The Charles R. Drew Charter School boys golf team made history in May when it became the first all-black high school team — and the first team from the Atlanta public school system — to win the Georgia state championship.
SOURCE: NBC News
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Villages of East Lake getting $82 million investment
Columbia Residential is leading an $82 million investment in the Villages of East Lake, one of the largest preservations of affordable housing in the city’s history.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle
DeKalb celebrates Drew Charter golf team’s ground-breaking season
During the [DeKalb County] commission meeting on Tuesday, the [Drew Golf] team and their coaches were presented with a resolution honoring their accomplishments.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
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.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
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.
SOURCE: Decaturish
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.
SOURCE: Face 2 Face Africa
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.
SOURCE: Golf Digest
First Tee of East Lake, First of Tee Atlanta aim to broaden impact through consolidation
The First Tee of Atlanta and The First Tee of East Lake have announced they will combine to become The First Tee of Metro Atlanta, effective July 1. The newly consolidated organization now expects to serve roughly 145,000 participants through its various programs, including the after-school DRIVE (Develops Rewarding, Inspiring Values for Everyone) and the National Schools Program.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle
Drew Charter School Boys Varsity Golf Team Makes APS History
The Drew Charter School Boys varsity Golf Team recently walked away with the Georgia Class A Championship. They are the first Atlanta Public school to do so. We learn more about the historic victory from Jeff Dunovant, coach of the Drew Golf Team, and two recent Drew graduates Solomon Dobbs and Christopher McCrary.
SOURCE: WABE
Local partners, donors pave way for Drew Charter School’s state golf title
A fourth-place finish at the state championships last year didn’t sit well with the boys’ golf team at Charles R. Drew Charter School. Fueled by last season’s shortcomings, the boys bounced back in impressive fashion this year, cruising to a Class A state title on May 21, becoming the first Atlanta Public Schools team to bring home a golf championship.This was a major accomplishment for Drew Charter School, rewriting the history books as the only all African-American team to win a golf title, but the feat was also the latest accolade for The First Tee of East Lake — a year-round golf instruction and mentoring program, managed through the East Lake Foundation.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle