Character education has long been a part of the educational scene, but interest in it is reemerging in light of apparent increases in disaffected students in school, school violence, voter apathy, declining test scores, and disinterest in community involvement. Character education integrated into the school community is a strategy to help re-engage our students, deal with conflict, keep students on task in the learning environment, and reinvest the community with active participation by citizens in political and civic life.