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Field of Dreams
May 29, 2008
Source: Community Partnership Update/May 2007
The grass is a little greener at Druid Hills High School (DHHS). Last fall, Emory approached the high school about using its athletic fields when the University needs more practice field space and space for camps on weekends, early evenings and during the summer—the opposite time of the year from when the high school needs the fields.
In exchange, Emory is stepping up to the plate this summer to improve and maintain the fields according to its recreational standards. High school students will benefit from the upgraded fields, which are in constant use during the school year by varsity and junior varsity football, soccer, baseball, softball and track teams and general physical education courses.
“Win-win is the best way to describe it,” said Everett Patrick, principal at DHHS. “My football coach is ecstatic about it!”
As part of the field improvements, Emory will provide funding to have field lighting installed this summer. The lights will have a controlled spill and glare directed downward on the fields and will be turned off by 10 p.m. The new lighting will allow additional recreational use of the fields by students.
Few people may realize that the school was founded in the Fishburne Building on Emory’s campus in 1919 as a school for the children of faculty members, before moving to its familiar location on Haygood Drive in 1928.
The ties between the University and DHHS that were forged nearly nine decades ago remain strong. Emory serves as a Partner in Education for DHHS, and the two entities are part of the Druid Hills Community Consortium with Fernbank Elementary School, Fernbank Science Center and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. The consortium shares people and resources that benefit students from pre-K up to adults.
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