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ADULT PROGRAMS HERE
STC is offering
holiday camp from December 26 -
28 and school vacation camps during
February 18-22 and April 21-25.
Camp runs from 9 - 4 p.m. and lunch
is provided. Early drop-off at 8
a.m. is available for a small fee.
We also accept vouchers from child
care choices of Boston. Click below
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Sportsmens and
the Girl Scouts
Starting October
2007, STC in conjunction with the
Girl Scouts is launching S.H.I.N.E.(Strong,
Healthy, Independent, Now and Everyday).
It is a free Friday evening program
for 6 to 10-year-olds, which combines
tennis instruction and nutrition
conversation. Equipment is provided
and every week there will be a different
topic of discussion. |
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Girls Night Out
The main goal
will be to have fun!! In addition,
Girls Friday Night Out participants
will be eligible for Sportsmen’s
“H.E.Y. Sister Program” on Friday
evenings, which is a combination
of personal development activities
and…yes…more tennis instruction. |
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Junior Program
Junior Program
is an after school and summer camp
youth development program that operates
six days a week year round for children
and teens age 5-18. In all aspects
of the Junior Program, young people
receive guidance not just on their
tennis stroke, but also on many
of the difficult issues and choices
confronting them. It contains strong
literacy, academic support, and
youth mentoring components. Using
the game of tennis as the vehicle
for teaching critical life skills,
Sportsmen’s Tennis Club has taught
two generations of low-income youth
from diverse backgrounds and cultures
the value of hard work and discipline,
appropriate goal-setting, cooperation,
racial respect, and winning and
losing gracefully. |
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The Academy
n addition
to the Junior Program, the Sportsmen’s
High Performance program has successfully
dispelled the myth that tennis is
an elitist sport; open only to a
privileged few. STC cultivates African
American and Latino tennis players
in a field that traditionally has
only had a select few. In fact,
Sportsmen’s has been almost single-handedly
responsible for the growing number
of African Americans competing on
the regional tennis circuit.
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Highlights
•
1,000 Boston inner city, low-income
Boston youth receive tennis instruction
after school and/or at summer
camp
• 1,500 Boston students
participate in tennis clinics
during May Tennis Festival Week
• 200-250 students
utilize the after school Homework
Center, twice (or more) weekly
• 40 middle and high
school girls are involved in the
HEY Sister program for the entire
academic year
• 600 youth are educated
about health issues such as diet,
nutrition, fitness, hygiene, etc.
and their links to responsibility
for self and community and actively
improving their health through
physical exercise. Summer jobs
are provided to 15-20 high school
and college age tennis instructors,
nearly all of whom are or have
been Sportsmen’s Junior participants
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