CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Fourth-graders at Clive Learning Academy are getting a new addition, and this one has four legs.
Des Moines television station KCCI reports (http://bit.ly/1So3HfQ ) that a goldendoodle named Bogey is the school district’s first therapy dog.
It took some convincing by the students before administrators signed off on the dog. But the kids did their research, sharing that therapy dogs have been shown to help students manage anxiety, improve test scores and lessen bad student behavior.
And just like generations of kids before them, the students of the Learning Academy finagled the dog by promising to take care of it.
They’re not only going to be in charge of feeding, walking and cleaning up after Bogey, they raised the $2,300 to pay for him.