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400 Students Attend Sloane Stephens Foundation Winter Tennis Day

Media Release

Let's play tennis! Approximately 400 Compton Unified students attended The Sloane Stephens Foundation’s annual Winter Tennis Play Day recently at Dominguez High School. Students from Clinton, Emerson, Foster, Jefferson, Kelly, McNair, and Washington Elementary Schools enjoyed a morning of tennis games, organized play, live DJ music, prizes, lunch, and more.

The Sloane Stephens Foundation has partnered with Compton Unified for about eight years, bringing tennis to the school community. Its Recess Tennis program is taking place in CUSD elementary and middle schools. Twice a year the Foundation brings all the participants in the program together to a enjoy the fun that tennis brings.

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Physical fitness is a key component to a child’s development and is a basis for the work the Sloane Stephens Foundation does with the school district through tennis.

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“Being active every day is really important for our community,” said Sybil Smith, Executive Director, Sloane Stephens Foundation. “Getting the kids out here to play tennis not just brings physical activity, but also emotional wellness, composure, and strength that each student needs every day to perform in the classroom. We partner with our teachers to work on social-emotional learning, and bringing the mind and body together so the kids can have their very best day every day.”

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“Compton Unified has been a great partner with us just because the school district is so interested in the children and making sure the children have the best opportunities,” she said. “We all have the same goal – to bring health and wellness to the children.”

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Founded in 2013 by tennis star Sloane Stephens, The Sloane Stephens Foundation has a primary goal of enhancing the quality of life for youth, through exposure to tennis as a basis for life-long learning, and healthy lifestyle choices. It uses tennis and education to change the narrative of poverty, health inequity, and educational underdevelopment.

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