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Channel News 4 news segment on Project ReCharge at O’Brien Middle School

By admin
On July 24, 2015
In Blog, Project ReCharge
Tagged middle school, obrien middle school, Project ReCharge

Channel News 4 traveled to O’brien Middle School, one of the schools participating in Project ReCharge, for a quick look at how this energy efficiency curriculum is changing the school atmosphere.

Click here to watch the video news segment from Channel News 4. 

2015-07-24
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