National Junior Tennis & Learning Of Trenton Inc

TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS BY ENRICHING THE LIVES OF UNDER-RESOURCED YOUTH THROUGH INNOVATIVE TENNIS,EDUCATION, AND MENTORING PROGRAMS, DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENT ATHLETES FOR THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND CAREER PLACEMENT.

NJTL OF TRENTON'S AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS PROVIDE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES WITH TENNIS, ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT LESSONS THROUGH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE TENNIS TRAINING AND VIRTUAL AND IN SCHOOL ACADEMIC SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SESSIONS YEAR-ROUND.THOSE WHO MEET OUR COMBINED ATHLETIC, ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STANDARDS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS PAID DIRECTLY TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING. OVER $25,000 OF SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO SIXTEEN INDIVIDUALS IN 2021, AND FIVE OF OUR RECIPIENTS WERE DISTINGUISHED FROM A POOL OF NATIONAL ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS AND RECEIVED ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION OF THE USTA. OUR AWARD WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR HARD WORK BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURTS AND IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE USTA AND OUR LOCAL ENRICHMENT PARTNERS: THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL, RIDER UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND BLOOMBERG LP. EACH PROGRAM IS AGE APPROPRIATE AND DESIGNED TO OFFER WORKSHOPS WITH MENTORING EXPERIENCE THAT ULTIMATELY WILL PREPARE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR COLLEGE PREPARATION/ADMISSION AND CAREER PLACEMENT. IN 2021, OUR 12TH GRADE SENIORS HAD A 100% GRADUATION RATE, AS COMPARED TO A 68% RATE FOR NON-PARTICIPATING STUDENTS AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. OUR PROGRAM'S ULTIMATE SUCCESS IS CONTINUALLY DEMONSTRATED BY THE MANY RETURNING ALUMNI OF OUR PROGRAMS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED AND WORKED IN OUR PROGRAMS.

NJTL OF TRENTON'S ACADEMIC CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT (ACE) AND RECENTLY DEVELOPED MINECRAFT EDUCATION (ME) PROGRAMS PROVIDE AFTER SCHOOL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO STUDENTS 8-18 YEARS OF AGE IN THE UNDER-RESOURCED GREATER TRENTON COMMUNITY. ACE, IN ITS 11TH YEAR, WAS CREATED AND DEVELOPED BY OUR ORGANIZATION AND IS TODAY USED ANNUALLY BY OVER 50 OTHER NJTL CHAPTERS ACROSS THE US. THE CURRICULUM USED IS TIED TO NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS. THE PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO THREE STRATEGICALLY IMPACTFUL APPROPRIATE AGE GROUPINGS: PRE-K TO 2ND GRADE, 3RD TO 5TH GRADE AND 6TH TO 8TH GRADE. ALTHOUGH 2021 SAW A CONTINUED INTERRUPTION IN OUR ACE PROGRAMS AS COVID-19 CLOSED ALL IN SCHOOL OFFERINGS IN , WE WERE STILL ABLE TO OFFER OVER 500 HOURS OF ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING, ENGAGING, AND ULTIMATELY POSITIVELY IMPACTFUL PROGRAMMING. ACE'S ORIGINAL FOUNDERS ALONG WITH OUR STAFF SUBSEQUENTLY CREATED OUR NEWEST EDUCATIONAL OFFERING COMBINING ZOOM TECHNOLOGY WITH MINECRAFT EDUCATION. THE PROGRAM STILL FOCUSES ON OUR CORE EDUCATIONAL SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING BUT IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN BE TAUGHT BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN SCHOOL WHEN WE ARE ABLE. STUDENTS RECEIVED 1,904 HOURS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING THAT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY FOLLOWED MANY OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STEM BASED LEARNING ALL WHILE INTERACTING IN A FAMILIAR EXTREMELY POPULAR VIDEO GAME ENVIRONMENT. THE SUCCESS OF, AND DEMAND FOR MORE ME PROGRAM OFFERINGS HAS LED TO SCALING AND EXPANSION PLANS. WE RECENTLY COMPLETED TRAINING TWO ADDITIONAL TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH OUR PLANNED CURRICULUM. WE WILL BE INTRODUCING ME TO THEIR AND MORE SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER TRENTON COMMUNITY. WE WILL LOOK TO FURTHER EXPAND MINECRAFT AND RUN IT ALONG WITH OUR IN SCHOOL ACE PROGRAM WHEN IT IS SAFE AGAIN TO DO SO.

NJTL OF TRENTON'S OUTREACH PROGRAM (FREE TO ALL) INTRODUCES AND INSTRUCTS TENNIS BASICS TO CHILDREN AGES 8-18 IN THE UNDER-RESOURCED GREATER TRENTON COMMUNITY. PROGRAMS SUCH AS STEM CIVICS AND WESTWARD COMMUNITY CENTER INTRODUCE THE SPORT OF TENNIS TO ENCOURAGE AN ENJOYABLE LIFE LONG HEALTHY SHARED ACTIVITY. INSTRUCTIONAL AND CHALLENGING TENNIS CLINICS DURING THE SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL ARE OFFERED IN TWO TRENTON PARKS WHERE WE MAINTAIN AND SECURE OVER 8 FULL SIZED COURTS AND 16 SMALL SIZED COURTS. IN 2021, WE ADAPTED AND CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE STRICT GUIDELINES OF THE USTA AND THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO OFFER OVER 6,300 HOURS OF YEAR ROUND TENNIS CLINICS. WE WERE ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER CAMP IN 2021 SUMMER CAMP TO ALMOST 100 KIDS. ONCE AGAIN IN 2021 NJTL OF TRENTON PROVED BOTH CREATIVE AND PROACTIVE AS WE CAME TO ACCEPT THAT THE ONLY CONSTANT DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS CHANGE, AND CHANGE WE DID TO CONTINUALLY SERVE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A SAFE, ENJOYABLE, AND IMPACTFUL WAY.

VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS

NJTL OF TRENTON'S AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS PROVIDE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES WITH TENNIS, ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT LESSONS THROUGH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE TENNIS TRAINING AND VIRTUAL AND IN SCHOOL ACADEMIC SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SESSIONS YEAR-ROUND.THOSE WHO MEET OUR COMBINED ATHLETIC, ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STANDARDS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS PAID DIRECTLY TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING. OVER $25,000 OF SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO SIXTEEN INDIVIDUALS IN 2021, AND FIVE OF OUR RECIPIENTS WERE DISTINGUISHED FROM A POOL OF NATIONAL ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS AND RECEIVED ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION OF THE USTA. OUR AWARD WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR HARD WORK BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURTS AND IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE USTA AND OUR LOCAL ENRICHMENT PARTNERS: THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL, RIDER UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND BLOOMBERG LP. EACH PROGRAM IS AGE APPROPRIATE AND DESIGNED TO OFFER WORKSHOPS WITH MENTORING EXPERIENCE THAT ULTIMATELY WILL PREPARE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR COLLEGE PREPARATION/ADMISSION AND CAREER PLACEMENT. IN 2021, OUR 12TH GRADE SENIORS HAD A 100% GRADUATION RATE, AS COMPARED TO A 68% RATE FOR NON-PARTICIPATING STUDENTS AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. OUR PROGRAM'S ULTIMATE SUCCESS IS CONTINUALLY DEMONSTRATED BY THE MANY RETURNING ALUMNI OF OUR PROGRAMS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED AND WORKED IN OUR PROGRAMS.

NJTL OF TRENTON'S ACADEMIC CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT (ACE) AND RECENTLY DEVELOPED MINECRAFT EDUCATION (ME) PROGRAMS PROVIDE AFTER SCHOOL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO STUDENTS 8-18 YEARS OF AGE IN THE UNDER-RESOURCED GREATER TRENTON COMMUNITY. ACE, IN ITS 11TH YEAR, WAS CREATED AND DEVELOPED BY OUR ORGANIZATION AND IS TODAY USED ANNUALLY BY OVER 50 OTHER NJTL CHAPTERS ACROSS THE US. THE CURRICULUM USED IS TIED TO NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS. THE PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO THREE STRATEGICALLY IMPACTFUL APPROPRIATE AGE GROUPINGS: PRE-K TO 2ND GRADE, 3RD TO 5TH GRADE AND 6TH TO 8TH GRADE. ALTHOUGH 2021 SAW A CONTINUED INTERRUPTION IN OUR ACE PROGRAMS AS COVID-19 CLOSED ALL IN SCHOOL OFFERINGS IN , WE WERE STILL ABLE TO OFFER OVER 500 HOURS OF ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING, ENGAGING, AND ULTIMATELY POSITIVELY IMPACTFUL PROGRAMMING. ACE'S ORIGINAL FOUNDERS ALONG WITH OUR STAFF SUBSEQUENTLY CREATED OUR NEWEST EDUCATIONAL OFFERING COMBINING ZOOM TECHNOLOGY WITH MINECRAFT EDUCATION. THE PROGRAM STILL FOCUSES ON OUR CORE EDUCATIONAL SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING BUT IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN BE TAUGHT BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN SCHOOL WHEN WE ARE ABLE. STUDENTS RECEIVED 1,904 HOURS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING THAT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY FOLLOWED MANY OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STEM BASED LEARNING ALL WHILE INTERACTING IN A FAMILIAR EXTREMELY POPULAR VIDEO GAME ENVIRONMENT. THE SUCCESS OF, AND DEMAND FOR MORE ME PROGRAM OFFERINGS HAS LED TO SCALING AND EXPANSION PLANS. WE RECENTLY COMPLETED TRAINING TWO ADDITIONAL TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH OUR PLANNED CURRICULUM. WE WILL BE INTRODUCING ME TO THEIR AND MORE SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER TRENTON COMMUNITY. WE WILL LOOK TO FURTHER EXPAND MINECRAFT AND RUN IT ALONG WITH OUR IN SCHOOL ACE PROGRAM WHEN IT IS SAFE AGAIN TO DO SO.

NJTL OF TRENTON'S OUTREACH PROGRAM (FREE TO ALL) INTRODUCES AND INSTRUCTS TENNIS BASICS TO CHILDREN AGES 8-18 IN THE UNDER-RESOURCED GREATER TRENTON COMMUNITY. PROGRAMS SUCH AS STEM CIVICS AND WESTWARD COMMUNITY CENTER INTRODUCE THE SPORT OF TENNIS TO ENCOURAGE AN ENJOYABLE LIFE LONG HEALTHY SHARED ACTIVITY. INSTRUCTIONAL AND CHALLENGING TENNIS CLINICS DURING THE SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL ARE OFFERED IN TWO TRENTON PARKS WHERE WE MAINTAIN AND SECURE OVER 8 FULL SIZED COURTS AND 16 SMALL SIZED COURTS. IN 2021, WE ADAPTED AND CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE STRICT GUIDELINES OF THE USTA AND THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO OFFER OVER 6,300 HOURS OF YEAR ROUND TENNIS CLINICS. WE WERE ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER CAMP IN 2021 SUMMER CAMP TO ALMOST 100 KIDS. ONCE AGAIN IN 2021 NJTL OF TRENTON PROVED BOTH CREATIVE AND PROACTIVE AS WE CAME TO ACCEPT THAT THE ONLY CONSTANT DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS CHANGE, AND CHANGE WE DID TO CONTINUALLY SERVE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A SAFE, ENJOYABLE, AND IMPACTFUL WAY.

VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS