On March 22, 2022 the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning hosted administrators from over 50 schools in New York City Community School District 9 to discuss the opportunity to provide tennis instructional programming to their students. This joins a breadth of community outreach initiatives to bring resources and access to meet the diverse […]
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A Day in the Life at the Cary Leeds Center
Since opening its doors in 2015, the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning has become a hub to meet the diverse needs of the community and continues to bring resources to the poorest Congressional district in the nation. Working in collaboration with civic, cultural, recreational and educational partners, NYJTL has transformed the South Bronx, […]
Serve & Connect is Underway
On February 12, the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning kicked off Serve & Connect, a community engagement program designed to bring youth and uniformed police together in a fun, physical environment to promote informal mentoring, relationship building, and the delivery of a life skills curriculum. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, […]
NYJTL ACES Program Partners with Silberman School of Social Work
New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) is proud to announce a unique partnership with the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College to provide direct services to the students and families we serve. Social work trainees from the Silberman School are being placed in the ACES Afterschool Program (ACES) in NYC public schools […]
Pershing Square Foundation Donates $1.0 Million to New York Junior Tennis & Learning
New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) is proud to announce a donation of $1 million from the Pershing Square Foundation. This gift will support the NYJTL Scholar Athlete Program, which will offer high quality tennis and educational support to provide a pathway for under-resourced NYC children to attend and graduate from college. After 50 […]
ACES Programs Run Strong Despite Pressures from Pandemic
As students return to school in the new year, evolving circumstances regarding the COVID-19 pandemic’s Omicron variant has created challenges for school administrators and families alike. New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) is dedicated to supporting our schools and participants’ families as we navigate the ever changing nature of the public health crisis we are currently facing. Approximately 300,000 students missed class […]