DeWitt-Lavaca Special Education Cooperative

Students in the RISE secondary classes were treated to an end-of-year outing at the Yoakum Grand Theater to enjoy seeing the movie MIGRATION complete with snacks for the show. Af...

Mrs. Hebert's class has been studying the plant life cycle this month. They took this opportunity to plant sunflowers, daisies and coneflowers. These plants had a couple of week...

Mrs. Welch's students took time this week to show extra appreciation to their teacher and their nurse, Bridget Hairell. This is a great time to show all of our educational staf...

RISE Junior High students in Mrs. Patek's class put their culinary skills to work making "thank-you" brownies to show their appreciation to the Yoakum High School PALS who have be...

On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Yoakum High School PALS hosted the annual DLSEC prom. This year's theme was Safari Soirée and it was evident all throughout the St. Joe Family C...

On March 27, 2024, we held our 10th annual Easter egg hunt for the RISE elementary students. It's been quite a while since we were able to host our Easter egg hunt in the Yoakum ...

During the 88th legislative session, our Congress established a celebration of Texas fruits and vegetables to be held on the first Friday of April each year. This year, Nurse Sup...

The students in Mrs. Hanson's ECSE class have been enjoying learning about insects!

DLSEC multi-district high school students in Valerie Thiry's and Brad Roznovsky's classes put their culinary skills to work making peach cobblers to deliver for Texas Public Schoo...

Fidget Chicks is a group of folks from Granbury, Texas, who get together to make "fidget mats" for people who would benefit from them. Fidget mats are collections of engaging sen...

On October 31, 2023, DLSEC RISE students participated in a popular Halloween tradition--trick-or-treating! The DLSEC office provided the environment for door-to-door trick-or-tre...

Ms. Kyle's students and staff made a trip to the pumpkin patch in Cuero on a gorgeous fall day.

Check out all the pumpkin fun Mrs. Hanson's students and staff have been having!

The Yoakum High School PALS students joined the RISE Secondary students for the 2nd Annual Halloween Bingo Party! Students enjoyed Halloween treats while playing bingo for festiv...

Mrs. Welch's class had a fantastic time in October with hands-on learning and a community-based instruction trip to the corn maze.

DLSEC RISE multi-district students enjoyed an informative and exciting visit from the Yoakum Fire Department. The highlight of the visit was getting to explore the fire trucks an...

As we kick off the 2023-2024 school year, here is a look back at some of the fun we had last year! (Special thanks to Amber Arceneaux for compiling this video reflection for us...

Students and staff will notice some BIG changes in classrooms this year in the DLSEC RISE and GOALS programs. Thanks to generous financial support from the ...

Students in Mrs. Hanson's class have been studying dinosaurs. They even made their very own fossils!

Students in Mrs. Hanson's class were EGGstremely happy to participate in all the EGGstra fun activities for Easter in April! Besides participating in the annual DLSEC Easter egg ...