First Serve Memphis is a partnership between the First Serve National Office, Tennis Memphis and the City of Memphis Division of Park Services. Tennis Memphis, a 501 c 3 not for profit organization, operates First Serve Memphis. Programming takes place after school and during the summer at the Ed Rice Community Center, Frayser Tennis Center, Whitehaven Community Center and Eldon Roark Tennis Center in the Frayser and Whitehaven neighborhoods.

First Serve Memphis first opened its Frayser site in December 2007. This was made possible through grants and contributions from the United States Tennis Association, The John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust, Allen Morgan and the Thomas Briggs Foundation. Secondly, our Whitehaven site opened in June of 2008 through grants from the United Parcel Service and the United States Tennis Association and the Ford Foundation as part of a Community Building Initiative pilot project.

Each student is given a protected email account. Gaggle.net is a safe web based Internet communication system for students where the teacher is always in control.

First Serve Memphis students have the opportunity to participate in several actitivities such as trips to the Regions Morgan Keegan and Cellular South Cup, college tennis team matches and other local events.

Students participate in a variety of activities each day. In general, each day’s activities are arranged as follows:

First Serve Memphis provides academic, life skills, and tennis programming that challenges and inspires underserved young people who are dedicated to succeed in life.

First Serve Memphis currently services approximately 50 students in grades 3 – 12.

Each center has a mobile laptop laboratory. These laptops have wireless access to the Internet. Each center assigns students an account with the web-based diagnostic assessment software. Study Island is a leading provider of web-based state assessment preparation programs and standards based learning programs.

All parents must complete an enrollment form for each child and submit to the Education Director. Each parent should submit the student’s previous report card with the enrollment form. Currently accepting enrollment applications.