Hanley International Academy

Hanley International Academy is a preK-8 charter school in Hamtramck, Michigan in Greater Detroit.

[1] The school operates under a contract with Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.

In 2006 Nikki Doby, the business manager of the charter school, said that the influx of the students resulted from the addition of one grade level and the opening of a new building.

[4] As of 2006 many of the students at the charter school were recent immigrants, and of them, many did not speak English.

The fandom of the Detroit Tigers became a unifying force for the immigrant students.