Gayhead PTA

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

We kicked off Staff Appreciation Week 2026 today! Thank you to our parents for their generous donations! Today’s Staff Appreciation luncheon was NYC-themed, featuring a delicious lunch from Cilantro Mexican Grill! 🐻❤️😋🌮@WCSDEmpowers

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

Happy International Fire Fighters’ Day 2026 to our local heroes in East Fishkill NY! We dropped some homemade treats in their honor this morning. Thank you to all of our firefighters for helping keep our school and community safe. 🚒🔥@WCSDEmpowers

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

Happy School Lunch Hero Day to our 6 kitchen staff members and 16 lunch monitors! Not only do they nourish our students, but they also help with all the little things! Thank you all for the patience, kindness, and care you show our children every day. 🐻💙@WCSDEmpowers

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Happy School Principal’s Day to the best around, our Mr. Daley! From his love of costumes, bright colored sneakers, and Hawaiian shirts, to his unwavering dedication to our Grizzlies, staff, and PTA, we are so grateful for all he does each day!
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[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

Happy School Bus Driver Appreciation Day 2026 to our amazing Grizzly fleet! 🚌Thank you for getting our Grizzlies safely to and from the den with such care! We appreciate all of you! 🐻💙🚌👩‍🦳🧔‍♂️@WCSDEmpowers

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

Happy National Administrative Professionals Day to our Grizzly crew! The stuff you do behind the scenes is what makes everything else we do at the den possible! Thank you today and everyday: Mrs. P, Mrs. Z, Mrs. Bellino, Mrs. Minieri, Mrs. Robinson, and Mrs. Spath! @WCSDEmpowers

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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!

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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! 
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[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

🎉🐻 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! 👏✨
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[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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

[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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)
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[Gayhead PTA @GayheadPTA]

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