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Fewer Students Quarantined by Covid

Of the 281 cases of Covid-19 reported by East End public schools from the start of the school year through Oct. 8, about 81 percent have been diagnosed in students, according to the School Covid Report Card, an online database that tracks cases in schools.

However, some school officials reported this week that there is no evidence that those students are contracting the virus in the classrooms, cafeterias, or hallways, and that the local communities’ vaccination rates, which are higher than in other parts of Long Island, are having a noticeable impact.

Oct 14, 2021
Homecoming Is Coming Up

School spirit will be on display next week at East Hampton High School, where Spirit Week festivities begin on Tuesday. 

Oct 7, 2021
In Memory of Mrs. Bennett

When she worked as a secretary at the Springs School, Susan Bennett "always put children first," her family said this week. Among her many contributions to the school was "Susan's Lunch Drawer," where kids could go if they were hungry and didn't have anything to eat.

Oct 7, 2021
Former Faculty Had 'No Confidence' in Ross School's Interim Head

The Ross School has appointed as its interim head of school a veteran administrator whose previous employment at a private school system in Chicago was marked by a no-confidence vote by the faculty he led.

Oct 7, 2021
At the End of the Rainbow

Having closed its doors in June after the Sag Harbor School District expanded its prekindergarten offerings to a full-day program, the Rainbow School has now donated its furniture, books, arts and crafts supplies, and other learning materials to the school district. The Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Goat on a Boat Puppet Theater, and the Hamptons Art Camp also received a portion of the donations.

Oct 7, 2021
Costs Mount in Springs School Makeover

Small sums are adding up to big worries at the Springs School, where a major construction and renovation project has been getting glowing reviews from many people amid its final stages of work. On Monday night, however, "many" did not include the members of the school board.

Oct 7, 2021
Kids Culture 10.07.21

A celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind the South Fork Natural History Museum means guided walks, birding, games, live animal visits, a reptile search, and even free ice cream.

Oct 7, 2021
Good Marks for East Hampton

The East Hampton School District has passed its annual audit with flying colors. During a school board meeting on Tuesday, its auditor, Jeffrey Jones of the EFPR Group, said the district had earned an "unmodified opinion," the best possible outcome.

Oct 7, 2021
At East Hampton High, a New Place to Cook Up Something Great

East Hampton High School's newest classroom isn't the lecturing sort of learning environment. It's a hands-on home for a new culinary arts program: a commercial kitchen lab that will be used to teach and practice cooking, baking, and other aspects of the hospitality industry, readying students for real-world careers in a field high in demand here on the East End.

Sep 30, 2021
Kids Culture 09.30.21

Dance and theater programming, jazz education day, card making and community service opportunities for teens, and more kid-friendly activities are coming up this week.

Sep 30, 2021
Housing Crisis Hits Home for Schools

The East Hampton School District has a homework assignment for local government leaders and community members: Brainstorm solutions to a teacher-and-staff shortage that's projected only to get worse because of the lack of affordable housing options here.

Sep 23, 2021
Kids Culture 09.23.21

Bay Street Theater's latest kids' classes are on Shakespeare and musical theater. Children ages 7 to 13 will take on a junior version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. in Sag Harbor starting this weekend and running through Nov. 13.

Sep 23, 2021