Education

Apple pie will be on the menu for some families on Saturday evening after a family pie-making workshop at the Montauk Library with the Baking Coach that afternoon from 2 to 4. Participants need only a rolling pin; everything else will be provided. They will take prepared pies home to bake.

A cheerful, new seaside-theme mural in the front hallway of the school has added yet another educational element for the children, an Amagansett educator said this week.

Teen Arts Council

Applications for Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council are being accepted through Oct. 11. The council is open to teens ages 14 and up who are interested in the arts.

The Teen Arts Council, founded in 2017, is “a collective of young creatives representing and celebrating a wide range of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives,” Guild Hall said in its announcement. Members “work within the institution to curate public programming, advance their own creativity, and progress Guild Hall’s outreach and relationship to our local teen community.”

Robyn Mott knows she has big shoes to fill — kind, caring shoes that were once worn by Maureen Wikane, the late longtime administrative director of the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center in East Hampton.

The Suffolk County Board of Elections agreed to a request from the East Hampton School District to move a polling site from the John M. Marshall Elementary School to the district office at the high school.

School administrators have announced two town hall-style meetings about the dangers of vaping. The first is on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at East Hampton High School, followed by a Southampton High School session next Thursday, also at 7 p.m.

High school rape culture is the subject of “Roll Red Roll,” which will be screened on Tuesday at the East Hampton Library at 5:30 p.m., followed by a discussion. The film has been described as “a cautionary tale about what can happen when teenage social media bullying runs rampant and adults look the other way.”

The screening is free for parents, guardians, and high school students, but registration is required and viewer discretion has been advised. Those who are interested can R.S.V.P. by calling the library at 631-324-0222 or visiting easthamptonlibrary.org.

The Springs School has begun promoting family togetherness over homework for students.

Eric Casale, the longtime Springs principal, announced on Sept. 16 that teachers have agreed to refrain from assigning homework on the first Friday of each month so that students and their parents or guardians can enjoy a “family fun Friday” free of school obligations.

A state judge has sided with the East Hampton School District in a complaint filed by a group of residents who sought to block a new bus depot on school property off Cedar Street.

Kaylie Wilson and Lua Li have essentially grown into their teenage years together on film. They have starred in four indie flicks produced and directed by Adam Baranello of Hampton Bays, a musician, choreographer, and artist in addition to filmmaker.

Saturday is Big Truck Day at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. The museum will have all sorts of trucks and rigs there for kids to explore, from emergency vehicles to farm machines to construction equipment. The fun happens from 10 a.m. to noon, and the cost is $15, but museum members get in for free.

The words “volunteers needed” are heard frequently in and around East Hampton, and high school students often rise to the challenge.