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Model Lab students use tech to help rebuild playgrounds destroyed by Eastern KY flooding

Model Laboratory School students Emma Lingenfelter, Ayla Slijepcevic, Amelia Reljac competed in last week’s Student Technology Leadership Program at Rupp Arena
Model Laboratory School
Model Laboratory School students Emma Lingenfelter, Ayla Slijepcevic, Amelia Reljac competed in last week’s Student Technology Leadership Program at Rupp Arena

A group of third graders from Model Laboratory School in Richmond created an App to help a Perry County school rebuild its playground destroyed by the floods.

Sam Dick talked to teacher Angela Hardin and her students about how they raised the money, and what they learned from the experience.

Model Laboratory School students Ayla Slijepcevic, Amelia Reljac, Emma Lingenfelter with their teacher, Angela Hardin.
Model Laboratory School
Model Laboratory School students Ayla Slijepcevic, Amelia Reljac, Emma Lingenfelter with their teacher, Angela Hardin.

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Sam is a veteran broadcast journalist who is best known for his 34-year career as a News Anchor at WKYT-TV in Lexington. Sam retired from the CBS affiliate in 2021.
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