Atlanta charter school starts leadership program with $1.1 million gift
Atlanta’s oldest charter school will launch a student leadership and service program, made possible by a $1.1 million donation.
East Lake Foundation receives $1.1 million donation for leadership program at Drew Charter
The East Lake Foundation has received a $1.1 million donation to launch a new leadership program at Drew Charter School. The program will be called…
From Firebombs to Parks: An East Lake Atlanta Woman’s Lifelong Fight
Riding the bus from a public housing development to the richest neighborhood in Atlanta changed Shannon Heath Longino’s life. Longino was just two weeks old when she moved with her grandmother to East Lake Meadows, a newly built public housing community at the easternmost edge of Atlanta.
Women Changing the Game: Jakari Harris
Biomedical Engineering PhD student and a former member of the First Tee of Metro Atlanta Jakari Harris joins Golf Central to discuss the role that golf has had in shaping her future.
Atlanta high school graduation rates increase for class of 2021
Atlanta Public Schools’ four-year graduation rate reached 83.1% for the class of 2021. That’s an increase from the year before, when it was 80.3%. Drew Charter School had the second highest graduation rate in Atlanta Public Schools (99%), close behind Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy.
Nonprofit recipients of tournament funds look to the future
Despite challenges stemming from the coronavirus pandemic including an absence of paying spectators, last year’s PGA TOUR Championship event at East Lake Golf Club raised a record-breaking $3.56 million for four local nonprofit organizations: East Lake Foundation; Grove Park Foundation; Purpose Built Schools Atlanta; and First Tee Metro Atlanta. Prospects are good for another record-breaking outcome for the same quartet of local beneficiaries when The TOUR Championship returns to East Lake Golf Cub Sept. 2-5.
First Tee duo stunned to learn of Tour Championship honor
Marcus Leonard and Tatum Thompson thought they had been invited to the Tour Championship’s media day to participate in a putting contest with eight-time PGA Tour winner and East Lake member Stewart Cink.
Small Bites teaches big lessons
When Julia Watkins asked kids where their food came from, she often heard the same response: “From the grocery store.” Hearing that answer and having…
High school senior accepted to more than 75 colleges
Drew Charter School Senior, Jordan McCrary, has been accepted to more than 75 colleges and universities and has received more than $1 million in scholarship…
Students create ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural at Drew Charter School
Students from drew charter school are painting a Black Lives Matter mural as a distinctive expression of activism. “They’re being art-a-vist art activist, they’re using art for activism,” said visual Arts teacher Dr.Lisa Whittington’s.
Drew Charter students place in state science fair
WSB’s People 2 People highlighted Drew Charter School’s State Science Fair success. Our partner, Delta Community Credit Union, presented them with new savings accounts as a reward for their success.
Tour Championship’s transformative role in the East Lake neighborhood
The East Lake Foundation was established in 1995 by philanthropists Tom and Ann Cousins to help transform the East Lake neighborhood and create new opportunities…
