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Academy offers an extensive assortment of academic and tennis programs
ranging from after school tutoring to year-around tennis training.
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After School Program | ||||||||||
| This program is conducted Monday-Friday, 3:30-6:00 PM. Students are given tennis lessons and also participate in challenge matches, jogging, and other cardiovascular training activities. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the academy members are tutored and also participate in workshops. On occasion community role models are brought in to encourage students to explore the many career opportunities that exist in today's society. | |||||||||||
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Summer Tennis Camp | ||||||||||
| During the summer months we offer a program Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. A wide assortment of activities are offered. Tennis activities include: lessons, drills, rope jumping, challenge matches, etc. Educational activities include: math, science, Black history and spelling. Weekly field trips are scheduled to movies, roller skating, the Getty Center, professional tennis matches, and the Children Science Museum, just to name a few. | |||||||||||
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Youth Outreach Program | ||||||||||
| Three times a year the Academy offers free tennis lessons to inner-city youths within Los Angeles. Rackets, tennis balls, and certified teaching pros hit the courts in hopes of inspiring children to play the game of tennis | |||||||||||
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Mentoring Program | ||||||||||
| This program consists of adult volunteers that want to give back to the community. Each mentor makes a commitment to spend a minimum of one hour per week with students, helping them with homework, going on outings, and generally being a friend. | |||||||||||
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High School Outreach Program | ||||||||||
| This fall the Academy will start a program designed to help 100 minority players earn tennis scholarships (worth over $10 million) by the year 2010. The program will be conducted with twelve high schools in South Central Los Angeles. High school players in in the program will attend lessons three times a week at four sites. They will also receive tutoring and attend college application and SAT seminars. | |||||||||||
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Cultural Enrichment Program | ||||||||||
| Members of the after-school and summer programs are given the opportunity to attend and visit cultural sites within Los Angeles. Sites include the Watts Towers, the African-American Museum, and the La Brea Tarpits. This year we are taking a group to New York for the U.S. Open. A few places we plan visiting include the Statue of Liberty, the New York Stock Exchange, and Harlem. | |||||||||||
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