EDG:E Ockley Green Elementary School

The EDG:E program is a K-12 community-based learning, civic education, and mentorship program housed at Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program. The core function of the EDG:E program is to increase student success by intentionally building community-focused leadership skills through the implementation of service-learning/civic engagement clubs at ten schools in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) system. Eight of these schools are elementary schools (four in outer Southeast, and four in North/Northeast) which feed into two Portland high schools - Marshall and Jefferson. EDG:E utilizes a “cascading” mentorship model, in which PSU student leaders mentor high school students, who in turn mentor elementary/middle school students.

Seed funding for this program is provided by federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools resources by the State of Oregon Addictions and Mental Health Division, Multnomah County Department of Human Services (with additional financial support from Portland State University [PSU]).