Education

Kids' movie matinees at the Sag Harbor Cinema, school break programs with Project Most, craft projects for kids of all ages, and more in this week's Kids Culture lineup.

The Sag Harbor School District’s bid to buy five wooded lots on Marsden Street for the purpose of creating new athletic fields passed on Thursday by a vote of 638 to 521. 

The nonprofit South Fork Performing Arts theater company is putting an emphasis on its performers’ triple-threat talents for the first time, with a production of the musical “Chicago: Teen Edition” that opens Friday at LTV Studios in Wainscott.

The Hayground School’s senior learners spent the last two months as oyster-farming apprentices at the Shinnecock Tribal Hatchery, learning all facets of growing and caring for the bivalves that play a critical role in cleaning South Fork waters and feeding the local economy.

Two serious safety incidents involving students continued this week to concern the community as officials in the Springs and East Hampton School Districts addressed the issues with parents.

Registered voters in the Sag Harbor School District can cast their ballots Thursday on a proposal allowing the district to spend $3.325 million from its reserve on a land deal that would also involve a separate contribution from Southampton Town’s community preservation fund.

John King, the Springs School District’s athletic director, pitched a plan on Tuesday to have all of the district’s seventh and eighth graders undergo baseline cognitive testing for the management of potential concussions during school sports, gym class, or other school activities.

With Thanksgiving just a few weeks away, local libraries are encouraging teens to express gratitude.

Jack Perna, the longtime district superintendent and principal of the Montauk School, has announced that he will retire in June after more than 40 years of service to the district.

As they prepare for a Nov. 3 vote on the acquisition of five lots off Marsden Street for athletic fields, Sag Harbor School District officials have found themselves countering an onslaught of what they describe as inaccurate and misleading dialogue circulating on social media, on lawn signs, and in private emails among concerned residents.

Beyond traditional trick-or-treating, kids and teens can take advantage of lots of Halloween events around town over the next few days.

Across Montauk, young people are rallying around Poppy Heart, a haven, they say, for all  things fun and creative. For some, it's even more than that — it's a safe space with a positive role model and mentor in the shop's owner, Tiffany LaBanca.