CitySquash: The Bronx
CitySquash
The Bronx
Founded 2002
Executive Director: Tim Wyant
Board Chair: Sanford. M. Schwartz
Six full time staff, Four part time staff
90 kids (school year), 15 (summer)
School: Middle School 45, P.S. 205
School Year Program: Squash Instruction and Competition, Academic Tutoring, Community Service, Mentoring, Health and Fitness, Cultural Enrichment, High School Placement, and College Prep
Summer Programs: Four Week Summer Camp at Fordham, East Coast Overnight Squash Camps at Princeton University, Bowdoin College, Williams College, Dartmouth College, and Loomis Chafee School; Outward Bound, Kent School Summer’s Writing Camp, Rye Country Day School Summer Academic Program, and the A.G. Oliver Program
Facility Partners: Fordham University, Concordia College, Hackley School
2007-2008 Operating Budget: $500,000
School Attendance Rate for Participants: 94.5%
Grade-to-Grade Matriculation Rate: 100%
Program Attendance: 94.6%
College Attendance Rate: Currently non-applicable, only Middle and High School Students
One data-driven success: 15 students from CitySquash’s first three classes earned acceptances on full scholarship to private high school, amounting to 1.7 million dollars of financial aid awards over the course of their high school careers.
“We do the work we do to give hard-working, talented young people life-changing opportunities. We are most proud of the students who consistently show effort, respect and a concern for others”.
- Tim Wyant, Executive Director
