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PBS NewsHour featured the Playworks program in Indianapolis, Indiana

PBS NewsHour recently freatured the students of at Fox Hill Elementary and Playworks Coach Tom O'Neill in action in Indianapolis, Indiana. You can watch the segment below or read the story and more on the PBS.org.
 

 

Photo via PBS NewsHour, by Mike Fritz.

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