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12 Plus Program

College Bridge Students Enter Another Semester of Learning, Growth, and Fun

By |2022-02-23T11:17:52-05:00February 24th, 2022|12 Plus Program, Academics, Calais Happenings, Counseling, Transition & Career Services|

The Calais School’s innovative College Bridge Program, in partnership with County College of Morris, gives 12 Plus students a taste of college life. In preparation for the Spring 2022 semester, students worked with Calais’ Guidance Counselor and Work-Based Learning Coordinator [...]

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Calais Cares: 12 Plus Students Donate Books to Local Charter School

By |2022-02-23T16:22:14-05:00February 23rd, 2022|12 Plus Program, Inspiration, Reading, Transition & Career Services|

Calais Students in the school’s 12 Plus Program are making the lives of students at a Newark charter school a little brighter with the gift of reading. On January 21, students in the 12 Plus Program visited the North Star [...]

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Calais Life Skills Course Prepares Special Needs Students for Living Safely and Independently as Adults

By |2022-02-11T11:20:15-05:00February 11th, 2022|12 Plus Program, High School|

Students in the Calais School’s high school and 12 Plus program are learning important skills to help them accomplish everyday living tasks on their own.  In a recent life skills lesson, teacher Irene Bellott taught students how to sew a seam [...]

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Calais Celebrates School Choice Week and Calais Pride

By |2022-02-02T14:56:51-05:00February 2nd, 2022|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School|

Calais School students are enjoying School Choice Week, with many activities celebrating the reasons students love Calais. And there are so many reasons! When asked what they enjoy about Calais, students say their friends, the caring staff, clubs, the support [...]

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Fostering Confidence Through In-House Work-Based Learning Opportunities

By |2022-02-02T11:50:17-05:00January 31st, 2022|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Class Projects, Inspiration, Social Skills Building, Transition & Career Services|

Students in Calais’s 12 Plus Program participated in in-house Work-Based Learning (WBL) in order to gain confidence and reinforce key skills that they could then apply at off-campus work sites. Devin W., a 12 Plus student at The Calais School, [...]

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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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