Dear Parents/Guardians and Members,
The ACS Athens Tennis Academy team would like to welcome you to the upcoming Tennis Academy season!
The ACS Athens Tennis Academy originated in 2006 and since then it provides the opportunity to all the participants to learn and advance their tennis skills. Our tennis academy is open to students & staff members of ACS Athens as well as children and adults from the general public. Daily schedules are filled with group sessions as well as individual court times. Our training sessions take into account the skill level and needs of all individuals in order to allow for fun, learning, and improvement and at the same time instill the love of the sport.
As we prepare for the opening day September 16th, I would like to emphasize that our top priorities are health and safety for all tennis academy participants.
ACS Athens has established safety/health protocols that apply to all Tennis academy members, including parents.
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION RELAVANT INFORMATION:
To join the ACS Athens Tennis Academy a registration request must be submitted online. For ACS students the registration request can be found on the ACS webpage (Athletics/Sport Academies/Tennis Academy/Registration request); “NON”ACS members have to submit their register request through the Institute/IIC webpage.
The availability of the specific requests (training time and days) is checked within the master schedule; in case of non-availability, alternative dates and times will be provided for approval.
An individual’s request MUST be confirmed by the tennis academy; a registration request confirmation email will be sent shortly after, and the request will be processed. A second registration confirmation will be sent approximately one week before the beginning of the season to confirm the training spot and provide further information, including the final cost. At this time the registration is complete.
Main Registration Period: August 1st – September 10th but a registration is possible all year round as well; however, space availability may be limited, and sessions may be full. As long as you are not contacted by the tennis academy starting from the day your registration request was submitted until one week before the first season is about to begin, the tennis academy was able to accommodate you with your requested preferred day/s and time/s.
Once the schedule is determined and the member received the registration confirmation the cost of the activity MUST be paid via web-banking.
The registration in the tennis program remains active the entire Academic year and additional registration over the academic year is not necessary. (As required in recreational school activities)
IMPORTANT GENERAL INFORMATION:
Please read the registration confirmation carefully regarding “Starting Date”, training times and training days. Please do not send your child on any other day or time for tennis training than mentioned on the registration confirmation document.
Throughout the first 1-2 weeks the coaches will evaluate the training groups regarding group/level constellations and will suggest changes if necessary.
Each student needs to have an own tennis racket. Junior Kindergarten, Kindergarten 1,2grade tennis rackets will (if needed) be provided only for the first week! The tennis coaches will recommend a racket if your child doesn’t own one yet.
The Elementary school teachers are informed about the children having tennis training, their training days and times.
A recent medical certificate which will clear the child / adult of any medical conditions is needed at the onset of the program.(to be submitted on online the registration request).
ACS ATHENS Tennis Academy daily sessions takes place for children RAIN or SHINE! The ACS Athens Tennis Academy provides alternative tennis lessons on rainy days for the students; Indoor Mini-tennis, Video analyses, general and tennis specific condition/coordination training will be part of a more general training.
The immediate cancellation of further participation in tennis lessons concerning an active season is not possible. Members can cancel their participation only for upcoming seasons by submitting an online cancellation form two weeks prior the new season is about to start. If a participant wishes to cancel an upcoming season, a cancellation form must be submitted ( ACS Athens Web page - Athletics - Tennis AcademyCancellation) .Otherwise the new season will be fully charged.
Only in case of injury or longer illness (two weeks and longer) of a member participating in group lessons, concerning lessons will be kept as over hours and a doctor’s note must be provided to the Tennis Academy. Missed training lessons by members due to personal reasons are not considered and no over hours will be kept.
Cancelled adult training lessons (due to bad weather, private or group, will be kept as "Over hours" and can be re-scheduled during other available time slots in the week; in such cases, the tennis coaches will communicate to find a mutually agreed day and time.
“Over hours” are played in addition to the regular training schedule! All official school/ACS Athens tennis academy holidays and week-ends can be used as make up days. Further cancellation of the make- up days by the member, will lead to the loss of the lesson.
Private tennis training lessons can be cancelled until 5pm of the day prior to the actual lesson date; they cannot be cancelled more than four times during a season and additional cancelations will result in the loss of the lesson while being fully charged.
ACS students meeting points for the first session of tennis (3:45-4:45pm):
JK - KG: Students will be picked up by one of our coaches from their classrooms right after school ends and will be escorted to the tennis courts.
Grades 1-5: Students must come to the Tennis office and line up in front of the grade sign that they will see on the perimeter of the office walls. Then they will walk to the tennis courts by grade level by the coach (es).
Any student (Grades 5,6,7,8 and Academy) involved in the second session of tennis (4:45-5:45) must report to the Learning Commons (MS/Academy Library)or Athletic Office and use the time for homework or quiet reading. Students will be seated in grade level areas. At 4:40 they will be dismissed to go to the tennis courts
PICK UP areas: Parents must be at the parking lot waiting for their children; please be on time so that the coach(es) escorting the students out, can return to start the next lesson.
Payment procedures:
Once the schedule is determined, the cost of the activity MUST be paid for ACS students to the cashier’s office (during school hours) or via web-banking (ACS student account) or credit card and for NON-ACS via web-banking (NON-ACS tennis members account) or credit card. Payment details are mentioned on the registration confirmation which will be send to you after your request was processed and the training schedule established.
Three separate payment notices will be provided to the members; the cost is based on the number of participants in the group and the number of training days in each season.
Final cost for the High-Performance Athlete Program will be determined once the exact individual training plan is finalized – this is a “custom made” program.
Dates of closure are excluded from the individual season fees.
Payment must be done within the first week of each tennis session or a week after the starting date (for members registering in mid-season); if this does not happen, the Tennis Academy has the right to make the spot immediately available to any “waiting list” members and a further participation in tennis lessons is NOT possible. Returning members with outstanding fees will not be able to register.
Any changes in training schedule MUST be requested, discussed, and confirmed by Mr. Schoenefeld.
Seasons & Dates of closure
The ACS Tennis Academy program is a YEARLY program for the school, beginning in the middle of September and ending in the middle of June. There are three seasons which may allow for changes, although these are kept to a minimum; separate registration is not needed for each season.A fourth independent season will take place as a High Performance Tennis summer camp and as a special summer training program.
Seasons & Payment periods:
Season 1: 9/16/2024-12/16/2024
Season 2: 12/17/2024-3/16/2025
Season 3: 3/17/2025-6/22/2025
Season 4: 6/23/2025-7/31/2025
(Season four is an independent season and tailor made for our members taking in consideration the individual vacation plans)
(Season four offers a High Performance and Athlete Development Tennis Camp)
Days of Closure:
OXI day (October 28), Thanksgiving (November 28,29), Winter School break (December 23January 6), Clean Monday (March 3), Greek Independence Day (March 25), Spring School break (April 14-April 22),Greek Labor Day (May 1),Whit Monday (June 9),PTO Summer Festival( to be determined), Graduation Day (June 20), Summer holiday. (Concerning dates are excluded from the individual season fee/s).
Tennis Lessons do not take place from 3.45-5.45pm on following dates below:
High School/Middle School:
October 16th (Staff Development /Half Day)
November 13th (Staff Development/Half Day)
November 27th (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
December 11th (Staff Development/Half Day)
February 12th (Staff Development/Half Day)
April 4th (Staff Development/Half Day)
May 2nd (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
(Staff Development/Half Day)
22nd,23rd (Student Led Conferences)
Elementary School:
October 16th (Staff Development/Half Day)
November 1rd (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
November 13th (Staff Development/Half Day)
November 27th (Half Day)
December 11th (Staff Development/Half Day)
February 12th (Staff Development/Half Day)
February 19th (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
April 4 th
May
Only tennis lessons being scheduled in the time slots 3.45-4.45pm and 4.45-5.45pm do not take place on following dates (Tennis lessons take place as usual in all other time slots on these days).
(Concerning dates are excluded from the individual season fee/s).