{"id":2051,"date":"2018-03-13T19:51:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T19:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/wp_1\/?page_id=2051"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:07:26","slug":"dante-porter-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/?page_id=2051","title":{"rendered":"Dante Porter Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dante Porter was one of Georgia\u2019s foremost athletes in both basketball and baseball. He passed away suddenly his senior year as he was leading the county in scoring, rebounding and assists. His true legacy lies in the memories that friends and alumni have of his passion for life and his kindness to others on and off the court. His uncle, former Chamblee Basketball Coach and psychology teacher, Perry Abrams, and his wife Julia, solidified Dante\u2019s legacy by founding The Dante Porter Scholarship Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, students, faculty, alumni and the Chamblee community gather to raise money for The Dante Porter Scholarship, that is awarded to graduating, college-bound Chamblee seniors.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for the Dante Porter Scholarship, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdnMi3mlQ23_d3l_jP0X1ZU5ixVbSlO7epv9GP9J2X3k2JzTg\/viewform?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=104440974965464238388\">please click here<\/a>. \u00a0Applications for 2026 are due April 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To donate to the Dante Porter Scholarship, please click the &#8220;Donate&#8221; button below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><\/form>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">\n<h6><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"8EBZ7AQKXRJ7Y\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/h6>\n<h5><em>Dante Porter Scholarship Recipients:<\/em><\/h5>\n<h6>2019- Alice Bai and Max Stephens<\/h6>\n<h6>2020- India Hetherington and Taylor Jordan<\/h6>\n<h6>2021- Jordan Townsend<\/h6>\n<h6>2023- Rachel Runsick<\/h6>\n<h6>2024- Myles Thomas and Trinity Walls<\/h6>\n<h6>2025- Nayla Norman and Marco Pless, Jr.<\/h6>\n<div class=\"default-style\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dante Porter was one of Georgia\u2019s foremost athletes in both basketball and baseball. He passed away suddenly his senior year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2051","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37433,"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2051\/revisions\/37433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsblueandgoldfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}