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Star Kids 06-27
Star Kids:
Carissa Katz & Matthew Charron
June 27, 2025
Your Guide to Family Fun and Important Information
High school graduation ceremonies take place tomorrow in East Hampton and Saturday at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor. In East Hampton, 241 students will graduate under a tent on the school grounds at 6 p.m. Pierson’s ceremony takes place at 5 p.m. Saturday on Pierson Hill.
By Carissa Katz
The 2025 valedictorians and salutatorians at East Hampton and Pierson High Schools already have résumés that put most of us to shame, and they’re just getting started. Along with their academic successes, they are standout musicians, athletes, and volunteers.
By Carissa Katz
 | There are scholar-athletes and then there are scholar-athletes. Benson Edman, an East Hampton High School senior who effectively swept the athletic and academic awards given out here recently to the class of 2025, is probably as good an example of the term as you can find. By Jack Graves |
 | The Children’s Museum of the East End celebrated the grand opening of a brand-new playground — a goal the museum’s co-presidents, Liz Bard and Lara Sweeney, have been working toward for four years. By Bettina Neel |
 | A new gymnasium and a marine biology wet lab may be in the cards for the Sag Harbor School District. According to Jeff Nichols, the district superintendent, the plans are still in their early days, but he hopes to put a bond referendum for the project to a public vote by the fall. By Denis Hartnett |
 | Camp SoulGrow, a nonprofit, donation-based program for children ages 7 to 12, is returning to Montauk for the summer of 2025 — and its founder, London Rosiere, “can’t wait to be home.” By Bettina Neel |