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Washington Tennis & Education Foundation Youth Programs offers tennis instruction, academic support, homework assistance, tutoring, mentoring, STEM extracurricular activities, and life skills instruction. Participants take part in Academic & Life-Skills Skit Competitions, Life-Skills Skit Competition, Team Tennis competitions, and virtual tutoring.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
• Schedule: Runs within DCPS/DCPCS school calendars between September and June, with academic programming during the 2020–2021 school year occurring virtually two days a week and in person; academic curriculum is 4 hours per week and tennis is 4 hours per week
For 70 years, since 1955, the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation has connected DC children to tennis and education. Its mission is to build life champions by giving children and youth a safe environment they trust and where they can excel, and by empowering them to achieve their highest potential through continual academic, life skills, and tennis instruction during after-school and summer camp hours. Tennis instruction is provided by certified tennis coaches, and intensive academic support is provided by certified and retired teachers, with the academic component taught by DC Public and Public Charter School teachers and the tennis portion taught by WTEF certified coaches. WTEF partners with 14 DCPS and DC Public Charter Schools for the Arthur Ashe’s Children’s Program and provides academic, tennis, and life skills instruction to students after school within schools in Washington, DC’s under-resourced neighborhoods. The program includes high-quality tennis instruction blended with academic enrichment and wellness programming, intensive academic support with small group and individual instruction, extra-curricular STEM programs, and a hybrid model with virtual and in-person components for the 2020–2021 school year. In AACP, a healthy snack is provided as and if needed, and the curriculum includes individual and team competitions in academics and life skills, with Academic & Life-Skills Skit Competitions and Team Tennis competitions contributing to an overall champion determined in June. Student discussion groups write and perform 15–20 minute skits with each student getting a speaking part around community or school related themes, and coaches use Net Generation level-appropriate curriculum developed by the United States Tennis Association and its partners focusing on play, skill, and character development. WTEF is described as a leader in afterschool time academic support, blending tennis instruction with education, extra-curricular STEM programs, and life skill training, and exists to serve those who are excluded from accessing quality education, academic enrichment, and athletic development. Academic competitions for schools are arranged between October and January, the Life-Skills Skit Competition runs February through March, and Team Tennis competitions run April through June.
Last updated January 5, 2026.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
• Schedule: Runs within DCPS/DCPCS school calendars between September and June, with academic programming during the 2020–2021 school year occurring virtually two days a week and in person; academic curriculum is 4 hours per week and tennis is 4 hours per week
For 70 years, since 1955, the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation has connected DC children to tennis and education. Its mission is to build life champions by giving children and youth a safe environment they trust and where they can excel, and by empowering them to achieve their highest potential through continual academic, life skills, and tennis instruction during after-school and summer camp hours. Tennis instruction is provided by certified tennis coaches, and intensive academic support is provided by certified and retired teachers, with the academic component taught by DC Public and Public Charter School teachers and the tennis portion taught by WTEF certified coaches. WTEF partners with 14 DCPS and DC Public Charter Schools for the Arthur Ashe’s Children’s Program and provides academic, tennis, and life skills instruction to students after school within schools in Washington, DC’s under-resourced neighborhoods. The program includes high-quality tennis instruction blended with academic enrichment and wellness programming, intensive academic support with small group and individual instruction, extra-curricular STEM programs, and a hybrid model with virtual and in-person components for the 2020–2021 school year. In AACP, a healthy snack is provided as and if needed, and the curriculum includes individual and team competitions in academics and life skills, with Academic & Life-Skills Skit Competitions and Team Tennis competitions contributing to an overall champion determined in June. Student discussion groups write and perform 15–20 minute skits with each student getting a speaking part around community or school related themes, and coaches use Net Generation level-appropriate curriculum developed by the United States Tennis Association and its partners focusing on play, skill, and character development. WTEF is described as a leader in afterschool time academic support, blending tennis instruction with education, extra-curricular STEM programs, and life skill training, and exists to serve those who are excluded from accessing quality education, academic enrichment, and athletic development. Academic competitions for schools are arranged between October and January, the Life-Skills Skit Competition runs February through March, and Team Tennis competitions run April through June.
Last updated January 5, 2026.
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