This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education.

In the midst of New York’s 2024 winter, Staten Island Academy students scuffle through campus snow, making their way from the auditorium to their 8 a.m. classes. However, one member of the Academy sticks out from the masses. Instead of being wrapped in black puffer coats like his peers, he is adorned with a golden coat, fluffier and shorter than the students crowding him. His name: Tigger. His grade: canine. His study: student therapy.  Read more...