Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education
Neighborhood-Based Programs
Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education has programs based in elementary and middle schools and recreation centers in primarily high-poverty, low-income neighborhoods in the Philadelphia area. Through these programs, we reach children who are at highest risk of dropping out of school or becoming engaged in violent crime or other destructive behaviors. Many of our neighborhood-based programs are provided at no charge or at a reduced rate.
The following is a list of programs that are held throughout the Philadelphia region:
Please click here [link to map] to see a map of our neighborhood-based sites.
AfterSchool Tennis, Tutoring and Youth Leadership Initiative
AfterSchool Tennis, Tutoring and Youth Leadership Initiative is an intensive free out of school time program that includes both sports instruction and homework help. The program is offered at sixteen sites to young people 8-13 years of age. The program runs in seven-week sessions during the fall and spring, with each site offering two hours of tennis twice a week.
Tennis ‘N’ Tutoring provides:
- Homework help/tutoring
- Tennis instruction
- Life skills instruction
- Parent workshops
- College mentors
QuickStart
QuickStart Tennis is an exciting new format for learning tennis, designed to bring kids into the game by using specialized equipment, shorter court dimensions, and modified scoring, all tailored to a youngster’s age and size. The program is offered at sixteen sites to children age 5-10. The program runs in eight week sessions during the fall and spring, with each site offering two hours of tennis instruction on Saturdays.
Love 2 Serve
Love 2 Serve is a community partnership born of the recognition that more is needed in Philadelphia's most under served communities where school drop-out and violent crime rates have increased at alarming rates. Through Love 2 Serve, work with partners in the community to convert underused parks and playgrounds into vibrant community centers. Love 2 Serve focuses on communities surrounding three nearby recreation centers in North Philadelphia. Young people at the sites are provided, at no charge, year round tennis instruction, enrichment activities, homework help, healthy meals, and life skills training. Additionally, groups of 10-12 year olds are transported to the state-of-the-art Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center twice each week for additional tennis and enrichment activities in our computer learning center. Check out the work at our Love2Serve Penrose Playground.
This program is provided at no charge to participants. If you would like more information, please contact us online anytime or phone 215-487-3477 during business hours.
Camden AfterSchool
The Camden AfterSchool program is an intensive after school program that includes both sports instruction and homework help. The program is offered at five sites to young people 8-13 years of age and enrolls approximately 250 participants every year. The program runs for nine months throughout the school year, with each site offering one hour hours of tennis five times a week.
As with the Tennis ‘N’ Tutoring, Camden After School provides:
- Homework help/tutoring
- Tennis instruction
- Life skills instruction
- Parent workshops
- College mentors
The Camden program has emerged as a year-round initiative with our after school and summer NJTL programs that uses tennis as an instructional tool to teach the importance of healthy habits, the benefits of physical fitness, and good nutrition; and to teach life lessons in the relevance of citizenship, through character development. It also places an emphasis on good sportsmanship in an activity that requires participants to act as their own referees.
This program is provided at no charge to participants. If you would like more information, please contact us online anytime or phone 215-487-3477 during business hours.
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