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School Bus Attendant (multiple open positions)
Bus Driver
Teacher Aide
Cleaner (2nd Shift)
2026 DRYDEN SKI & BOARD CLUB:
JANUARY 7th IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR SKI CLUB
1. Club Fee/Transportation: This club registration/health form and payment of $50.00 is required to participate in Dryden’s Ski Club. Participants in the Ski Club program must pay the club fee to cover supervision, transportation, and equipment. If it is necessary for a student to ride home from Greek Peak with his/her parents, the parent must sign the official Dryden School District Transportation Release Form with a Dryden Ski Club chaperone.
Students have the opportunity to ride home with someone other than with their parents ONLY if parents have cleared it IN WRITING with a ski club advisor and our Athletic Director, Todd Kwiatkowski 24 HOURS PRIOR to the scheduled skiing night. An email directly from a parent or guardian stating that “____has permission to ride home from Ski Club tonight (or multiple nights) with____” addressed to both Mr. K and an advisor will suffice. Mr. Kwiatkowski’s email address is tkwiatk1@dryden.k12.ny.us. Students CANNOT leave Greek Peak without informing a chaperone.
2. All students in Ski Club, 6th grade or below are encouraged to have a BUDDY with them at all times! On the first day, students who are renting equipment and taking lessons from Greek Peak will be shown to the rental shop and the Ski School area by a buddy or a member of the chaperone team.
3. TIME SCHEDULE: HS and MS Ski Club members will leave from the auditorium lot at the high school at 2:30pm, immediately after 9th period. Ski Club members in DES will depart from the Elementary School at 3:30, or as soon as possible following school dismissal.
MS/HS Ski Club passes are good from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm. DES Ski Club passes are good from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, and all students MUST be ready to load the bus at 7:30pm so that we can do a head count.
The time schedule for departure from Greek Peak and student pick-up in Dryden is as follows:
7:15 pm - in Rental Shop, returning equipment
7:30 pm - at the bus, ready to board
7:45-8:00 - Students must be picked up at DRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IF STUDENTS ARE LATE BOARDING THE RETURN BUS OR ARE PICKED UP LATE AT THE SCHOOL, STUDENT TRANSPORTATION PRIVILEGES WILL BE LOST THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
SKIING WILL BEGIN ON THURSDAY, January 8th
Scheduled dates: Jan 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
Feb 5th & 12th
If we need a make up day it will be Thursday, Feb. 26th*
4. SIGN UP ONLINE:
● www.greekpeak.net/school-programs
● Access Code: EJJXP
● Pin # 0774
You can also scan the QR Code on the poster to Register
If you have a season’s pass, please sign up using the QR code. This is how we know your child is “signed up” for Ski Club. There is NO additional fee. The meal plan is an available option for pass holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
Neal McDowell
Dryden Middle/High School
Ski Club Co-Adviser
607-844-8694 x4288
nmcdowe1@dryden.k12.ny.us
Charl Wojcik
Elementary School
Ski Club Co-Adviser
607-844-8694 x1458
cwojcik1@dryden.k12.ny.us
This new apparel store will remain open, with items being produced as they are ordered. This is structured with a portion of every sale coming back as a donation to the HANDS Fund. There are various designs available on each item, as well as options for personalization. It has a little bit of something for everyone. #LionPride 💜
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All afterschool activities in the Dryden Central School District are canceled this afternoon and this evening, 12/19/25. Due to rapidly falling temperatures after a morning of heavy rain, roads in our region are expected to become icy. These road conditions combined with diminishing daylight are the primary reasons for this decision. This means all students PK-12 need to leave at their school's regular dismissal time. Please take care of yourself. Take care of each other. Always...#LionPride!
DES Book Fair is coming up next week!
Thursday, Dec. 11 4:00 - 5:th 30pm @ DES Library
Saturday, Dec. 13th 8:00 - 11:00am @ DES Gym
Come get great holiday books, gifts, and more!
You can shop the book fair online too at: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/drydenelementaryschool4
🦃 Thanksgiving Feast = SUCCESS! 🍽️
On Wednesday our Dryden Food Service team served 893 meals for our annual Thanksgiving lunch!
After roasting, slicing, scooping, serving, smiling, (and maybe sneaking a bite or two 😇)… our School Lunch Heroes are officially EXHAUSTED. 💤
So if you’re looking for us now, check the:
🥶 cooler
📦 dry storage
🍎 produce shelf
We’re just catching up on our post-feast nap😴
Thank you, Dryden, for another amazing Thanksgiving feast! 💜🦁🤍
#DrydenPride #SchoolLunchHeroes #FuelingOurLions
Saturday, November 8, 2025 is a #LionPride Day all the way around the MS/HS Campus. As we prepare for the MS Musical: “The Wizard of Oz” to hit the stage at 11:00 AM (You can also catch "The Wizard of Oz" on 11/7 at 7:00 PM) and our Dryden Lions prepare to participate in their sectional semi-final football game, which is being held at Dryden beginning at 1:00 PM, please see the maps regarding parking and shuttles this Saturday for these two events. We have plenty of parking for both events, especially given that the events are offset of each other.
In addition, the District has added two shuttle bus runs to support Saturday's events, as well as give people another option as it relates to parking this weekend for events at the MS/HS. The District will operate two shuttle bus runs between DES and the MS/HS from approximately 10 AM-4PM at approximately 15 minute intervals. The DES shuttle bus stop is located at the front entrance of DES facing Union Street and the MS/HS Shuttle Stop is located just outside the normal MS/HS drop off location by the Auditorium.
We are so excited to show support for our #LionPride this weekend!
In Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Frailey’s third-grade class, students are learning all about the systems of the human body! To introduce the muscular system, Mrs. Preston transformed into her alter ego — Muscle Woman!
Students made connections between the skeletal and muscular systems, discovering how their bodies move and grow.
A big thank-you to our amazing teachers for making learning interactive, engaging, and meaningful for our students! 💜🦁
#LionPride #DrydenElementary #HandsOnLearning
Multiple job openings, including:
Senior Food Service Helper
Food Service Helper
Groundskeeper
The Wizard of Oz
Youth Edition
Friday, November 7 at 7 pm
Saturday, November 8 at 11 am
in the Dryden Middle School Auditorium
Tickets available at the door
$5 General Admission I $20 maximum per family
The National Honor Society will be holding a Pizza & Pastries fundraiser before the Friday night showing of the middle school musical The Wizard of Oz. The event will be held outside the high school cafeteria and it will include pizza, light bites & beverages. Prices are all based on donations.
We hope you can join us! #LionPride
