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Throughout the years, MTEF has served over 23,000 Milwaukee children who otherwise would lack a safe, productive, and healthy after-school and summer environment. Our high quality literacy and tennis programming not only builds academic skills and improves fitness but also emphasizes First Serve Life Skills development, which instills the confidence needed to succeed in school and in life.
Summer TEAM Program
Delivered in close partnership with the Milwaukee Public School Department of Recreation & Community Services and the Milwaukee County Parks, MTEF delivers a citywide neighborhood-based program for all levels of reading and tennis.
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After School TEAM Program
TEAM (Tennis, Education, and Mentoring) is an intensive school-year tennis, education, and life skills development program. TEAM successfully addresses the critical needs of urban youth through a partnership with students, parents, schools, and youth-serving organizations.
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High Performance TEAM Program
The High Performance TEAM program is MTEF's most comprehensive year-round program, utilizing three progressive First Serve life skill levels - Game, Set and Match. This invitation-only program requires a three-year parent and student commitment. A national student-athlete competition rewards excellence in the classroom and on the tennis court.
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The MTEF Tennis Ball
This year’s event, will be held on
Saturday, September 22nd at
Milwaukee County Zoo’s Peck Pavilion.
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“You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.” ---Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead
Get to Know...
Tyler
Haanen
High
School Senior
High Performance Participant
Tyler
Haanen wants to be an engineer when he grows up, and if he has his way, tennis
and MTEF will help him attain his goal.
Currently a senior at Rufus King High School, Haanen just started
playing tennis three and a half years ago as something to do during the summer
months.
“Tyler’s
story is pretty amazing,” said MTEF executive director, Jay Massart. “He joins our program the summer before his
freshman year in high school having never played tennis before, because he
wants to make the King tennis team, and now just four years later he’s the
second best player in our program and he will play either first or second
singles on the varsity tennis team this spring.”