PITTSFIELD, M.A. (NEWS10) —A lot of times in school students may have a hard time focusing due to certain challenges so the staff at Reid Middle School decided to partner with the Berkshire Humane Society as an alternative learning experience to help best accommodate their needs.

“In seventh grade, I was kind of getting anxious and stuff, so I wanted to kind of be more in a class, not a hallway and everything. So, I asked my mom, and she emailed here and I was able to come here and its way better,” said Ayana, an 8th grader at Reid Middle School.

Before this program started the school came here last year for a field trip, but quickly realized it can be something more.

"We thought maybe we could turn this into a lesson and we could have more community relations and have more adults to be

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