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Thank You For Helping Us Serve Up Healthy Lunches in 2020!

By |2020-01-31T15:36:41-05:00January 31st, 2020|Calais Happenings, Fundraising, Inspiration|

The Calais Foundation closed out 2019 with a lunch subsidy fundraiser generating close to $2,000 to fight food insecurity for students with special needs! Nutrition is a vital part of a child’s development yet access to healthy food isn’t always [...]

12 Plus Students Examine Nutrition & Junk Food In Culinary Class

By |2020-01-13T10:52:53-05:00January 22nd, 2020|12 Plus Program, Class Projects, Transition & Career Services|

Mrs. Walsh has added a new regularly occurring lesson in her Culinary Class that teaches students all about nutrition. Each week, aside from learning functional living skills that include food safety, meal planning and basic meal prep, students have also [...]

12 Plus Students Build Resumes, Learn Work Skills & Earn a Paycheck!

By |2020-01-08T15:07:48-05:00January 15th, 2020|12 Plus Program, High School, Structured Learning Experiences, Transition & Career Services|

Last Summer, The Calais Foundation announced that funding for The Calais School's Learn N’ Earn stipend would be extended into the 2019-2020 school year. Fast forward to December of 2019 and the additional funding has enhanced the Learn N' Earn [...]

Calais Gets in The Holiday Spirit with Annual Winter Concert!

By |2020-01-02T11:36:25-05:00January 2nd, 2020|Calais Happenings, Calais Holidays, Extra-curricular activities, High School, Lower School, The Arts at Calais|

On Friday December 15th, 2019, The Calais School presented our annual Winter Concert.  Faculty, staff, students, parents, and Calais Foundation Board members came together to attend the festive holiday event. This year attendees enjoyed performances by the lower school band, [...]

Ms. Perillo’s Class Celebrates the Transcontinental Railroad’s 150th Anniversary!

By |2020-01-09T09:45:28-05:00December 18th, 2019|Class Projects, Lower School|

Mrs. Perillo’s 5th and 6th graders wrapped up an extensive research  project to celebrate the Transcontinental Railroad’s 150th Anniversary. Students worked together in groups of two to researched many topics including the types of engines that ran on the railroad [...]

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