Visit your neighborhood school

This is the simplest, yet most powerful action any of us can take--getting involved in our neighborhood schools.

One place to get started is the PPS Schools page, which has links to individual school pages as well as school-created pages, which usually will include PTA or other parent contact information.

Most schools are very happy to have you volunteer, just visit the school office and inquire.

There are a lot of great groups doing work in the schools, such as:

http://www.getsmartoregon.org/