perspectives charter schools community newsletter spring/summer 2013
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7/28/2019 Perspectives Charter Schools Community Newsletter Spring/Summer 2013
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Year ater year, 99% of Perspectives graduates areaccepted to college. As the acceptances roll in this
ear, students are receiving even more good news--millions o
ollars in college scholarships. In 2012, Perspectives graduatesarned more than $10 million in scholarships. Already thisear, three students have received ull scholarships to highly
ompetitive schools through the prestigious Posse Scholars
rogram. Eric Johnson, the CEO o Baldwin Richardson Foods
nd a riend o Perspectives, will ofer a full scholarship or
student to attend Babson College in Massachusettsas he
oes every year.
ony Seiden, the director o college counseling at Perspectives,
aid that the amount o money Perspectives graduates
eceive in scholarships isnt the result o luck or good ortune.
Getting money or college is a priority at Perspectives,
eiden said. Rather than letting students and amilies
avigate the complicated scholarship process on their own,
we spend dedicated time in class teaching students how to
esearch scholarships, write a scholarship essay, and get the
est recommendations rom teachers and other adults.
All Perspectives students submit at least 10 scholarships
uring their senior year. Seiden said that the financial windall that results rom
hese eforts helps students overcome the financial hurdles that oten prevent
alented students rom graduating college. Perspectives graduates persist in
ollege past their reshman year at a rate above the national averagein part,
ecause they can aford to do so, Seiden said.
Scholarshipsfor College-bound Grads
PerspectivesC O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R
MIDDLE SCHOOLSPUT STUDENTS ONTRACK TO COLLEGE
For Perspectives graduate Armani Buie, the path to co
began in middle school. Ater struggling at his neighbo
school as a 6th grader, he transerred into the first class aPerspectives Auburn Gresham campus. Six years later,attending the University o Illinois with grants and schola
covering his ull tuition.
The diference between Perspectives
and his old school was immediately
clear to Buie. At my last school, I
didnt get challenged, Buie said. At
Perspectives, they dont expect us toail. They hold us to a higher standard.
Buies story is not unique. Every year,
hundreds o students enter middle
school at Perspectives MiddleAcademy in Auburn Gresham, Perspectives RoD. Joslin Campus in South Loop, and at PerspectIIT Math & Science Academy in Bronzevilleand btime they start high school at Perspectives, they are onor college.
The key, according to Perspectives Middle Academy priSauda Porter, is Perspectives unique A Disciplined curriculum and culture, which helps students de
positive sel-perception, healthy relationships, and pe
productivity. Students and staf alike live the principlesDisciplined Lie, creating a school culture that is positive
and ocused on learning, Porter said.
Middle School students at Perspectives also have acce
opportunities and activities rarely available in middle s
At Perspectives Middle Academy in Auburn Greshapartnership with Elev8 program provides a comprehehealth center and dozens o ater-school programs.
studies and community action days take students
corners o the city, rom museums to homeless shelters.
Too many schools wait until high school to ocus on prep
students or college, Porter said. At Perspectives, we that the path to college begins with the opportunities we
in middle school.
SPRING/SUMMERDUCATING FOR COLLEGE, PREPARING FOR LIFE
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Perspectives AluArmani Buie
Living A Disciplined Life
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David designs a guitar during his internship
at IIT.
Manipulating DNA samples, building robots, creating 3D modelsjust another day at the
o ce or Perspectives juniors. More than three hundred Perspectives juniors recently
completed internships at dozens o businesses throughout the city and suburbs, thanks to
volunteer internship mentors who provide students with an introduction to the proessional
world.
Whether they are working in a law o ce, a science lab, or a daycare center, our juniors learn
how to build relationships, communicative efectively, and navigate a proessional setting, said
Perspectives CEO Rhonda Hopps.
David Baker, the director o external afairs at the Illinois Institute o Technology (IIT), has
served as an internship mentor or the past five years. This year, he drew on the vast resources
o IIT to give students experience in a wide variety o areas, rom analyzing tra c patterns to
using state-o-the-art abricating technology to build lanterns.
Our goal is to expose our interns to careers in science and technology, and hopeully get them
interested in attending IIT, said Baker, who is a Perspectives board member. One ormer intern,
Sunny Chan, earned a full scholarship to IIT last year.
David Ermon, a junior at Perspectives/IIT Math & Science Academy in Bronzeville, isgoing to keep visiting a proessor at IIT ater his internship ends to work on finishing a guitar
that they started building during the internship. I will never orget the opportunities I got
through the internship program, Ermon said.
INTERNSHIPS OPEN A
Fity Perspectives students traveled to Washington, DC or the second inauguration
o President Barack Obama, thanks to a donation rom Perspectives board chair
Larry Ashkin. Hundreds o students wrote essays or the opportunity to attend
the inauguration, and the winners traveled overnight on a charter bus with their
teachers. They watched the ceremony with CBS correspondent Jay Levine, who
shared interviews with students and teachers during the CBS Evening News.
Student Jamari Jackson said the experience was mind-blowing.
Obamas speech exemplified so many o the A Disciplined Lie principles that
our students learn and practice every day, said Perspectives CEO Rhonda Hopps.
He spoke o solving conflicts peaceully, showed compassion or Americans oall backgrounds, and gave our students a great example o how to communicate
efectively.
Ater the ceremony, students walked the National Mall beore another overnight
bus trip that arrived in Chicago just beore the start o school the next day.
Perspectives High School o Technology teacher Allison Novak said the students
were exhausted but grateul or the once-in-a-lietime opportunity. This trip
reiterated how amazing our scholars truly are, Novak said.
Students Travelto DC for
World of Opportunity
INAUGURATION
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Laura interns with Vida Winans at IIT.
Living A Disciplined Life
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GRAD TALKS ABOUT ANEDUCATION SECRETA DISCIPLINED LIFE
By Miguel Jimenez, Joslin 03
As a young student, I was resistant to A Disciplined Life (ADL). Like manyteenagers, I was critical of anything that looked like a rule. I quickly realizedthat ADL wasnt a set of rulesit was a way of being. Perspectives providedtime and space to reflect on the 26 principles of ADL, practice them, andrecognize their positive impact on our lives.
We lived ADL every day. On the bus or train, we showed compassion and
generosity by giving up our seat or someone in need. We would listen actively
by taking notes during a lecture or museum visit. We asked questions because
we were intellectually curious. We listened closely to others because we knew
that to communicate efectively we needed to listen respectully.
I graduated rom Rodney D. Joslin Campus in the South Loop with a sel-
awareness and sel-reflection that people recognized and praised in college.
At DePauw University, I earned a bachelors o arts in Creative Writing. I then
earned a masters in fine arts at Caliornia State UniversityFresno.
I am now a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Istill value the ADL education given to me at Perspectives. This past semester,I was stunned to learn that one o my students was a Perspectives graduate.
We talked about Perspectives and ADL at length. Here she was, my student, 10
years in age diference, and we were chatting about ADL like it was the secret
to lieperhaps because it was the secret to both o our lives.
I recently ended a class with an unrehearsed pep talk, and ound mysel
reerencing principles o ADL. You have to think critically and be inquisitive,
I told my students. I caught mysel directly quoting A Disciplined Lie, and I
thought o Perspectives, and o my studentthe Perspectives graduate
sitting in ront o me. On a whim, I asked her to finish of my pep talk with an
ADL principle. Accept only quality work rom yoursel, she said, smiling at our
inside knowledge, smiling at our secret.
email: enroll@pcseduwww.pcsedu.org Living A Disciplined Life
SELF-PERCEPTION
Accept only quality workfrom yourself
Take responsibility foryour actions
Seek wisdom
Be open-minded
Think critically and beinquisitive
Love who you are
Demonstrate honesty,integrity, and decency
Be generous Be a life-long learner
Live a healthy lifestyle
RELATIONSHIPS
Communicate effectively
Challenge each otherintellectually
Show gratitude
Solve conflicts peacefully Respect each others
differences
Be positive and supportivof each other
Show compassion
PRODUCTIVITY
Demonstrate a strongwork ethic
Use your time wisely
Listen actively
Be punctual and prepared
Be organized
Be reflective
Be reliable
Take initiative
Demonstrate perseveranc
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PerspectivesC O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R
CHARTERSCHOOLS
1530 S. State Street
Chicago, IL 60605
773.358.6105
Our SchoolsRodney D. Joslin Campus
Grades 6121930 South Archer AvenueChicago, IL 60616
Perspectives Middle Academy Grades 68Perspectives High School of Technology Grades 912Perspectives Leadership Academy Grades 9128131 South May StreetChicago, IL 60620
Perspectives/IIT Math & Science Academy Grades 6123663 South Wabash AvenueChicago , IL 60653
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