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The Puppy Pit allows for ACHS students' pre-exam stress relief

By Linda Waggener

To help relieve students' stress the day before ACT exams, the ACHS Student ambassadors partnered with GRAS for a Puppy Pit in front of the high school. As students went back and forth to lunch, they were given time to pet, walk and romp with dogs, all at the shelter and in need of homes.

There were seven dogs in the ACHS Puppy Pit and students who were asked said, yes, the activity really does lower the stress of exam time.



The high-stress test, ACT started out as the abbreviation of American College Testing, a standardized test meant to demonstrate a student's readiness for college admissions. Now ACT is no longer an abbreviation, it has its own meaning.


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Shaylen and Mallory walk two of the shelter dogs



2018-03-19 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
Shaylen Hatcher and Mallory Powell took their charges for a walk during the Puppy Pit exercises at ACHS Monday, 19 March 2018, intended to help relieve students' stress the day before ACT exams. - LW

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Rachel and Haley with one of the shelter puppies



2018-03-19 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
Rachel Parrish, left, and Haley Ellison, played with one of the shelter dogs during the ACHS Puppy Pit stress-relief exercise. - LW

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Carrie and Elizabeth making a new friend at Puppy Pit



2018-03-19 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY .
Carrie Smith and Elizabeth Bair visited with this buddy at the Puppy Pit stress-reliever exercise at ACHS. - LW

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Alex and Fabiola agree puppy time lowers pre-test stress



2018-03-20 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
Alex Medrano and Fabiola Medina took time Monday, March 19, 2018, to play with one of the Puppy Pit shelter dogs on hand to help students with pre-ACT stress. - LW

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ACHS Puppy Pit good for pre-ACT-exam stress relief



2018-03-20 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
Jenna Rodgers and Jake Brockman were two of the ACHS students who visited with pups at the Puppy Pit pre-exam stress reliever event Monday 19 March 2018. As students went back and forth to lunch, they were given time to pet, walk and romp with dogs. All the puppies brought to school for the day from the shelter are in need of homes. - LW

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Lauren, Payton and Adam take time out for pup Zoe



2018-03-20 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
Lauren Grant, left, Payton Phillips and Adam Doss at right, are pictured with a Lab pup named Zoe at the stress-relieving activity before ACT exams. The ACHS Student Ambassadors partnered with GRAS for a Puppy Pit in front of the high school. - LW

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Youngest puppy from the shelter has three admirers



2018-03-20 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
There were a total of seven dogs in the ACHS Puppy Pit and the students who were asked said, yes, the opportunity to spend time with them really did lower the stress of exam time. The youngest puppy sits in the arms of Sydney Slaven, left, and both sat on the lap of Sydney Kimbler, center, who sat beside Anne Hopkins at right. - LW

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