Springs School’s literary magazine, High Tide, which highlights students’ best writing and art from across grade levels. Each year the fifth-grade students submit artwork for a front and back cover for a contest.

An English teacher and poet recommends two books of poetry, and shares some of her own.

REEB, a brass band made up of music educators, will headline an East Hampton High School P.T.S.A. fund-raiser on Friday, April 24, at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

An experiential workshop for parents of autistic children at the East Hampton Library on Monday aims to address “why traditional parenting advice often fails under chronic stress — and how nervous system regulation transforms communication, behavior, and connection.”

East Hampton High School’s Bonac Bots did even better than first thought in their first-ever robotics competition at Hofstra University last month, finishing 15th out of 48 teams.

Five East Hampton High Schoolers competed in the State Science and Engineering Fair in Queens on March 30, presenting projects on topics ranging from leaf development in butterhead lettuce to ocean wave growth measurements in hurricane-force winds.

Shortly after Kathy Masterson, East Hampton’s athletic director, announced her retirement last month, the Lululemon store on Main Street started plotting a way to thank her for all she’s done for the community.

The Young Filmmakers of Montauk are at it again with a new documentary, a short film about oysters and their role in keeping waterways clean and healthy.

East Hampton hasn’t had a Cub Scout pack in almost nine years, but this week a new combined group of scouts was back in full force, with one of the most classic scout activities imaginable: a Pinewood Derby.

Jessica Berger, a 16-year-old sophomore at East Hampton High School, was studying for her A.P. world history and algebra II midterms when she was inspired to write a poem that won first prize in the Suffolk Poetry Contest.

The Springs School Diversity Club took a small field trip to the prekindergarten building across the campus, where members split off into three groups with three different preschool teachers. The preschoolers had just started their construction unit, and they were learning about buildings like the Eiffel Tower.

Ten East Hampton High School students made their way to Cornell University last month to attempt to solve the world’s food problems, and their ideas just might restore your faith in our future.

In their first-ever robotics competition at Hofstra University, East Hampton High’s Bonac Bots won the Rookie All-Star award for their robot, the Claminator, and placed 27th out of 48 over all.

Get ready for a taste of Mardi Gras and Carnival at the Clubhouse in Wainscott Friday night. The East Hampton High School Jazz Band will be opening for the band Nation Beat at Jazz Night, starting at 6.