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Beads of Courage Program Recognizes Calais Elementary Students’ Courage

By |2022-01-14T10:52:28-05:00January 14th, 2022|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Beads of Courage, Lower School|

Calais School elementary students are gifted beads as part of the school’s pilot Beads of Courage Program. This new pilot program is the first of its kind- providing emotional support and encouragement in a therapeutic special education school. The one-of-a-kind program is [...]

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Calais Foundation Hosts Successful End-of-the-Year Campaign

By |2021-12-23T12:09:29-05:00December 23rd, 2021|Fundraising, Inspiration|

Our Calais Foundation donors care about supporting children with special needs and providing them with life-changing resources. We are well on our way to our fundraising goal of $5,000 for our End-of-the-Year Campaign. With the most recent donations, we have [...]

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Calais Students Enjoy Holiday Baking

By |2021-12-17T12:57:43-05:00December 17th, 2021|Calais Holidays, Career & Technical Education, High School, Inspiration|

The Culinary Program is a lot of fun for students but they are also learning about responsible food preparation and food safety procedures. This holiday season the students applied these skills to create festive treats with teacher Kevin Tulloch. On a [...]

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STEM Lesson Teaches Students About Wind Power

By |2021-12-10T11:48:58-05:00December 10th, 2021|Academics, Career & Technical Education, STEAM|

Calais students are learning all about wind power and building wind-powered cars in STEM class with teacher Binal Shah. The lesson focused on the concepts of mass, force and friction. Mrs. Shah taught the students how to harness the power [...]

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In-House Work-Based Learning Reimagined at Calais

By |2021-12-08T12:34:10-05:00December 8th, 2021|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Class Projects, High School, Transition & Career Services|

The Calais School has enhanced its in-house Work-Based Learning (WBL) program to offer student-led initiatives that foster work readiness. Ms. Jennifer Ferguson, Calais’ Transition Teacher, works with upperclassmen and 12 Plus students to teach and reinforce work readiness skills both [...]

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