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Welcome Back, Calais Cougars.
It’s so hard to believe how quickly summer has flown by. I hope you all had a fantastic and enjoyable break and are ready to take on an exciting new school year. I’m thrilled to welcome both returning and new [...]
Donors Make the Difference for Our Students!
Calais Foundation Donors have profoundly impacted the lives of our students and their families this past year. We’d like to share a few highlights that showcase donor dollars at work. On a broader scale, The Calais Foundation held two major [...]
Goldfinch Decorative Painters Share Their Passion for Art with Calais
Thanks to Ms. Orna and her connection with a local community art group, Calais art students now have access to an array of new art supplies! The Goldfinch Decorative Painters, a group of artists based in New Jersey, generously donated [...]
Celebrating 3 Years of Honoring Calais Students & Their Stories Through BEADS OF COURAGE®
How incredible that something so small can have such a big impact? On the surface, a bead is a simple decorative object, but at The Calais School, we know a bead can mean so much more! Through BEADS OF COURAGE®, [...]
Calais School Employee Spotlight: Jeremy Schlieper, Connecting Body and Mind in the Classroom
As Jeremy Schlieper closes out his first year as The Calais School’s Physical Education Instructor, it’s clear that his upbeat attitude, creative lesson planning and encouraging teaching style have positively impacted students and co-workers alike. Mr. Schlieper graduated from Montclair [...]
A Recipe for Success: The Calais School Partners with Two Fields Bakeshop
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 [...]