Learning is becoming a year-round activity in some of the local schools as the city's charter schools continue lessons throughout the year.
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Summertime is the season for kids' baseball games, fishing excursions with dad and movies with the whole family.
Unfortunately, for too many youngsters, it's also when lessons learned during the long hours at school fly straight from their thoughts.
Students enrolled at six Detroit-area charter schools will get a second chance to keep their grade point averages high.
Youngsters studying at the Detroit Enterprise Academy, Detroit Merit Charter Academy, Flagship Charter Academy, Detroit Premier Academy, Warrendale Charter Academy and Hamtramck Academy have signed up for summer enrichment classes offered by Building Educated Leaders for Life.
BELL, a Boston-based organization, was founded in 1992 by Harvard Law School students eager to raise children's academic performances and their self-esteem.
"We want to instill within them a sense of giving back, so when they do great things after college, they will turn back and give to their community," said Earl Martin Phalen, CEO of BELL.
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