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Calais Gives a Whole New Meaning to “The Dog Days of Summer”

By |2023-08-29T12:02:05-04:00August 29th, 2023|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, ESY, Inspiration, Occupational Therapy, Reading, Social Skills Building|

Here at The Calais School, “The Dog Days of Summer” may not mean what you think. When many of us are enjoying the lazy, hazy dog days of summer, our Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) dogs are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and [...]

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Calais Celebrates Love of Reading at Read Across America Day

By |2022-03-07T13:50:51-05:00March 7th, 2022|Academics, High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Reading|

Calais students observed Read Across America Day by reading and wearing their favorite pair of crazy socks. As part of the fun, many Calais students enjoyed Dr. Seuss books including “Fox in Sox”. Some students read the books while others [...]

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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 School Welcomes New AAI Handler and Dog to Program

By |2021-10-07T15:31:03-04:00October 7th, 2021|12 Plus Program, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Occupational Therapy, Reading, Social Skills Building, Speech|

The Calais School’s Animal Assisted Interventions Program is excited to welcome two new members to its team: new animal handler Lori Kertesz and her dog Star. Mrs. Kertesz is both a registered nurse and a physical therapist and has many [...]

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Calais School Becomes First School Ambassador for Beads of Courage Program

By |2021-09-22T16:53:06-04:00September 22nd, 2021|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Occupational Therapy, Reading, Social Skills Building, Speech|

The Calais School, a private school for special needs children in Whippany, is proud to provide the first BEADS OF COURAGE® program pilot for emotional support in an educational setting. The BEADS OF COURAGE® programs use beads as visible and [...]

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Students Enjoy Virtual Assemblies

By |2021-05-18T17:10:12-04:00May 18th, 2021|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Career & Technical Education, High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Reading, Social Skills Building, Structured Learning Experiences, The Arts at Calais|

Calais students are enjoying a series of fun virtual assemblies in May and June ranging from wacky science to music technology. On May 5, students in grades K-12 Plus participated in a high-energy assembly titled “Music Technology with Brent Daniels” [...]

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