Gazette.Net: School's out, but books are in at North Brentwood Community Center

Summer vacation may be in full swing, but on Saturday morning, a group of elementary school students sat in the North Brentwood Community Center and did their homework. Whether reading a book, writing unfamiliar vocabulary down and making a diorama inside a shoebox illustrating a scene from the book, the 15 students remained on task.

The students were taking part in North Brentwood's summer reading program, a six-week course aimed at boosting reading, writing and vocabulary skills. And while there was some grumbling about having to squeeze the work between camp commitments and video-game playing, students admitted that the program got results.