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Career & Technical Education

Calais Fosters Student Engagement in Transition and Career Planning

By |2018-10-11T15:25:49-04:00January 7th, 2019|Academics, Career & Technical Education, Community Based Instruction, Transition & Career Services|

The transition into adulthood is an experience that all youth eventually face. At Calais School the exploration of a student’s interests and strengths is a crucial element of our general educational curriculum for all grades. This approach helps lay the [...]

A Look Into Media Communications Class At The Calais School

By |2018-05-09T10:46:49-04:00May 11th, 2018|Academics, Career & Technical Education, STEAM|

Media Communications at the Calais School provides students with a practical experience in digital visual media production. This thorough hands-on course explores camera operation, script writing, lighting, audio production, video editing and the effects of television and advertising on viewers. [...]

ESPN’s Gordon Damer Gives Calais’s 12 Plus Students His Employability Playbook

By |2018-01-25T09:59:54-05:00January 23rd, 2018|Calais Happenings, Career & Technical Education, Transition & Career Services|

Last Friday the Calais School welcomed back one of our favorite guest speakers, Gordon Damer of ESPN’s “The Gordon Damer Show.”  As a professional sports broadcaster, Gordon came to speak to the students in our 12 Plus Program about his [...]

CTE Students Use Graphic Design Skills in Real Life Applications

By |2018-03-28T15:26:17-04:00December 4th, 2017|Career & Technical Education, Class Projects|

Did you know that Calais has a state-recognized Career and Technical Education Program?  Related course offerings include Graphic Design, Floral and Landscaping Design, Media Communications, Child Care, General Business Practices and Culinary Arts. Through hands-on instruction and a series of [...]

We Celebrated Our Fall Harvest with a Potato Festival!

By |2018-03-27T20:48:02-04:00November 5th, 2017|Career & Technical Education|

I would tell a joke about potatoes but I don’t know where to starch! Hardy-har-har A bountiful harvest requires lots of preparation, just ask Mrs. Bellot’s Floriculture class. Every year the students in Mrs. Bellott’s Floriculture class work really hard [...]

ESY Students Busy Planting and Harvesting in Calais Garden

By |2018-03-27T15:13:56-04:00July 30th, 2016|Career & Technical Education|

Rene Bellott The summer ESY floriculture students have been working hard to keep up the vegetable garden. They have been learning how to use the garden tools such as shovels, pitchforks, wheel barrels, and hand tools. We have been discussing [...]

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