Washington Tennis & Education Foundation

Programs

At WTEF, we believe in developing minds in the classroom and on the tennis court. All WTEF programs intentionally combine tennis instruction with academic enrichment. The skills our children master through tennis such as – discipline, self-confidence, goal-setting, self-reliance and teamwork – are the same skills we show them how to use in the classroom to help them succeed academically and lead a positive life path.

WTEF Programs:

The Arthur Ashe Children's Program (AACP) is our flagship after-school program, serving approximately 450 at-risk students in grades 2 through 9 at 18 DC schools (Houston ES, Kimball ES, ML King ES, Miner ES, Payne ES, Randle Highlands ES, River Terrace ES, Simon ES, MC Terrell ES, Tyler ES, Kenilworth ES, Friendship ES, Browne MS, Eliot MS, Ron Brown MS, Stuart-Hobson MS, Sousa MS, and Friendship Charter School) in DC’s most underserved neighborhoods (Wards 5, 6, 7, and 8). This is the 15th year for this free-of-charge academic, athletic, and life-skills program. The theme of this year's skit competition was "Honesty and Integrity."

WTEF’s Center for Excellence (CFE) offers after-school academics, tennis instruction and competition, college preparatory activities, and life-skills training for Washington, DC at-risk children and youth, grades 1-12. This is the 11th consecutive year in which all graduates attended college. Alumni Day is scheduled for every spring. The CFE meets at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Northwest DC.

The Arthur Ashe Reading Is Fundamental® Program (AARIF) is a free-of-charge literacy program that WTEF makes available to students from neighborhood schools in Wards 4 and 5 each week. The AARIF meets at WTEF’s facility in the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park.

WTEF's Community Outreach component, bringing tennis instruction to five DC Public Schools during their regularly scheduled P.E. periods. During the summer, WTEF partners with five area summer camps to offer a one-week session of tennis instruction to hundreds of children.