Food Education is a vital part of students' development.

🌟Today`s Fellow Friday spotlight is on: Mrs. Atkins!

🏫 “I am a Pre-K-8th grade Music Teacher. I have been teaching 32 years. I love to partner with various organization because my goal is to give students a well rounded education. I learned of Pilot Light from a colleague. I saw how excited the students and my colleague were about preparing the meals and the entire process. So partnering with Pilot Light was a no brainer because Music and Food are great compliments to each other.”

💚 A Favorite Food Memory or Recipe:
"My favorite food memory is when I was 6yrs and my mom and I shared a Big Mac. It was so special because we didn’t eat out a lot and our family would normally eat meals as a family at home. So it was special to share a meal with my mom alone."

🍴Recent Pilot Light lessons:
So far this school year, Mrs. Atkins has created several creative and inspiring Food Education-infused music lessons! Students have created their own dinner party playlists, made musical "trail mixes", visited a farmer`s market and connected their experiences to "Garden Song" by John Denver, wrote their own jingles about the farmer`s market, built their own toast by connecting each food element to an element of music (protein=harmony, whole grain=rhythm, etc.), learned about how food and music connect us culturally, and even wrote songs about soul food connected to the Table of Brotherhood and Martin Luther King, Jr.! We are incredibly impressed by Mrs. Atkins` work, and excited to have a music teacher be a part of our fellowship for the first time!

Keep up the great work, Mrs. Atkins! 👏

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