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Calais Life Skills Course Prepares Special Needs Students for Living Safely and Independently as Adults

By |2022-02-11T11:20:15-05:00February 11th, 2022|12 Plus Program, High School|

Students in the Calais School’s high school and 12 Plus program are learning important skills to help them accomplish everyday living tasks on their own.  In a recent life skills lesson, teacher Irene Bellott taught students how to sew a seam [...]

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Calais Celebrates School Choice Week and Calais Pride

By |2022-02-02T14:56:51-05:00February 2nd, 2022|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School|

Calais School students are enjoying School Choice Week, with many activities celebrating the reasons students love Calais. And there are so many reasons! When asked what they enjoy about Calais, students say their friends, the caring staff, clubs, the support [...]

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2021 – 2022 Parent Advocacy Virtual Conference Hosted by The Alliance of Private Special Education Schools of New Jersey

By |2022-01-26T12:49:45-05:00January 26th, 2022|High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Parent-Teacher Alliance, The Calais Institute|

Following the success of the 2020 virtual conference, the Alliance will again provide a series of virtual ZOOM presentations and workshops for parents for its 2021-2022 Conference. The goal of the renewed series to to ensure that parents and advocates [...]

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Calais Students Enjoy Holiday Baking

By |2021-12-17T12:57:43-05:00December 17th, 2021|Calais Holidays, Career & Technical Education, High School, Inspiration|

The Culinary Program is a lot of fun for students but they are also learning about responsible food preparation and food safety procedures. This holiday season the students applied these skills to create festive treats with teacher Kevin Tulloch. On a [...]

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In-House Work-Based Learning Reimagined at Calais

By |2021-12-08T12:34:10-05:00December 8th, 2021|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Class Projects, High School, Transition & Career Services|

The Calais School has enhanced its in-house Work-Based Learning (WBL) program to offer student-led initiatives that foster work readiness. Ms. Jennifer Ferguson, Calais’ Transition Teacher, works with upperclassmen and 12 Plus students to teach and reinforce work readiness skills both [...]

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Calais Clubs Spark New Interests, Skills & Friendships

By |2021-12-03T12:03:47-05:00December 3rd, 2021|Calais Happenings, Extra-curricular activities, High School|

Calais' clubs offer students a chance to come together and engage as they explore new skills and interests.  Students have several club options to choose from including sewing, sports, nature, art, photography, origami and more. On Wednesday afternoons, students in the [...]

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