Edgewood City Schools Director of Social Emotional Learning John Cecere worked with Pet Partners of Greater Cincinnati to bring Edgewood High School a unique experience to interact with Karl a therapy dog from Pet Partners. Pet Partners of Greater Cincinnati is an all-volunteer group of over 200 volunteer Therapy Teams that provide Animal Assisted Activities (AAA) and Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) to clients throughout the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metro area. Therapy dogs will be at Edgewood High School on the first and fourth Mondays of the month. Passive permission slips are sent to classes ahead of time before students are permitted to meet Karl in the Calm Room.
On Monday, October 24th students had the opportunity to interact with Karl and his handler Alicia Johnson. Ms. Alicia Johnson, a community member, who has a 6th grader in EMS, and a 2nd grader at EPS volunteers with Pet Partners. Our students had an amazing time with Karl and are excited to welcome Karl and Alicia back in November.