SY25 Corporate Partnership Proposal

Corporate Partnership Proposal Inspiring Minds, Empowering Paths Find your corporate and employee purpose at Perspectives

School Year 2024 - 2025

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PERSPECTIVES IS

GAP BUSTING ACCORDING TO 2023 STANFORD UNIVERSITY STUDY

97+%

IF NOT FOR PCS, 97%+ OF MSA & PLC STUDENTS WOULD ATTEND A SCHOOL WITH A LOWER ISBE COMPOSITE SCORE

100% OF SENIORS ARE ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE

positive self-perception

36% OF SENIORS EARN COLLEGE DUAL CREDITS, UP FROM 7% IN SY18

ADL Framework productivity tools

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healthy relationships

85%

OF STUDENTS INCREASE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS

$1,000 IS NEEDED PER STUDENT ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC, WRAP-AROUND ADL SUPPORT

GOV FUNDING IS NOT ENOUGH

At Perspectives, Holistic Wrap Around Support Includes:

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principles of a disciplined life

A DISCIPLINED LIFE® (ADL) CURRICULUM

We study the 26 principles of A Disciplined Life

positive self-perception 1 Accept only quality work from yourself 2 Take responsibility 3 Seek wisdom 4 Be open-minded 5 Think critically and be inquisitive 6 Love who you are 7 Demonstrate honesty and integrity 8 Be generous 9 Be a life-long learner 10 Live a healthy lifestyle

healthy relationships 11 Communicate effectively 12 Challenge each other intellectually 13 Show gratitude 14 Solve conflicts peacefully 15 Respect differences 16 Be positive and supportive 17 Show compassion

tools for productivity

18 Demonstrate a strong work ethic 19 Use your time wisely 20 Listen Actively 21 Be punctual and prepared 22 Be organized 23 Be reflective self-perception 24 Be reliable 25 Take initiative 26 Demonstrate perseverance productivity

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relationships

For over 20 years, Perspectives has been at the forefront of providing social-emotional learning through our A Disciplined Life® (ADL) curriculum.

A Disciplined Life® is grounded in a set of 26 principles. These principles guide our actions and build a community of trust, curiosity, and achievement that develops positive self-perception, healthy relationships, and tools for productivity.

Perspectives students receive 180 minutes of focused social-emotional learning in weekly ADL classes, helping them successfully navigate challenges in school and at home.

$1,000 IS NEEDED PER STUDENT ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC, WRAP-AROUND ADL SUPPORT

GOV FUNDING IS NOT ENOUGH

At Perspectives, Holistic Wrap Around Support Includes: AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING & ENRICHMENT

POST-SECONDARY PLANNING

Our students have access to over 50 free afterschool activities with more than 70% participation across the network.

With your help, we ensure that our students have the power of choice…the option to choose the college, university or pathway that best fits their needs, pursuits, and aspirations.

Partners can support extracurricular activities like dance, band, art club, book club, and Student Council.

EXPERIENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES Perspectives uses the city of Chicago as a classroom by providing students with at least 4 field study opportunities per school year that are deeply integrated with our coursework and the teachings of the A Disciplined Life® curriculum.

Our field studies and internships with partners allow our students to broaden their perspectives, cultivate agency, and learn as they do.

PATHWAYS Perspectives’ Pathways program creates opportunities for high school students to obtain professional certifications in information technology, pharmacy, nursing, design, and more, with the help of partners.

This program was developed with the hope of creating immediate income sources for students, alleviating the financial constraints that often derail college plans. In the long term, this program also provides students with skills and credentials that will result in promising career opportunities and economic mobility.

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Our data trends show that 70% of our graduating seniors enroll in college, while 30% of our students are taking alternate routes on their post-secondary path to success. This data has urged us to rethink our overall A Disciplined Life® education model ensuring we support students going to college as well as students choosing alternate post-secondary routes to workforce and career. At Perspectives, our vision is to ensure our students have options and exposure to college and college alternatives.

With the help of partners, we provide students with opportunities to visit and tour colleges and universities while also providing coursework that gives them professional certifications. We provide support (College Counselors & Transition Specialists) to establish critical partnerships to support all pathways.

Our students apply to an average of 10 colleges and universities and receive over $1.5M in scholarships.

ATHLETICS/HEALTHY LIFESTYLES Our athletics program puts the 26 principles of A Disciplined Life® into practice by promoting a healthy lifestyle and building character while fostering competitive excellence.

Nearly 500 student-athletes participate on 55 sports teams, including baseball, basketball, cross country, cheerleading, football, softball, track, volleyball, and more.

We need your help Check-ins

MONTHLY

PCS team will host brief check-ins each month with partners to confirm upcoming activities, events and share updates.

Events

SEASONAL

Partners are invited to 2 events each season (with the exception of winter). They include:

What does a partnership look like?

Fall: Campus Tour Winter: Host Powerful Perspectives Dinner Spring: Sponsor our Showcase

Monthly Check-ins

Summer: Corporate Lunch & Learn & Employee Volunteer Project

Seasonal Events

Programming Support

A LA CARTE Breakdown Below

Corporate partners have an opportunity to sponsor business aligned or priority programming like classes, clubs, field trips, college tours, etc.

Infrastructure Support Corporate partners can partially or fully fund needed infrastructure improvements like labs, equipment, safety measures, beautification, technology, etc.

Employee Engagement Corporate partners can create rewarding experiences for their employees including mock interviewing, team

Programming Support Opportunties Infrastructure Investment Opportunities

based volunteering, mentorship, hygeine products donation drive, holiday donation drive, back to school drive, college kits, etc.

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Employee Engagement Activities

BCBS Partnership Proposal Employee Engagement Board role, holiday employee donation drive Programming host field trips, career shadowing, career exploration Event Sponsorship gala & peace summit Workforce Development Scholars Program, certifications Digital Equity laptops, software Fund-A-Need support a holistic wrap-around support program (page 3 & 4)

Find your corporate and employee purpose at Perspectives.

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