Staff Spotlight: Aaron Somoroff, Academic Support Leader
February 26, 2017
Aaron Somoroff, who started at The Bridge Golf Foundation as a volunteer and is now our Academic Support Leader, will soon be pursuing a Ph.D. in physics.
Using a Triangle’s Area to Measure a Putter’s Accuracy
February 22, 2017
In our most recent STEM inquiry, our after school students calculated the area of a triangle as a measure of putting accuracy.
Researching Role Models for Black History Month
February 16, 2017
On Wednesday night, after weeks of preparation, our young men made their Black History Month presentations to their families and peers at The Bridge Golf Learning Center.
Staff Spotlight: Jordan Rogers, Program Leader
January 28, 2017
Program Leader Jordan Rogers is a Yale graduate from Tulsa with a passion for public service and social justice.
Student Spotlight: Chris Chatman
January 28, 2017
Meet Chris Chatman, a seventh-grader with dreams of becoming a lawyer and playing in the NBA.
After School Students Use Golf Stats to Analyze Putting
January 19, 2017
Who are the best putters in our after school program, and how does their putting compare to PGA Tour pros? We recently collaborated with Mark Broadie, a Columbia Business School professor, to answer these questions.
Bringing ‘Hidden Figures’ Math Down to Earth
January 10, 2017
In recent STEM lessons, we dug into some of the math concepts featured in the new movie "Hidden Figures."
Student Spotlight: Kyle Barthelmy
December 28, 2016
Every month we are interviewing one young man from our After School program. This month we meet Kyle Barthelmy, who loves science, architecture, fighter jets and football.
Video: What Is Philanthropy?
December 19, 2016
The young men from The Bridge Golf Foundation interviewed a variety of New Yorkers about what philanthropy means to them.
Studying Budgets and Babies, Middle Schoolers Gain New Perspective on Parenthood
December 16, 2016
Our 7th and 8th graders have been crunching numbers and planning budgets as part of their study of cycles of poverty.
After School Students Participate in Hour of Code
December 09, 2016
For this year's #HourOfCode, #STEM Program Co-Leader Veeshan Narinesingh and our young men used Scilab Software to do a statistical analysis and plot some of their collected data.
Just Like Galileo, but With Golf Balls
December 02, 2016
Our young men did their own version of a famous experiment by Galileo, who is said to have tested his theory of gravitational acceleration by dropping cannonballs from the Tower of Pisa.