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Calais Classes Celebrate Thanksgiving

By |2020-11-25T13:07:58-05:00November 25th, 2020|Academics, Calais Happenings, Calais Holidays, High School, Lower School|

At the Calais School, students and staff have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. In fact, as part of a special holiday activity, students created “Thankful Turkeys” in each classroom sharing what each student is thankful for. Students in [...]

My Calais Story: Mrs. Kelly Walsh

By |2020-11-24T14:59:03-05:00November 24th, 2020|12 Plus Program, Academics, Calais Happenings, Career & Technical Education, High School, Inspiration, Lower School, My Calais Story|

Culinary arts teacher Kelly Walsh regularly shares her passion for cooking and nutrition with her students during culinary classes and the afterschool cooking club during the school year as well as during the schools ESY Program in the summer. Mrs. [...]

Provident Bank Foundation Awards Grant to Animal Assisted Interventions Program at The Calais School

By |2020-11-23T15:35:34-05:00November 23rd, 2020|12 Plus Program, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Social Skills Building, Speech|

Students at the Calais School in Whippany will receive a better education and spend more time working with dogs in the Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program at the school thanks to a generous grant for the program from the Provident [...]

Calais Celebrates Halloween

By |2020-10-30T11:40:39-04:00October 30th, 2020|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Calais Holidays, High School, Lower School|

Student class representatives were tasked with planning activities for our virtual Halloween Celebration.   The students came up with some really great alternative activities. One of our 10th grade students and class reps, Carly S. designed a google Halloween BINGO [...]

Calais Observes National Bullying Prevention Month

By |2020-10-27T16:07:57-04:00October 27th, 2020|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Lower School|

Every October, the Calais School observes National Bullying Prevention Month. The school’s counselors met with students to discuss bullying awareness, said School Counselor Marjane Vitaletti. Mrs. Vitaletti's 10th grade group and School Psychologist Dr. Nicole Bakers 12+ groups utilized Animal [...]

Calais School Offers Virtual Open House October 8

By |2020-09-24T15:32:12-04:00September 24th, 2020|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Community Based Instruction, Counseling, High School, Lower School|

Families, case workers, school psychologists and social workers, who are interested in learning more about The Calais School, a state approved, private therapeutic special education school in Whippany, are invited to the school’s second virtual open house on Thursday, October 8 [...]

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