In 2015, we established our High School Varsity Fencing Team to expand access to competitive fencing and prepare scholar-athletes to participate in college NCAA fencing programs.

Since its inception, Fencing In The Schools has provided no-cost varsity fencing training to hundreds of high school scholar-athletes, many of whom continue their fencing careers after the program and throughout college.

Student-athletes on our High School Varsity Team are exposed to invaluable mentorship from coaches and teammates, the lessons in life and leadership embedded in the sport, and substantial academic resources like tutoring and college admissions counseling.

All students participating in this program attend public high schools in New York City and would not otherwise have access to the sport of fencing.

2016-2017 Varsity Team Season

From 2013-2016, we led the effort to increase fencing awareness and participation in the US by training PE teachers and providing equipment to schools across America. 

We TURN THE LIGHT ON by:

• Expanding access to the sport of fencing and its lessons in life and leadership to students attending underserved public schools through in-school (P.E.) and after-school programs.

• Sending Olympic athletes and coaches to share their Olympic journeys with children who have never before been exposed to professional athletics and the college and scholarship opportunities presented by competitive athletics.
  

• Providing equipment (masks, jackets and foils) to schools that could not otherwise afford to provide equipment to students.
  

• Training P.E. teachers how to teach a full unit on fencing and understand the fundamentals of the sport.