Education

In the lineup for kids and teens this week: unicorn art, virtual reality games, movie screenings, homemade ice cream, and more.

Pierson Middle and High School will be a "phone-free space" in the 2023-24 school year, with the school district adopting technology often used at concerts and comedy shows to stash away cellphones.

"Flower Power" is the theme of Saturday's family fair at the Children's Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton.

The East Hampton Town Board issued a proclamation last Thursday that recognized Cooper Ceva, a new East Hampton High School graduate who lives in Montauk, for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and thanked him “for his continued efforts to preserve the natural beauty of our community.”

Reptiles from the Quogue Wildlife Refuge’s educational rescue program will visit the Montauk Lighthouse grounds next Thursday at noon and 1:30 p.m. Plus: movies, music, trivia night, role-playing games, and more South Fork fun for kids and teens.

An East Hampton High School alumnus and local business owner has proposed building 20 townhouse-style residential units on the north end of the school’s campus, as part of a larger plan to address the critical shortage of affordable housing in town.

A new strategy has been deployed to get people to respect plover nesting areas. No, it’s not more enforcement or weaponized trail cameras — it’s cute drawings by children, and a simple pledge.

No specials, pre-K, or field trips: barebones budget means “we’re going to have to get creative” in the classrooms, said Deborah Haab, Wainscott’s part-time superintendent.

A special celebration of all things shark will begin on Tuesday at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton. Plus: music and art lessons, teen gaming sessions, movies, story time, and more for kids and teens.

From cutting extracurricular activities to limiting busing to removing prekindergarten and kindergarten programs — all ideas tossed around at a school board meeting last week — the Wainscott School District is figuring out how it will reopen in September with essentially the same budget that it had last year but with more students to accommodate.

A Sag Harbor School District committee tasked with monitoring the conditions of the school facilities has recommended that the school board embark on three major capital projects: building a wet lab to enhance science programs in all grades, overhauling the Pierson High School gym, and making key security upgrades, all to be funded via a bond referendum on the May 2024 school budget ballot.

Just over two years after its official launch, Suffolk County’s Stop-Arm Camera Program has been racking up tickets across the county, and sending the money from the fines into school district coffers, including those on the South Fork.