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Christine Sampson

Education reporter

Christine Sampson began contributing to The East Hampton Star in March of 2015. Her work has appeared in a variety of print and digital publications, including Patch.com, The Huffington Post and Newsday. Originally from Levittown, Ms. Sampson recalls with fondness spending summer vacations in Montauk with her family, and she now lives in Amagansett.

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Email: csampson@ehstar.com
Twitter: @CSampsonWrites

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The Kids Aren’t Entirely All Right

That children are entering school with increased separation anxiety, more problems with social and emotional learning, difficulties making friends, and other challenges are documented trends.
By: Christine Sampson
East Hampton High to Offer A.P. Diploma

East Hampton High School is about to become 1 of 17 schools on Long Island to offer an intensive college preparatory course called the Advanced Placement Capstone diploma.
By: Christine Sampson
Ink Dry on Stella Maris Buy

The Sag Harbor School District formally took ownership of the former Stella Maris Regional School last Thursday, about seven months after voters approved the district’s purchase of the property.
By: Christine Sampson
Turning Food Waste Into Food Want

A small movement is taking root in the South Fork culinary community based on a national trend to combat food waste by taking things like old bread, cuttings, peelings, and other parts of food that traditionally get tossed, and turning them into dishes that please.
By: Christine Sampson
Recipes 12.29.16

Estia’s Little Kitchen’s Chili and Coffee Rubbed Ribeye
By: Christine Sampson
Bus Depot Question Incites More Pushback

By: Christine Sampson
Sag Harbor Plans a Real Grass Field

By: Christine Sampson
Students Recognized for Clever Inventions

Their inventions ranged widely, but they shared a common theme: They were the original creations of Hayground School students working together to crack a challenging problem.
By: Christine Sampson
High School Roof Will Host A State Weather Station

By: Christine Sampson
Update: 'Catastrophic' Fire Devastates Sag Harbor Main Street Stores

Several businesses and apartments have been badly damaged by a fire that swept through a portion of the Main Street business district Friday morning.

By:
Taylor K. Vecsey &
Christine Sampson

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Final Push to Fund Rides for Cancer Patients (Business, Health, News, Villages)

Hampton Jitney and Fighting Chance, a Sag Harbor nonprofit that supports cancer patients, have teamed up for a crowdfunding campaign to provide rides to and from far-away doctor's appointments.
By: Christine Sampson
Southampton P.D. Offering a Citizens Academy (News, Police)

For Southampton Town residents who wonder what the inner workings of the Southampton Town Police Department are like, the department is offering a Citizens Academy beginning in March that may satisfy curiosity.
By: Christine Sampson
East Hampton Grads Raise Money for School in Haiti (Education, News)

Two members of the East Hampton High School class of 2016 are planning a fund-raiser Thursday at the Stephen Talkhouse to raise $4,000 each to help build a school in a rural village in Haiti.
By: Christine Sampson
Montauk School’s Choir Second in News 12 Singing Competition (Education, News)

The Montauk School's High Notes, an extracurricular choir group, came in second place in Cablevision’s News 12 Long Island Sounds of the Season singing competition last week, in which groups from across Long Island competed for votes on their online videos.
By: Christine Sampson
Free Children's Art Workshop Wednesday (Arts, Education, News)

The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center and Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island are teaming up to sponsor an art workshop for children ages 8 to 14 on Wednesday afternoon.
By: Christine Sampson
Bridge Games at East Hampton Library (News, Villages)

A group of bridge players will have weekly games at the East Hampton Library on Wednesdays starting in January.
By: Christine Sampson
Saturday Art for Springs School's Oldest Students (Arts, Education, News)

The Springs School Visiting Artists Program has expanded its outreach to seventh and eighth graders, many of whom do not have art classes in the course of their regular school day because of what the school has said are scheduling conflicts.
By: Christine Sampson
Whale Ho! Sightings Prompt Coast Guard to Warn Boaters (News, Villages)

Sightings of one or more humpback whales in New York and New Jersey waters have led the Coast Guard to warn boaters to reduce their speed and steer clear if they do spot one.
By: Christine Sampson
Springs School Spreads Warmth With Coat Drive (Education, News, Villages)

The Springs School is collecting gently used coats, hats, scarves, and gloves for its annual outerwear exchange, which has been a cold-weather tradition for about 10 years at the school
By: Christine Sampson
Southampton Hospital Administrator to Be Recognized on World AIDS Day (Health, News)

Michael Collins is one of two Long Islanders to be honored by the Nassau-Suffolk H.I.V. Health Services Planning Council on Dec. 2.
By: Christine Sampson

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