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BY JASON COHEN
COVID-19 did not prevent
students at one south Bronx
high school from getting into
college.
KIPP NYC College Prep
High School at 201 East 144th
St., will send 285 graduates to
colleges, including Cornell,
CUNY Schools, Howard University,
NYU, Princeton, Stanford,
SUNY Schools and the
University of Pennsylvania.
This is the high school’s
eighth graduating cohort of
students hailing from Harlem,
Washington Heights, Crown
Heights and the south Bronx.
74 percent of the students will
be first generation college
students.
Given the challenges of finalizing
college acceptance remotely
in the middle of a health
crisis, KIPP helped students
and families through virtual
college counseling and financial
aid support.
“This year’s list of college
matriculations is a true testament
to the incredible work
of all our KIPP students who
tackled adversity and climbed
the ladder of success, and the
devotion of our KIPP teachers
and college counselors,”
said KIPP NYC College Prep
High School principal Carlos
Capellan. “I speak for the entire
staff when I say nothing
makes us prouder than seeing
our students graduate and represent
the KIPP community as
they start their college journey
at top academic institutions
across the country.”
According to data released
by the school:
88 percent of students committed
to college as of May 20,
which will grow to an estimated
91 percent by June 1.
60 percent of students who
applied early decision or restrictive
early action were accepted.
5,400 total applications were
KIPP NYC College Prep High School, send 90 percent of its seniors to college.
Courtesy of KIPP
submitted by the class.
2,100 total acceptances were
received as of May 15, with
many decisions outstanding
due to revised college timelines,
an average of seven acceptances
per student.
Two-thirds of students will
have their full financial needs
met.
Final acceptance numbers
will be available in early June.
“At KIPP NYC, our goal
is for students to develop the
skills necessary to go to and
through college by providing
a comprehensive learning experience,
an enriching array
of extracurriculars, and helping
them navigate challenging
college preparatory courses,”
said Rebekah Bambling, director
of College Counseling
at KIPP NYC. “Although we
faced unprecedented challenges
navigating the shift to
remote learning and college
counseling this year, KIPP
has remained steadfast in our
commitment to provide our
students and families with the
highest quality education and
support they need to achieve
their long-term academic and
career goals.”
The KIPP Through College
& Career (KTCC) program
prepares students for the college
admissions process and
provides them with a college
counselor in their senior year
to navigate the application process.
Thes counselors ensure
students are applying to schools
that have a strong track record
of graduating first-generation
college students and provide
adequate financial aid
“KIPP teachers and college
counselors have supported my
academic goals, fostered personal
passions, and set me up
for college success,” said Kallyn
Batista, a KIPP NYC College
Prep High School senior
who will be attending the University
of Wisconsin-Madison
in the fall as a Posse Scholar.
“I look forward to beginning
my college journey and hope
to mentor and encourage other
students from similar backgrounds
like mine to pursue
their dreams.”
Bx pro tennis team to play
in West Virginia this summer
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The New York Empire of
World Team Tennis will have a
season this summer.
WTT announced on Tuesday
that its usually post-Wimbledon,
summer season will kickoff on
Sunday, July 12, playing all of
its 66 matches through Sunday,
August 2 at The Greenbrier
mountain resort in White Sulphur
Springs, West Virginia.
Unlike other professional
sports that plan to return to action
over the next few months,
this WTT season will allow fans
to attend — at a twenty percent
capacity in accordance with
state health guidelines.
That one fi fth allowance
of spectators is expected to be
about 500 people, the league anticipates.
“We’re relying on the state
to not open if it’s not safe,” WTT
CEO Carlos Silva told amNewYork
Metro last week about a criteria
to have a tennis season this
summer, adding that the league
has been in talks with White
House task forces on executing
these live matches properly.
The league, which is known
for its variety of play style ranging
from mixed doubles to single
matches all in one outing additionally
announced that “WTT
will engage with its teams and
league and venue personnel in
conducting all necessary testing
and screening for COVID-19,
as well as outfi tting all parties
with the personal protective
equipment necessary to conduct
its 2020 season matches.”
While currently navigating
ways to bring international
players who are currently out of
the United States to White Sulphur
Springs, Silva also noted
that roster spots for WTT have
been in high demand over the
past few weeks.
“Almost every player in the
world has called and said can
I jump in and get on a team in
World Team Tennis,” the CEO
said.
If WTT does a “last minute”
increase to its talent pool, those
athletes would join the ranks of
2017 US Open champion Sloane
Stephens playing for the league’s
newly incepted Chicago Smash
and the Empire’s doubles specialist
Neal Skupski, who took
home the title of male MVP last
summer, along with other top
calibur players.
Last season also featured
Venus Williams playing for the
Washington Kastles and John
Isner for New York, whom had
both told the Bronx Times that
WTT helps players adjust from
grass at Wimbledon to a hardcourt
surface for the US Open
last year.
As for this summer’s format,
the WTT schedule will hold a
minimum of three matches per
day on the 2,500 seat outdoor
court with a plan to install a
backup, indoor option as well,
the league announced.
The championship prize
money will also be bumped to a
record $5 million with an added
$1 million awarded in WTT
playoffs compensation.
That includes a $500,000 bonus
for the team to hoist the
King Trophy in early August.
The New York Empire, who
call the Bronx’s Cary Leeds
Center for Tennis & Learning
in Crotona Park home enter
this season after pulling off an
improbable fi nals run, consecutively
twice upsetting the top
ranked Philadelphia Freedoms
to clinch a playoff spot in the fi -
nal match of the regular season
— doing the same days in the
semi-fi nal round for the King
Trophy.
It was a run that Silva and
2019 Empire head coach Luke
Jensen still talk about to date.
Matches for the 2020 WTT
season will be broadcast on
CBS, CBS Sports Network, Tennis
Channel, ESPN+ and WTT.
com.
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South Bronx high school sends 90
percent of 2020 class to college
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