doubles partner. thanks for being with us. i have to ask you about the biggest tennis news of the week. just your reaction to learning that serena williams is expecting. a lot of people are saying what about tennis. what is your reaction? i would say it s wonderful news for her and there have been other players, including chris evert and others that have kids and they come back and do well. so i think it s great. i think that is a nice way to sum that up. the washington tennis and education foundation has put many youngsters on the road to success in tennis and in life. tell us about some of your programs. so basically we use tennis as a hook to get kids through the door and then our focus is really on education. we have three main programs. our center for excellence program, kids from kindergarten to 12th grade where we re providing tennis and academic programs. and what we find very important to have that continuity for the kids. you introduce desire. he started at fo
have been watching since i ve been in amazement since i ve been here since about 1992 how many lives you folks have transformed young clooifs. not just the kids but the families, too. talk with the strurs off the bat about the mission statement for wtef. the washington tennis and education foundation is helping children through the combination of tennis and academics. tennis is the hook. lids love the sport, really get passionate about it. we re focused on the eld kangs. the kids are not in the courts unless they ve been in the classroom, done their homework, et cetera, a very personalized approach we take. every single child that comes through our center is tested we understand at the beginning of the year where they re at academically, with math reading, vocabulary and set a very individualized plan we have a math phd, dr. johnson, highlighted for black history month and our english phd as well who sed these plans and goes out for the kids throughout the years. you ve
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