The Issue: High Dropout Rates in Portland Schools

For Portland Public Schools’ class of 2011, only 59% of students graduated within four years, compared to 67% across the state, according to data from Oregon Department of Education.

The Campaign: Funding Student Leaders for Science Camp

If this Grassroots campaign raises $500, matched by the Anna Wheeler Hayes Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation to become $1,000, then Friends of Outdoor School can sponsor two high-school students as student leaders in an eight-day environmental-training course. Each additional $500 raised will fund participation in the course for another student, along with transportation, lodging, and food. The students work with middle-school youth, teaching them about science and math through hands-on camp activities, while gaining leadership opportunities and testing their strengths. Friends of Outdoor School aims to raise a total of $5,000 to sponsor 10 high-school students as student leaders in the course.

_ All donations will be matched by the Anna Wheeler Hayes Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation.

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