CARMEL -- The Carmel Elementary School is known as the home of the cats, but one day a week the school goes to the dogs. Well, one dog in particular, a Neapolitan Mastiff named Enzo.

Elementary school is such a pivotal time in a kid's life. It's where many first learn to read, write, wait their turn and ask lots of questions.

"I had fourth grade students that were struggling with their reading comprehension," explained Ashley Jackson, a Title 1 Interventionist at Carmel Elementary School. "And we started talking about how important therapy animals could be in the school and they asked, 'Why don't we have a therapy dog?'"

Mrs. Jackson encouraged the kids to write down their thoughts.

"They wrote to our administrators at the time and they were able to take an idea they had, write about

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