Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: His mother was Maria Hoes Van Buren , the granddaughter of a Dutch immigrant .157 Martin Van Buren went to school at the Kinderhook Academy in the village where he lived . At Kinderhook Academy , he excelled in English and Latin .
Simplified: Martin Van Buren then retired to his home in Kinderhook .