Big Boi will headline PGA Tour Championship kickoff event
Big Boi will headline this year’s Tee Up ATL kickoff for the PGA Tour Championship. Tickets, including a drink, are $15 and can be purchased at www.teeupatl.com. All proceeds from ticket sales and the mural auction will benefit the East Lake Foundation and Purpose Built Communities.
GOLF CHANNEL ANNOUNCES TEAMS FOR 2018 EAST LAKE CUP COLLEGIATE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP, MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29-31
Today, Golf Channel announced the field for the 2018 East Lake Cup collegiate match play championship at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Oct….
East Lake Foundation Welcomes Three New Members to its Board of Directors
On June 19th, the East Lake Foundation’s Board of Directors elected three new board members: Onome Okuma, Sara Prince and Mark Rahiya. These three leaders…
Nonprofit takes over Atlanta high school turnaround
In the latest push of a pioneering attempt to revive failing schools, Atlanta Public Schools turned over Carver High School to outsiders who restructured it and hired new teachers. APS handed over Carver operations this year to the nonprofit Purpose Built Schools Atlanta, a spin-off of the well-regarded Drew Charter School.
Five Atlanta Students Awarded the Opportunity to Build Skills for Workforce Success through Bank of America’s Student Leaders® Program
Bank of America selected five high school seniors and recent graduates from the Atlanta community as Student Leaders (#BofAStudentLeaders) this summer. This signature philanthropic program…
TOUR Championship Broadens Impact in Atlanta
The PGA TOUR and TOUR Championship announced today that it will expand its philanthropic impact in Atlanta. In addition to the East Lake Foundation that…
2019 PGA Tour Championship date at East Lake set
The PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta, moves to August in 2019. The golf season’s final tournament will be played Aug. 19-25, 2019, at the East Lake Golf Club’s manicured grass. The move is part of the tour’s revamped 46-tournament schedule for next season, announced Tuesday.
Atlanta Housing votes for East Lake refinance, renovations
Applause and some shouts of joy answered a unanimous vote of the board of Atlanta’s housing authority on Wednesday afternoon — it came from Villages of East Lake residents and supporters who’ve been lobbying for a deal to finance neighborhood renovations.
College Enrollment and Persistence 2017
The graph shows that 82% of this year’s graduates from Drew Charter School enrolled in college, which is the highest rate in APS.
How a failing Atlanta school cut its student turnover rate by nearly half
When Nicole Evans Jones became principal at Thomasville Heights Elementary School two years ago, she inherited a crisis. The Atlanta school, at times, has been the worst performing elementary school in all of Georgia – and one of its poorest.
TOUR Championship announces 2017 charitable donation of $2.5 million
The PGA TOUR and TOUR Championship announced today that $2.5 million was donated from the 2017 TOUR Championship, with a total of $26 million invested…
