Rise in Number of Girl Golfers in First Tee® of Metro Atlanta
Throughout the TOUR Championship, a team of student correspondents from Drew Charter School are providing their perspectives from the tournament. This piece is written by Amanda…
Michael Collins’ Journey to the Top
Throughout the TOUR Championship, a team of student correspondents from Drew Charter School are providing their perspectives from the tournament. This piece is written by Amian Smart-Browne, a…
Hale Irwin ‘Extremely Proud’ to Receive Payne Stewart Award
By Amanda Carter Editor’s Note: Amanda Carter, a senior at Drew Charter School, attended the annual Payne Stewart Award Ceremony on Aug. 20 and filed…
Growing our vibrant mixed-income community
A core pillar of the East Lake Foundation’s holistic model is mixed-income housing. The most visible representation of this commitment is The Villages of East…
An Interview with Justin Thomas
Throughout the TOUR Championship, a team of student correspondents from Drew Charter School are providing their perspectives from the tournament. This piece is written by Bryce Zelazoski,…
Drew Charter students cover stories at 2019 TOUR Championship
This week during the TOUR Championship, you will notice some new names keeping us updated on what’s happening on and off the course at East…
An East Lake neighbor – Drew Charter – makes a little golf history, too
Drew Charter is intimately connected to the site of next week’s Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club. It stands next door to the club as a physical testament to the rebirth of the neighborhood spawned by East Lake and the season-ending PGA Tour event.
Drew Charter School graduate interned for Bank of America Student Leaders over the summer
For the past seven years, the East Lake Foundation has hosted five Bank of America Student Leaders for a summer internship. One of this year’s interns, Rashan Schoffner, graduated from Charles R. Drew Charter School this past May and will be attending Howard University this fall to study film directing and producing.
Five Bank of America Student Leaders ® Complete Summer Internship at the East Lake Foundation
The East Lake Foundation has proudly hosted five Bank of America Student Leaders for the seventh consecutive year. The Student Leaders Program recognizes and rewards…
Meet the Atlanta school boys who are now the first all-black golf team to win a state championship
They came back stronger this year, and in May, the golf team became the first Atlanta public school to win a state championship in Georgia. Not only did the boys win, but the team also created history in a different way – the students, including coaching staff, became the first all-black golf team to do so.
A state title and a player off to Pebble Beach are the latest signs of golf’s impact on Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood
Urban blight is all too common in inner cities, ruefully, but there is a remedy, and one that has been often documented and continuously demonstrated in Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood. Golf.
