The Martin Luther King  essay contest  at Willow, Fullerton, Mound and Miles Park was an outstanding success.  Forty five students submitted essays, charts, etc… for the  contest. Students received gift cards and McDonald’s coupons  for their participation  in the essay contest.

The Society for Prevention of Violence  has moved to the educational Service Center  of Cuyahoga County in Valley View.  Special  thanks to  the CVESC staff and  superintendent, Robert Mengerink for a smooth transition  from the Ashland Center in Warrensville Heights, Ohio

SPV and John Wiley Publishing Company are partnering with a Chinese publisher to translate the SPV workbooks into Chinese edition.  More news to follow…

SPV has initiated a social skills leadership program at the following Cleveland Metropolitan
Schools for the 2012/13 school year: Buckeye Woodland, G.W.Carver, Miles Park, Mound, Louis Munoz Marin, A. J. Rickoff, Willow and Fullerton

SPV has incorporated deep learning projects into the school leadership/character education programs to advance the family neighborhood/ community concept that if a neighborhood works together, it can challenge and bring forth and put an end to poverty, racism, class exploitation and violence.