Squash Haven: New Haven
Squash Haven
New Haven
Founded 2006
Executive Director: Julie Greenwood
Board Chair: Herbert Winokur
Two full-time staff and three part-time staff
50 students served (school year)
40 students served (summer)
Schools: Edgewood Magnet School and John S. Martinez School
School Year Program: Squash Instruction and Competition, Academic Tutoring and Enrichment, Community Service, Mentoring, Health and Fitness, Cultural Enrichment
Summer Programs: Ulysses S. Grant Program at Yale, Breakthrough New Haven, NUSEA Summer Discovery Camp, Ultimate Squash Camp, Squash Haven Yearbook Club, Squash Haven Summer Camp, and Summer Practice
Facility Partners: Yale University
2008-2009 Operating Budget: $260,000
School Attendance Rate for Participants: 97%
Grade-to-Grade Matriculation Rate: 100%
Program Attendance: 95%
College Attendance Rate: N/A, currently only middle school students
One data-driven success: All four seventh grade Squash Haven team members who applied were accepted to Breakthrough New Haven. Breakthrough is a rigorous and selective academic program at the Hopkins School that prepares students for college preparatory high schools through weekly academic sessions and six week summer programs during their seventh and eighth grade years.
“Squash Haven is a family. We enable team members to be their best as athletes, students, and people in the context of a demanding, supportive, and hands-on learning environment. We delight in the process of seeing our team members grow and learn on a daily basis.”
-Julie Greenwood, Executive Director
