🧹💙 Happy School Custodian Appreciation Day to the BEST around! Juan, Eric, Frank, Rosie & Matt — THANK YOU for all that you do behind the scenes to keep our Den safe, clean, and running smoothly for our Grizzlies and staff! We are so lucky to have you! 🐻🫶 #WCSDEmpowers

🐻🫧 OUR 1ST GRIZZLY BUBBLE RUN WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! Our Grizzlies ran, danced, laughed, and played their hearts out while being completely in awe of all the bubbles! 🫧🎶 We raised $37,539 for our school!!! THANK YOU TO OUR AWESOME GRIZZLY COMMUNITY 🐻🫶 @WCSDEmpowers

The den doors are officially OPEN!We hope everyone enjoyed their special sidewalk greetings as they made their way into school today! A HUGE thank you to all of our amazing artists who came out yesterday to help us create this warm welcome for our Grizzlies! @WCSDEmpowers

Kindergarten Orientation was a HUGE success yesterday! Our newest Grizzlies got to meet their AWESOME teachers, check out their classrooms, unload their school supplies, and even take a practice bus ride! 3 days until the den doors reopen! #WCSDEmpowers

We wanted to take a minute to give a HUGE shout-out to our Gayhead custodians — Mr. Juan, Mr. Eric, Rosie, Matt, and Frank! 👏🐻💙 This crew has been working hard all summer to get Gayhead sparkling and ready to welcome back our Grizzlies! Thank you for all you do! #WCSDEmpowers

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

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

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

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! @WCSDEmpowers

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

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

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