At Dane County Transition Schools, we promote the social, emotional, academic, and vocational growth of students most at-risk.

Students at DCTS benefit from:

• An environment of acceptance and a sense of family.
• Setting real goals by developing a Personal Learning Opportunity Plan (PLOP).
• Shared decision-making, self-expression and team building.
• Small-group instruction with caring teachers.
• Interest groups instead of traditional courses.
• A chance to build self-esteem by helping others through Service Learning projects.
• The opportunity to interact with a variety of community resource programs.
• Outdoor adventure experiences.
• Virtual/Computer classes.
• A Personal Transition Plan. A path to graduation and beyond.

Dane County Transition Schools are schools with no stopping point!

INTEREST GROUPS:
At DCTS we run "interest groups" instead of what are commonly known as classes. Interest groups are learning segments that focus on the interest of the students. Students and staff collaborate on ideas for possible interest groups.

Unlike a typical 1-hour high school class, interest groups meet for 45 minutes and do not focus on a specific academic subject, but rather on the integration of core subjects surrounding the student’s interest.

Interest groups run approximately 4 to 6 weeks and are designed to meet Wisconsin state standards.

A sample of interest groups we’ve offered include:
"Bad Asses in History" (History)
"Water Ecology" (Science)
"What’s up with Romeo and Juliet?" (Language Arts)
"Escher Geometry" (Geometry)
"Sex, X and Cigs" (Health)
"Serial Killers" (Psychology)
"Painer" (Gym)