Education

An introduction to the Indian tabla drums and "Shrek Jr." on stage courtesy of South Fork Performing Arts are just some of the fun in store for families, kids, and teens this week.

Each year, there were dozens of people anxious to learn English left on the waitlist of a local E.S.L. program for adults. Ruta 27, newly named and with a plan to offer Thursday evening classes at East Hampton High School in the fall, will now be able to accomodate many more — if it can find the volunteers to teach them.

The three rising East Hampton High School seniors have spent the last several weeks perfecting a pickling recipe for their new business, Kooky Kirbs.

Sag Harbor School District voters will have a chance on Sept. 29 to weigh in on a proposed $13.5 million renovation and upgrade of Mashashimuet Park.

“The timing could not be better,” Rebecca Morgan Taylor, Project Most’s executive director, said in an announcement, “as we aim to expand our services to meet the increased needs of our young people,” some of whom, who, she said, had experienced “traumatic interruptions during the pandemic.”

Among this week's lineup of fun for kids and teens: art and nature exploration at SoFo, music and dance, and a moon-themed story time session for all ages.

Miles Menu, a 13-year-old who will start eighth grade at Springs School in the fall, and who is a participant in the Hampton Lifeguard Association's Junior Lifeguarding program, made his first save at Amagansett's Atlantic Avenue Beach on July 3, a feat that was recognized at Sunday's training session there.

A group of high schoolers, biking in the woods, come across a group of abandoned buildings. Sound like the beginning of a film? That’s exactly how it began for Fin Wrazej, a rising senior at Grace Church School in Manhattan and longtime Springs resident, whose "discovery" of the dilapidated Brooks-Park house and studios in the Springs woods sparked the idea for a short documentary.

Children’s summer art classes have returned to the Bridgehampton Museum, there's a break-dancing showcase in Sag Harbor, and much more for kids and teens this week.

The East Hampton Level Playing Field Foundation will provide scholarships to students for help with applications, essay coaching, test preparation, and other aspects of college admissions.

Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz, who established the Bridgehampton School's agricultural education program, was named New York State's agriculture teacher of the year, and received a national award for excellence from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2016, is retiring from the school after the board voted last month to eliminate her position.

A photography contest for teens, art classes at the Victor D'Amico Institute, stories and songs at CMEE, tumbling and skateboarding, and more for kids and teens.