PHOTO GALLERY | Cambria Heights Elementary School unveils new solar array
CARROLLTOWN, Pa. – A group of Cambria Heights Elementary School fifth-graders flipped a ceremonial switch Thursday to bring the school’s new solar array online.
Construction on the roughly $6 million project started in the spring and wrapped up before the start of the 2026-27 school year.
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PHOTO GALLERY | Cambria Heights Elementary School | Solar Project Celebration
Cambria Heights School District Superintendent Kenneth Kerchenske (left) leads a tour of the solar panel array after the district’s solar project celebration at the elementary school in Carrolltown of Thursday, September 3, 2026.
Cambria Heights School Board President Kenneth Vescovi (center) offers a lesson on the conversion of solar energy to electricity during the district’s solar project celebration at the elementary school in Carrolltown of Thursday, September 3, 2026.
Cambria Heights High School senior Kaitlyn Fox, 17, dons a sun costume and distributes frozen treats to students after the district’s solar project celebration at the elementary school in Carrolltown of Thursday, September 3, 2026.
Cambria Heights School Board President Kenneth Vescovi (center) cuts a ribbon to commemorate the district’s solar project celebration at the elementary school in Carrolltown of Thursday, September 3, 2026.
Cambria Heights School District Superintendent Kenneth Kerchenske emcees the district’s solar project celebration at the elementary school in Carrolltown of Thursday, September 3, 2026.
Cambria Heights School District Superintendent Kenneth Kerchenske stands near the new solar panel array after the district’s solar project celebration at the elementary school in Carrolltown of Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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Joshua Byers is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. He can be reached at 814-532-5054. Follow him on Twitter @Journo_Josh.