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Byline: John-John Williams IV
Jul. 28--A group of excited teenage boys marvel at their latest accomplishment - a miniature roller coaster that they designed. A floor below, braids fly through the air with each simultaneous stomp as 14 teenage girls perform a step routine under the watchful eye of instructor Maleeta Kitchen, a second-grade teacher at Running Brook Elementary School.
"Arms are still not together," Kitchen said to the girls, who were perfecting a routine where they spoof Making the Band, a hit MTV show. "We cannot have a delayed reaction." Down the hall, a trio of young thespians rehearses a scene from Raisin in the Sun, while a few steps away a group of 27 teens finishes a 90-second hip-hop routine with a flourish. The variety of sights, sounds and achievements - academic and artistic - are a taste of what's been…
Source: HighBeam Research, Building on children's talents: Two summer camps help kids achieve by...