It's official!  Perspectives' Calumet campus schools have changed their names.  Perspectives Calumet Middle School is now Perspectives Middle Academy, Perspectives Calumet High School is now Perspectives Leadership Academy, and Perspectives Calumet High School of Technology is now Perspectives High School of Technology.  The new names were chosen and advocated for by members of the community, parents, staff and students at each school.

Perspectives' new Peace Alliance is a group of students, parents, and staff who are committed to "keeping the peace - in the school, on the street, and in the home," says Director of Community Relations, Glennese Ray, who is coordinating the effort.  Initial Peace Alliance meetings involved a core group of students at each school. "They really came up with a lot of great ideas that we'll be working to flesh out," she said, "everything from creating posters to organizing rallies, distributing flyers, and many other community awareness projects." 

Ultra Foods has joined with Perspectives to help support the Safe Passage program.  Just save the receipts for everything you purchase from Ultra between September 1 and December 31, 2010 and hand deliver them to a school office or mail them to Glennese Ray at Perspectives Charter Schools, 3663 S Wabash Ave, 3^rd Fl Chicago IL 60653 and Ultra will donate 5 percent of the total purchases to Safe Passage.  For more information or to get involved, contact Glennese Ray.

Solve Conflicts Peacefully is a key principle of A Disciplined Life© (ADL), and it's one we often address in dealing with discipline issues.  At Perspectives Middle Academy, for example, two students exchanged angry words and used disrespectful language.  Both students were sent to talk about the incident with their A Disciplined© Life advisor,  As a result, one students committed to work on the ADL principle Respecting Each Other's Differences, while the other agreed to work on the principle of Love Who You Are.  They shook hands and the conflict was resolved peacefully. 

By employing the measures of peaceful conflict resolution, both students avoided disciplinary actions and potential suspensions.  "It's just one of many examples of how we apply ADL principles to help resolve everyday problems," said Perspectives Co-Founder and Chief Culture Officer Diana Shulla-Cose.

Join us for a special entrepreneurship and financial literacy workshop at the Perspectives Community Theater on Tuesday, October 26, 2010.  The workshop will run from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and will be conducted by MoneyThink.org, whose training program is based on the belief that developing good financial habits, and learning to take on the risks and responsibilities of being a good entrepreneur, is as much a matter of how you think as it is what you know.  MoneyThink will also be offering an in-school entrepreneur training program for 11^th-graders at Perspectives Leadership Academy this year, and financial literacy training classes for seniors throughout the Perspectives network.

The event is free and open to the public, no reservations are required. The Perspectives Community Theater is located at the Perspectives Auburn Gresham campus, 8131 South May, Chicago, Illinois 60620.