OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE
StreetSquash is closed until further notice to help limit the spread of COVID-19. While our doors may be temporarily closed, please know that we have launched a comprehensive distance learning and support program for our participants. Our students’ well-being remains our top priority.
Click here to learn how we are adapting to COVID-19 from our executive director, and more about our comprehensive distance learning and support program for students.
Find helpful resources in our Harlem Family/Community Member Resource Guide and our Newark Family/Community Member Resource Guide. These guides include resources related to distance learning, food access, mental health, financial aid, and more. We are updating these resource guides weekly.
StreetSquash families – please fill out the StreetSquash Distance Learning Consent Form that our staff emailed to you. This consent form allows your students to participate in our distance learning platform, which includes tutoring, academic advising, squash drills, social hangouts, pro chats and workouts, CASAS virtual college tours, and more. Here is a link to the form:
Please contact us at info@streetsquash.org with any questions or concerns. Stay healthy, and we look forward to seeing all of you soon.
OUR MISSION
StreetSquash’s mission is to provide consistent, long-term, and reliable support to the children, families, and schools in Harlem and Newark. By exposing students to a broad range of experiences and by maintaining the highest standards, StreetSquash helps all participants realize their academic, athletic, and personal potential.
OUR GOALS
– To improve academic performance among all participants.
– To ensure all participants graduate from high school, enroll in and complete a post-secondary program, and gain meaningful employment.
– To help all participants develop healthy habits as it relates to physical and mental well-being.
– To support ongoing personal and professional development among all participants.
– To provide intensive squash training and ongoing competitive opportunities for all participants.
OUR IMPACT
100%
OF STREETSQUASH PARTICIPANTS
GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
37% higher than New York City and Newark Public Schools
97%
OF STREETSQUASH PARTICIPANTS
MATRICULATE TO COLLEGE OR ANOTHER POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM
49% higher than New York City and Newark Public Schools
68%
OF STREETSQUASH PARTICIPANTS
GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE OR ANOTHER POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM
More than 4x the national average for students in the same demographic
