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Career & Technical Education

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 [...]

SLE Students Debut Student Video Project about SLE Experience

By |2016-08-01T13:22:44-04:00July 27th, 2016|Academics, Career & Technical Education|

In June, students in the Structured Learning Experience (SLE) program celebrated their hard work in the community with a breakfast for their employers in the community. The Calais School partnered with local businesses—including the Parsippany-Troy Hills Library and CareOne—to offer [...]

Calais Gives Thanks with Annual Thanksgiving Feast

By |2015-11-29T09:50:45-05:00November 29th, 2015|Career & Technical Education, Class Projects, High School, Lower School|

Once again this year, The Calais School celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with a school-wide feast. Mrs. Russo and our culinary students prepared a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for students and staff on Wednesday.  Our staff served dinner to students and staff [...]

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