May 8, 2024
With a playful bounce and smile, Blind Brook High School junior Ella Mensch (right) teaches Dejahnae “Dee Dee” Ashman how to hold and swing a tennis racket on Wednesday, May 1. On early dismissal days at the school, Mensch volunteers by organizing activities with participants of The Arc Westchester, an agency providing support systems to individuals with developmental disabilities.
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Companionship on the court: BBHS junior uses tennis to bond with folks with disabilities
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Respectfully confined to just one of the four nets, seven girls played on the Harkness Park tennis courts adjacent to Blind Brook High School on May 1, a few minutes after school got out on early dismissal that Wednesday. Between the light exercises, water breaks and a variety of spur-of-the-moment games, they’d get preoccupied by conversation about hobbies, passions and general life.
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