Education

Festivals, book clubs, arts and crafts, movies, and more coming up for kids and teens this week.

Springs School students report the news.

It isn’t quite time for trick-or-treating just yet, but the Halloween fun has already begun with parties, movies, crafts, and other activities for kids of all ages.

The Neo-Political Cowgirls will present student workshops and performances of “The Dreamer,” a version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” told through the perspective of a young girl, starting Monday and running through Friday, Oct. 27. Plus: dance, crafts, video games, and more coming up for kids and teens.

The Amagansett School has received top marks on its annual financial review, according to EFPR Group, the district’s outside auditing company.

The East Hampton Town Police Department has given the all-clear signal at the Amagansett School after a bomb threat was received by email just before 9 a.m. Wednesday. The school — where the day's classes were just beginning — was immediately evacuated, police said in a release.

Seth Turner, the superintendent of the Amagansett School District for the last five years, has resigned "effective immediately," the district announced Wednesday night.

In the wake of the deadly coach bus crash that killed two Farmingdale School District staff members and wounded many of the students on the bus on Sept. 21, the East Hampton School District on Tuesday said it intends to create a policy to ensure the safety of its own students who board coach buses for school trips. The district's annual financial audit was also discussed, as was an expansion of the free school lunch program.

Epic Martial Arts will hold free self-defense classes for girls on Monday and Oct. 23 and Nov. 6 at its Sag Harbor studio. There's much more in store for kids and teens this week, too.

Two sixth-grade members of the Springs School Journalism Club, Siena Dion and Coral Borsack, recently came up with the idea to create a new logo for the club.

During the Parrish Art Museum’s free Harvest Welcome Day on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., families will have a chance to tour the galleries and take part in a community art project and art workshops and activities throughout the day.

Coming up this week for kids and teens: a celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt at the South Fork Natural History Museum, free arts and crafts workshops at local ibraries, and open gym nights sponsored by the East Hampton Town Recreation Department .