DeWitt-Lavaca Special Education Cooperative

We would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the Lions Clubs of Yoakum, Hallettsville, Shiner, Moulton, and Yorktown for sponsoring the annual Lions Club Christmas party for the students of the DeWitt-Lavaca Special Education Cooperative multi-district programs. Through the Lions Clubs' generous support, all of our multi-district students received a gift from Santa at the party. The students were elated as they each opened a gift from the wish lists they submitted to Santa. Members of the five area Lions Clubs who attended the party are pictured.

Our offices and classrooms will be closed from December 20, 2023, through January 2, 2024. We will resume regular hours for students and staff on January 3. 2024. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

DLSEC RISE & GOALS students will kick off their Christmas break with an early release on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. We will resume our normal schedule for classes on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. Release Times: ECSE-3 (YP) at 2:30 PM RISE/Elementary GOALS/InVEST (YIS) at 2:30 PM RISE/GOALS (YHS) at 2:40 PM

Where in the world is ECSE 2? Well, here's the update from Mrs. Hanson: ECSE 2 students have been learning about Christmas around the world. Last week on Monday, we "visited" Australia and made sand dollar ornaments and made fairy bread. Wednesday, we "visited" Canada and had a Christmas parade. We also made Santa hats out of red and white fluffy paint. We visited Sweden. We made St. Lucia wreaths and made Swedish Rice Pudding. Stay tuned for more Christmas adventures around the world!

Join us for our annual RISE Christmas party and program! Tuesday, December 19, 2023 12:15 PM (Program Followed by Party) Yoakum Community Center 105 Huck Street, Yoakum Our local Lions Clubs generously sponsor a gift from Santa for each child in our multi-district program! We appreciate the Lions Clubs of Hallettsville, Moulton, Shiner, Yoakum, and Yorktown for brightening the Christmases of each of our students!

Ms. McCommas's class is going on a trip around the world this holiday season. They started their trip by visiting Australia. They got to surf with Santa, eat traditional Fairy Bread and decorate sea shell ornaments.

DLSEC office and classrooms will be closed the week of November 20-24, 2023. We will resume regular schedules on Monday, November 27, 2023. We wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving!

During Kindness Week, Mrs. Thiry's high school class made a fall table decoration to present to the YHS cafeteria staff! We appreciate the kindness shown to our students every day by the YHS cafeteria team!

DLSEC RISE students and staff are showing gratitude across our community as we celebrate Kindness Week! Mrs. Carlson's students showed their appreciation of the Yoakum Primary School cafeteria staff this morning! We appreciate all the tasty, nutritious meals our cafeteria staff makes for us!

For Kindness Week Day One, Mrs. Thiry's students made and delivered fresh cookies and a fall desk decoration for SRO Mendoza, one of our favorite community helpers!

We're so excited about John Moore's "I Voted" sticker design being printed on the stickers for this election. If you voted in Lavaca County today, you may have received one of these stickers.

Yoakum High School football team is going to the playoffs! That means we will have an early release on Thursday, November 9. DLSEC multi-district students will dismiss according to the following schedule: • ECSE-3 (YP) at 12:15 P.M. • RISE/Elementary GOALS/InVEST (YIS) at 12:15 P.M. • RISE/GOALS (YHS) at 12:30 P.M.

The DLSEC office staff got in the "holidays" spirit on the recent "dress-like-your-favorite-holiday" spirit day! Yes, we even had an appearance from a groundhog!

Mr. Roznovsky's students have been learning about centrifugal force. Using using IQ Key kits, the students created robots that move in a circle to demonstrate how centrifugal force works. Students will continue the exploration to study how the centrifugal force changes as you change the center of gravity with it. The students love the hands-on learning!

Do you have extra plastic bags accumulating at your house? We can help you repurpose them! Just drop off extra bags at RISE elementary building at Yoakum Intermediate School or at DLSEC office at 402 Hubbard Street, and we will put them to good use!

Making vampire teeth pizza was a Halloween hit with RISE students today!

Students enjoyed some fall fun in Mrs. Hebert's class learning art and science together. Students used warm water and baking soda to outline the pictures and dip their hands. After that completely dried, "paint" was made with a mixture of turmeric and hand sanitizer. Students used sponge brushes to paint with the yellow turmeric and sanitizer mixture. Through the magic of science, when the yellow turmeric-sanitizer mixture touched the dried baking soda-water mixture, the baking soda-water areas change to a red color.

Mrs. Hebert's class took a bite out of learning while studying the sense of taste!

On October 9, 2023, RISE and GOALS multi-district students will have a school holiday. The DLSEC office will also be closed on this day. Enjoy the 3-day weekend!

We will have an early release on Friday, September 29, 2023. ECSE-3 (Yoakum Primary) will release at 12:15 PM. RISE/Elementary GOALS/InVEST (Yoakum Intermediate School) will release at 12:15 PM. RISE/GOALS (Yoakum High School) will release at 12:30 PM.