Advantage Cle: Tennis & Education

AdvantageCLE (formerly known as Inner City Tennis Clinics, Inc.) is a National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) program that is funded in part by the United States Tennis Association Foundation (USTAF). The main goal is to provide tennis and learning programs to children in urban areas, prevent the summer learning slide, and enhance the students' educational experience year-round. AdvantageCLE provides a free eight-week summer program to children in the Cleveland area. More than 250 kids participate in the camp each summer, and represent over 70 schools in the city. Tennis is the backbone of our instruction, and kids play up to an hour each day. Educational programming is also provided in daily rotations, and kids participate in fitness, wellness, literacy, STEM, and poetry classes. They are surrounded by caring high school and college age students who act as role models and mentors. AdCLE also implemented an after-school program in a local Hough elementary school- Mary B. Martin. Kids in grades K-5 receive enrichment activities in literacy, wellness, STEM, poetry, and tennis instruction. We hope to empower students to reach their full potential on the court and in the classroom.