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 Lake Golf Club. Meet our … Continue Reading →
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
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 high school juniors and graduating … Continue Reading →
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
The First Tee® of Metro Atlanta Teen Selected to Compete in PGA TOUR Champions PURE Insurance Championship
The First Tee® and PGA TOUR Champions announced today Drew Charter School rising senior Anthony Ford will represent The First Tee® of Metro Atlanta when he competes in the 2019 … Continue Reading →
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
The First Tee® of Atlanta and The First Tee® of East Lake combine to form The First Tee® of Metro Atlanta
The First Tee® of Atlanta and The First Tee® of East Lake have announced today that effective July 1, 2019 they will combine to become The First Tee® of Metro … Continue Reading →
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