Gayhead PTA

What a great day in the Den! 🐻💙 Our 2nd graders performed their Theatre Residency songs and did an amazing job! 🎶💃🕺 Their hard work really showed and they put on a fantastic performance for everyone. @WCSDEmpowers

Our Annual Tall Small Ball at Mill Creek was a great success yesterday! 💃🕺 Thank you to Mill Creek Caterers, Jimmy Isles Productions, Forget Me Not Cupcakes for the delicious cake pops, and Mother Nature for shutting down the coat check! ☀️ Until next year… ✨@WCSDEmpowers

Our annual Battle of the Books went down last night and it was a great night for our Grizzlies! 📚🐻 We were so impressed with all of our teams and the amazing knowledge they showed. Congratulations to our winners and to everyone who participated! 🎉📖 @WCSDEmpowers

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but our Grizzlies for Good Club is so delightful! This week, students created handmade bookmarks for the recipients of @SparrowsNestHV. We are so proud of the kindness this club continues to share with our community! @WCSDEmpowers

Mrs. McGuinness' Rm 1 Kindergarten class is the WINNER of our Kindness Jar Challenge! They have been named the KINDEST Classroom at Gayhead 2025🥇! 300 acts of kindness in 16 days‼️ They were rewarded with a PTA hosted pizza party this week!

NO SCHOOL today in observance of MLK Day. The den doors reopen tomorrow, 1/20.

Grizzlies for Good and the Fishkill Plains community come together! $1911.22 was raised yesterday to support Brave Bryce and his family as they face his second cancer diagnosis. Thank you to everyone who baked, donated, and bought!  @WCSDEmpowers

🎉🐻 Spelling Bee Success! 🐻🎉 A BIG congratulations to all our talented Grizzly spellers for a job well done! Special applause for our 1st place winner 🥇Amelia Simmons and our runner-up 🥈Tegh Garcha! We’re so proud of you both! 👏✨ @WCSDEmpowers

What an amazing turnout at our Law Enforcement Appreciation Day breakfast this morning! We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our in-house heroes—our SRO, Officer Tammy, and our SSO, Mr. Tony—for watching over the Den and our Grizzlies every single day. @WCSDEmpowers

Our Holidays in NYC themed Penguin Patch Holiday Shop opens TODAY! 🛍️ 🎄 A BIG thank you to all of our PTA volunteers and our JJ National Honor Society students for all of their hard work in creating such a special environment! Looking forward to a great week! @WCSDEmpowers

The Domino Challenge was a great success today! Thank you all for your cereal box donations! The food pantry will be getting a big donation this week! @WCSDEmpowers

Congratulations to our Girls on the Run team for completing their 5K at Rockland Lakes this am!🎉👏🏻🏃🏻‍♀️@WCSDEmpowers

Happy World Kindness Day 2025 🌎💙! It was a great day at the den creating our Kindness Links, showcasing our Gold Pumpkins for a Cure, and the start of our classroom Kindness Jars! "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted" (Aesop) @WCSDEmpowers

The best community around! Thank you to our yearbook club for capturing all of these photos! We hope everyone had a great night! Happy November! 🍁 @WCSDEmpowers

Spooktacular 2025 was a great success! Great job by our 6th grade class and their parents! Thank to you all of our volunteers and @eastfishkillpolice for doing a Trunk for our Grizzlies! Beautiful fall day for all to enjoy! 🍁🎃🐻 @WCSDEmpowers

A great afternoon welcoming some of our new Grizzly staff to the den during our October PTA meeting! Thank you to all that were able to attend this early meeting! Next PTA meeting is 11/12 at 6pm. @WCSDEmpowers

We could not let the day end without giving a BIG shoutout to the best custodial staff around! Happy Custodian Appreciation Day to Mr. Juan, Mr. Eric, Matt, Rosie and Frank!! Thank you for caring for our Grizzlies and for keeping them in a safe environment! 🐻💙 #WCSDEmpowers

Our Annual Color Run 🌈 was a great success! Beautiful day and the kids had a blast! 🎨 Thank to you all of our volunteers! We could not have done it without you!

Honor the fallen and ensure we never forget the courage and sacrifice of all those impacted. #rememberthesky @WCSDEmpowers

Welcome Back Grizzlies! We hope you enjoy your sidewalk greetings this am! Thank you to everyone that came out to help! The kids had a blast! We wish our whole Grizzly community an awesome year ahead! 🌞 @WCSDEmpowers