Tenacity Featured on WCVB

Hosted by WCVB Channel 5’s Karen Holmes Ward and Bob Halloran, with appearances by community leaders, this special highlights the critical work of Boston’s “Tenacity” to help students build a foundation for lifelong achievement through in-school, after-school, and summer programs. Click this link to view the video.

Nov 2019 Standings – Middle School Tennis League

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

A rumble in the lion’s den and a battle for Dorchester bragging rights are just two of the punctuation marks that have ignited this fall’s Middle School Tennis League (MSTL) season.

May 2019 Standings – Middle School Tennis League

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

Astute fans of the MSTL are not surprised to see the Curley atop the regular season standings this spring season. The Flying Lions were in the top 2 in pre-season power rankings and have as much talent and depth as any team in the League.

Poetry Master Class

On March 22nd, Tenacity student poets from all of our Middle School Academy sites had a special opportunity to participate in a Poetry Master Class led by Boston’s Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayiwola.

March 2018 Standings – Middle School Tennis League

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

Astute fans of the MSTL are not surprised to see the Curley atop the regular season standings this spring season. The Flying Lions were in the top 2 in pre-season power rankings and have as much talent and depth as any team in the League.

Inaugural Girls Got Game Tournament is a Hit

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

Huge shout out to the Girls Got Game Leadership Team. The first ever Girls Got Game tournament, the G3 Championships, was a huge success as girls from all Middle School Academy sites and from several partner high schools came together in a city-wide and Tenacity Pathway-wide competition.

2017 Ends with a Bang – 2018 Power Rankings Revealed

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

2017 ends with the Mario Umana Eagles hoisting the championship trophies, and 2018 will begin with the Eagles perched atop the MSTL power rankings. The Eagles won both the 2017 Rising Stars and Holiday Classic tournaments, in an unprecedented display of MSTL dominance.

Jesse Greenlee

By: Emmett Ryan, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent
One of the first members of the Tenacity team you notice when visiting the Washington Irving Middle School in Roslindale is the AmeriCorps community outreach fellow, 20 year old Jesse Greenlee, a small town boy from Pittsboro, North Carolina.

MSTL Fall Season Update

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

The MSTL’s fall season has been one of the most exciting and competitive in recent memory. All teams have competed hard and played well. Here is a rundown of how each team in the league has fared.

2017-2018 Tenacity Middle School Tennis League Preseason Power Rankings

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

The Tenacity Middle School Tennis League gets under way in mid-October, and this season promises to have all the drama, intrigue, and multi-faceted story lines that fans throughout the city have come to expect.

Serving Up Fun and Excitement at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

By: Drew Hendrickson, Director of Tennis, Fitness, and Summer Programs

On September 16th, 32 students and six staff members from Tenacity made a trip down to the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI to catch the Hall of Fame ITA Grass Court Invitational. Middle school students from all five of our partner middle schools attended, as did students from six partner high schools. Five AmeriCorps Fellows accompanied the trip, which included watching some of the best collegiate tennis players in the country.

Tristan Norbert

From fighting fires in the Rockies to site leader at the Irving Middle School and member of the 2017 Tenacity Marathon Team, Tristan Norbert has blazed a unique path.

Needham Bank Provides Valuable Support as a Proud Sponsor of the Tenacity Summer Tennis & Reading Program in Hyde Park

Needham Bank is providing $10,000 in sponsorship support to the Tenacity Summer Tennis & Reading Program’s (STRP) two Hyde Park locations. The award will help support the STRP’s mission to provide a safe, educational, active, and fun summer activity to youth ages 6-16 – all free of charge to the families who participate.

Tenacity awarded $100,000 Cummings Foundation Grant

Tenacity is thrilled to announce it is one of 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program.

DMC Poised for Future Success

By: Haley Hunt, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent

With another middle school tennis season in the books, many schools’ programs are still in session, but are winding down for the end of the school year.

Citrix Connects with STRP

By: Haley Hunt, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent

Citrix is an American multinational software and technology company that, for the past four years, has volunteered at Tenacity to aid in the preparation for our Summer Tennis and Reading Program (STRP). In anticipation of STRP, Tenacity has been ordering both academic and tennis-based supplies to prepare each of the 28 sites spread throughout Boston and Worcester for its campers.

Team Curley Takes the Crane Cup

By: Haley Hunt, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent

The eleventh annual Crane Cup championship was played last week at Harvard’s Murr Center, and all six Tenacity middle schools put on a dazzling performance for all to enjoy.

2017 Staniar Open Three-peat!

By: Haley Hunt, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent

The Staniar Open is Tenacity’s biggest tournament for 6th grade students. It is for Tenacity athletes what a Grand Slam tournament is for professional tennis players: the event that makes all of their training worthwhile.

Spotlight on Literature at the Jackson Mann

By: Haley Hunt, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent

Athletic contests are not the only events in which Tenacity students compete. Today, students at the Jackson Mann School were tasked with presenting their book club projects, which they have been working on for the past week.

Refining Techniques at the Tenacity Advanced Clinic

By: Haley Hunt, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent

Tenacity’s Advanced Clinic offers an opportunity for high school students who are part of the Tenacity College Prep program to continue playing tennis. It also serves Tenacity Middle School Academy students who want to pursue more intensive training outside of school.

Not Afraid to Fail

By: Haley Hunt, Tenacity Intern and Special Correspondent

Kayla Clarke-Calderon is a 7th grade student enrolled at the Lila J. Frederick Pilot Middle School. Since joining Tenacity, in her own words, she “has changed so much.”