A program to help students after school is getting a boost from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. 
The YMCA’s Beyond the Bell is the recipient of a grant worth $683,700.
The program, which is currently offered at A.A. Wright Public School in Wallaceburg, St Ursula in Chatham, and McGibbon Public School in Sarnia, provides kids with help in reading and math, building social skills, and providing tools and support to bridge the achievement gap experienced by low-income children.
Thanks to the funding, the program will be expanded to Walpole Island Elementary School in 2018, and an as-yet unconfirmed school the following year.