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The NYJTL Afterschool ACES Program includes tennis instruction, academic support, and year-round enrichment. Participants take part in tennis, other sports, fitness and wellness activities, nutrition education, arts programs, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), literacy activities, character education, and other multi-disciplinary activities. The program also offers tutoring, educational field trips, and access to city-wide tournaments.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Operates daily from 3:00–6:00 pm, with 500–700 contact hours per year through three-hour afterschool days during the school year and full-day programming during the summer
• Price: Every NYJTL participant receives 500–700 contact hours throughout the year at no cost to families.
The mission of New York Junior Tennis & Learning is to develop the character of young people through tennis and education for a lifetime of success on and off the court. NYJTL Afterschool ACES is one of the NYJTL program types and is part of a network that runs comprehensive afterschool programming in 33 locations throughout New York City. NYJTL is the largest nonprofit youth tennis and education program in the nation, serving 90,000 K–12 NYC youth with 3,000,000 participant hours of year-round programs in tennis, academics, healthy living, and character development.
For over 50 years, NYJTL has changed lives through tennis and education, and New York Junior Tennis League was founded in 1971. Arthur Ashe founded the National Junior Tennis League in 1969 with Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder, and New York Junior Tennis League was founded in 1971 by Arthur Ashe and Founder and Chairman Emeritus Lewis “Skip” Hartman with the help of Gene Scott, Bill Shelton, and Erich Werner. In 2013, the U.S. Tennis Association honored Lewis “Skip” Hartman with its National Junior Tennis and Learning Founders’ Service Award for 40 years of efforts to grow junior tennis programs in NYC and around the country.
These programs are funded by partners at the Department of Youth and Community Development and New York State Education Department. NYJTL serves youth from all five boroughs and celebrates the diversity of the children who participate in every program. NYJTL provides 500,000 hours of free community tennis in 100% of NYC council districts, reaches 75,000 kids through tennis training for PE instructors in all 5 boroughs, and mentors 10,000 children annually through 500 NYJTL staff. All NYJTL community and afterschool programs, including the Afterschool ACES Program, are offered at no cost to the participants.
Last updated April 17, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Operates daily from 3:00–6:00 pm, with 500–700 contact hours per year through three-hour afterschool days during the school year and full-day programming during the summer
• Price: Every NYJTL participant receives 500–700 contact hours throughout the year at no cost to families.
The mission of New York Junior Tennis & Learning is to develop the character of young people through tennis and education for a lifetime of success on and off the court. NYJTL Afterschool ACES is one of the NYJTL program types and is part of a network that runs comprehensive afterschool programming in 33 locations throughout New York City. NYJTL is the largest nonprofit youth tennis and education program in the nation, serving 90,000 K–12 NYC youth with 3,000,000 participant hours of year-round programs in tennis, academics, healthy living, and character development.
For over 50 years, NYJTL has changed lives through tennis and education, and New York Junior Tennis League was founded in 1971. Arthur Ashe founded the National Junior Tennis League in 1969 with Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder, and New York Junior Tennis League was founded in 1971 by Arthur Ashe and Founder and Chairman Emeritus Lewis “Skip” Hartman with the help of Gene Scott, Bill Shelton, and Erich Werner. In 2013, the U.S. Tennis Association honored Lewis “Skip” Hartman with its National Junior Tennis and Learning Founders’ Service Award for 40 years of efforts to grow junior tennis programs in NYC and around the country.
These programs are funded by partners at the Department of Youth and Community Development and New York State Education Department. NYJTL serves youth from all five boroughs and celebrates the diversity of the children who participate in every program. NYJTL provides 500,000 hours of free community tennis in 100% of NYC council districts, reaches 75,000 kids through tennis training for PE instructors in all 5 boroughs, and mentors 10,000 children annually through 500 NYJTL staff. All NYJTL community and afterschool programs, including the Afterschool ACES Program, are offered at no cost to the participants.
Last updated April 17, 2026.
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