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2025 Squash & Pickleball Tryouts

INTRODUCING

Register now for tryouts for our FREE after-school program

Access Youth Academy

Is hosting tryouts for our FREE after-school program for the 2025-26 school year.

We believe every child should have equal access to achieve their full potential!

Benefits of the program:

Promotes physical health & wellness.
Develops leadership, social skills, & responsibility.
Access to a network of academic advisors & college readiness support.

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"Memories I won't forget!"

"Thankful to be apart of the 2023-24 program. Memories I won't forget!" - Kim B.

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Virtual Information Sessions

Join us for our virtual information sessions where our team will share more details about the Access program and enrollment process. We are offering virtual information sessions on the following dates:

Monday, March 17th 9-10 AM

Thursday, March 20th 12-1 PM

Thursday, March 27th 6-7 PM

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Access News: Success Stories, Impact, DEI, & Development

San Diego academy using squash to help kids reach college

BY STEVE ATKINSON

JULY 29, 2021

It begins with an after-school program of academics and squash from 7th through the 12th grade. Students visit colleges, prep for the SAT and ACT, get help with college applications, and of course, play in squash tournaments ...

Blair Sadler is ‘flunking’ retirement as he helps students through squash

BY ELISABETH FRAUSTO

JULY 9, 2021

La Jollan Blair Sadler, a former president of Rady Children’s Hospital, is using retirement to continue his crusade to squash social inequities via Access Youth Academy ...

Academics and squash give charter students a new choice for college

BY M.G. PEREZ

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

“Why is it called squash? Because the ball is squashy,” said Deon Saffery, the Academy’s squash manager. She was recruited from the United Kingdom to come to San Diego and teach children as young as 10 how to play the centuries-old game ...