A Year of Growth 2016–2017 Annual Report Board of Directors FROM OUR BOARD CHAIR & FOUNDER Stephen Seelbach, Chair Vista Equity Partners Dear SquashDrive Family and Friends, Andy Fremder, President East Bay College Fund Another year has flown by, and we are thrilled to share a snapshot Chris Sheldon, Treasurer of our accomplishments with you — our incredibly generous supporters Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and loyal fans! Robert Bingham Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC (Ret.) SquashDrive has expanded yet again to serve 72 students in 4th Maggie Bouscaren through 10th grades, including our first-ever student who was ClearRock Academic Squash accepted to boarding school at Eastside College Prep. Our diverse Leslie DeNino Crossroads Capital (Ret.) group of students worked hard in the classroom and on the squash support instruction James Ford court this past year. Vista Equity Partners Our team of devoted tutors focused on helping students make Will Fratt AN INTEGRATED Auberge Capital Management academic gains, and their average grades increased in all core subjects. PROGRAM Richard Hashim Students once again experienced STEM enrichment camps and a Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. guest speaker series led by volunteer professionals from STEM fields. Kevin Jernigan Highlights included trips to Google and the Oakland Aviation Museum. Amazon RDS We continued to enhance our College Prep Program, which Peter Lynch Urban Green Investments supplements regular academic sessions for our 9th and 10th graders, Lancelot Minor by touring eight colleges throughout the year and helping them VTS envision a path to college. For many of our students, college wasn’t Matt Price even a possibility until they joined SquashDrive, and now these same Activation Energy students are embracing the idea that this could be their future. Character Missy Wyant-Smit building Compass In 2016, we inaugurated our elite squash team, and over the past year these dedicated student-athletes participated in 15 tournaments Young Professionals Board across the country. Our first student broke into the top 100 in the US Squash rankings. Shishir Dash Anthony Fernando On the fundraising side, the SquashDrive Slam was a rousing success, Dominic Gaffney as we surpassed our goal and raised $340,000. In addition, we raised OUR MISSION Francesca Gilberti Burke $75,000 at the NetSuite Open and look forward to growing our events William Hunnewell and spreading awareness throughout the Bay Area. Jenny Imrich Alex Kurth We are so appreciative of all your support, and as usual we invite you To promote academic, Courtney McLaughlin to experience SquashDrive first-hand as a tutor, squash instructor, Katherine Nimmo mentor, or special event sponsor. We look forward to seeing you soon! Jesse Pacheco Devin Richards athletic, and personal Courtney Sabo Sincerely, Ben Warfield Andrew Widdison growth in underserved David Woo Stephen Seelbach Lauren Patrizio Xaba Oakland youth Board Chair Founder & Executive Director SquashDrive 2016-2017 Annual Report 01 Student Demographics PRIVATE INDEPENDENT Students of all genders and backgrounds are accepted and given the same opportunities. hours a week 14% GIRL ( )-TO-BOY ( ) RATIO DISTRICT 14% 10 CHARTER 54% 18% 4th grade PRIVATE CATHOLIC weeks a year 5th grade 33 6th Partner High Schools grade Over the past three years, SquashDrive students have accessed 12 high-performing high schools around the Bay Area. summer and camp hours 7th Charter District 65 grade • American Indian Public High School, • Berkeley High School, Berkeley Oakland • Emery Secondary School, Emeryville • Aspire Richmond California College • Oakland Technical High School, Oakland Preparatory Academy, Richmond 8th • Envision Academy of Arts & Technology, Private Independent* grade Oakland • Eastside College Prep, East Palo Alto • Realm Charter School, Berkeley • Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco Private Catholic* • Maybeck High School, Berkeley 9-10th • Salesian College Preparatory, • The Marin School, San Rafael grade Richmond *Students earned 8 scholarships worth over $700,000 DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS Year-to-Year Growth % % % 54 43 3 SquashDrive’s program enrollment has been Hispanic Asian African steadily increasing each year. 84 American 72 60 FAMILY INCOME LEVELS 49 36 of students come from 24 % low, very low, or extremely 12 total hours spent with each student every year, 80 low income households.* th th *As defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 2010-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 from 4 through 12 grade (projected) 395 02 SquashDrive 2016-2017 Annual Report SquashDrive 2016-2017 Annual Report 03 Salihah's Success Salihah has always been a natural at squash, but she struggled in school. This year, through targeted support from SquashDrive in reading and math as well as a lot of focused effort on her part, Salihah raised her GPA 1.64 points or two letter grades — from a 1.67 (D average) to a 3.31 (B average). ACADEMICS Making the grades Students receive a balance of tutoring and Fig. 1. Grade Improvements academic enrichment. SquashDrive partners with UC Berkeley and members of the Bay from Fall 2015 to Spring 2017 Area business and volunteer communities Moises (second from right) enjoyed an Environmental Science summer to deliver 115 hours of homework help 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 camp at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, one of many summer placement (in addition to the academic enrichment, squash and character programming they opportunities for SquashDrivers. receive) each year. Math During summer camps and school breaks, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PARTNERS SquashDrive provides an additional 60 hours of academic enrichment focused on high Science A Better Chance Taft School school prep, college prep, literacy, and STEM programming. San Francisco, CA Watertown, CT The results speak for themselves. Students’ AIM High The Hotchkiss School English averages have been steadily climbing since San Francisco, CA & Humanities Lakeville, CT Fall of 2015. Choate Rosemary Hall UC Berkeley Summer Writers Camps Students have seen gains in all classes over Waillingford, CT Berkeley, CA a two-year period, especially in English Fall 2015 Spring 2017 Squash & Beyond Data Science Camp & Humanities where the average moved Williams College, MA from a C to a B-. (See Fig. 1.) 04 SquashDrive 2016-2017 Annual Report SquashDrive 2016-2017 Annual Report 05 101 tournament entries this year — a new record! 2016–2017 TOURNAMENTS KATIE, 9th GRADE Sidzel, Executive Director Lauren, and Piera September 2016 represent SquashDrive at the Howe Cup Women's • NetSuite San Francisco Gold Team Tournament at Chelsea Piers (CT). November 2016 • The Olympic Club Junior Bronze • 2016 Women’s Team Squash Championships December 2016 SQUASH • University Club Junior Silver • Cate School Junior Bronze January 2017 • Urban Team Nationals • West Coast Regional Junior Hitting new highs Championships • HISA International Junior Open February 2017 • Bay Club Santa Clara Junior on the courts Championships • Bay Club Cupertino Silver Squash is a lifelong sport that teaches Championship discipline, focus, and teamwork. This carries • Cal Women’s Squash vs. SquashDrive over to the classroom where SquashDrive Team Match students set academic goals and work to continuously improve their grades. Students March 2017 Members of the Elite Team enjoy downtime make significant gains when they are given • University Club SF Junior Bronze the opportunity to compete. This year, at Fisherman's Wharf during an intensive Stanford • San Francisco Junior Silver II SquashDrive offered more tournaments and Squash Camp put on by NUSEA. • SquashDrive vs. Fremont Team Match week-long squash camp opportunities than April 2017 ever before and saw its first student break The Elite Team • Volunteers vs. SquashDrive into the top 100 nationally. % Team Match 37.5 While all students receive over 100 hours Thanks to the generosity of some of the Hispanic adolescents in May 2017 nation’s top squash pros, eight students % of squash and fitness training each year, Alameda County* • SquashDrive Year-End Tournament received private coaching and elite group 83.3 vs. 2016-17 marked the launch of SquashDrive’s lessons to supplement their SquashDrive of SquashDrive students Elite Team which provides additional June 2017 % • The San Francisco Junior Gold training. Special thank you's go out to are active for at least one 49.4 individualized instruction and match play to Busani Xaba, Zafi Levy, and Mark Talbott for hour, four or more days Black adolescents in its top-performing scholar athletes as they July 2017 sharing their coaching talents. a week Alameda County* ready themselves for college. • Bay Club Santa Clara Silver Championships • California Junior Bronze *Alameda County Health Data Profile 06 SquashDrive 2016-2017 Annual Report SquashDrive 2016-2017 Annual Report 07 2. The high school camping trip to Yosemite and Kibbie Ridge was a highlight this summer. 99,700 miles flown by SquashDrivers to reach SacrSacramentamento o enrichment opportunities in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and TTomalesomales Bay Bay Massachusetts 1. Paul helps restore the ecosystem of the Richmond Greenway during 2 a service outing. 1 YoYosemitsemitee San Francisco California CHARACTER Oh, the places we go Map Key Students build character through a They also participated in outdoor hikes range of service projects, cultural and and overnight trips where they learned Team Travel mentor outings, travel opportunities, basic survival skills,