Episode 1: Introducing Roar Nation's Between the Stripes podcast

Between the Stripes: Fighting Hunger, Feeding Our Community ❤️🥫What does it mean to be hungry, and how does food insecurity affect families in our community? This week, the Roar Nation crew tackles an important topic: making sure our neighbors have enough to eat!Our student hosts explore what it feels like to be hungry, why some families struggle to afford groceries, and how our community comes together to help. They also explain what a food pantry is and how local organizations provide support to families in need.Plus, we're talking about the Canathon! Atkinson Elementary's four houses are competing to collect the most food and monetary donations to support the Coweta Community Food Pantry in Newnan, Georgia.Every can counts, every donation matters, and every act of kindness makes a difference!🐯 ABOUT BETWEEN THE STRIPESBetween the Stripes is a podcast produced by Roar Nation Student Media at Atkinson Elementary in Newnan, Georgia, part of the Coweta County School System. Our student crew explores the people, stories, ideas, and questions that make our school and community special.Teacher Sponsors: Jessica Allen • Daphne Dobbin • Brittany SwartzStudent Voices. School Stories.Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: 8GEBK5Z36HVSTKZ4

What do our school bus drivers find on their buses? How much does diesel fuel cost? And just how much do they love the kids they drive every day? 🚌👀In honor of Bus Driver Appreciation Week, our Between the Stripes crew is going behind the wheel to learn more about the people who get us to school safely!Student interviewers Cora and Anna Leigh hit our bus drivers with questions dreamed up by our student crew. Then hosts Tyler, Kennedy, and Justice react to the interviews and share their thoughts on what they discovered. From some seriously gross things left behind on buses (yes, we're talking about food!) to the surprising cost of keeping those big yellow buses running, this episode is full of fun facts, laughs, and appreciation for our amazing bus drivers.Join us as we celebrate the people who do so much more than drive a bus. They care for our kids, help keep our school community moving, and make a difference every single day. ❤️Happy Bus Driver Appreciation Week!🐯 ABOUT BETWEEN THE STRIPESBetween the Stripes is a podcast produced by Roar Nation Student Media at Atkinson Elementary in Newnan, Georgia, part of the Coweta County School System. Our student crew explores the people, stories, ideas, and questions that make our school and community special.Teacher Sponsors: Jessica Allen,media specialist; Daphne Dobbin, second grade teacher; and Brittany Swartz, fifth grade teacherStudent Voices. School Stories.

Welcome to the very first episode of Between the Stripes, a podcast created as part of Roar Nation Student Media at Atkinson Elementary in Newnan, Georgia!In this introductory episode, our student hosts sit down with Media Specialist Mrs. Jessica Allen to talk about what Between the Stripes is all about. Why create a podcast when our school already has announcements? What kinds of stories do kids want to hear? What happens when students get to be the reporters, interviewers, researchers, writers, and storytellers?Meet some of our inaugural Roar Nation crew members, Ella, Eli, Magnolia, and Paislee, as they help us kick off this new adventure and imagine what stories we can discover around our school and community.We're excited to take you behind the scenes, ask questions, meet interesting people, explore books and ideas, and tell the stories you might not hear anywhere else.This is just the beginning. Welcome to Between the Stripes! 🐯🎙️🐯 Between the Stripes is a podcast created for kids, by kids, as part of Roar Nation Student Media at Atkinson Elementary in Newnan, Georgia. Our student crew explores the people, stories, ideas, and questions that make our school and community special.Teacher Sponsors: Jessica Allen • Daphne Dobbin • Brittany SwartzStudent Voices. School Stories.🎶 Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: T4GJYFE00J732XFR