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A Recipe for Success: The Calais School Partners with Two Fields Bakeshop

By |2024-05-23T14:36:40-04:00May 23rd, 2024|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Career & Technical Education, High School, Inspiration, Work Based Learning|

The Calais School is proud to announce a recent partnership with Two Fields Bakeshop in Berkeley Heights. This partnership will give Calais School students participating in the school’s Work-Based Learning (WBL) program a taste of working in the niche bakery [...]

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The Calais School Employee Spotlight: Marjane Vitaletti | Growing together with her students for Over 25 Years

By |2024-05-22T13:49:26-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Calais Happenings, Counseling, Inspiration, Uncategorized|

Mrs. Marjane Vitaletti, (aka Mrs. V) began her career almost 40 years ago as a special education teacher for students with disabilities. In 1999, a position for a counseling resource room teacher became available and brought her to The Calais [...]

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Calais Alumna Profile: Heather McGuire

By |2024-05-20T11:13:04-04:00May 17th, 2024|Alumni, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Inspiration|

The Calais School is incredibly proud of all that Heather McGuire has achieved at Calais and beyond. From tragedy to triumph her story is a testament to the power of paying it forward. Heather attended The Calais School from 2016 [...]

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Creativity and Collaboration Bring History Lessons to Life!

By |2024-05-01T10:02:10-04:00May 1st, 2024|Academics, Calais Happenings, Class Projects, Inspiration|

At The Calais School, innovation, creativity and collaboration are commonplace. Our teachers are continually looking for ways to keep learning challenging while also making it fun and engaging for our students. Cross-department collaboration allows our faculty to create lesson plans [...]

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The Calais School Employee Spotlight: Casey Wirtz

By |2024-04-30T14:48:30-04:00April 29th, 2024|12 Plus Program, Academics, Calais Happenings, Counseling, Inspiration|

What makes for a good school counselor? Start with the ability to listen and respond thoughtfully and effectively. Add to that patience, empathy and encouragement. That describes our own Casey Wirtz, Calais School Counselor for 12 Plus students. Ms. Wirtz [...]

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My Calais Story: Jacob Phelps

By |2024-04-29T15:35:36-04:00April 8th, 2024|Calais Happenings, Community Based Instruction, Inspiration, My Calais Story|

Beacon For a Brighter Future Before I started coming to Calais in 2022, I was going through a very rough chapter of my life. My old school lacked the resources and understanding to help me manage stress and self-regulate. I [...]

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