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Our Great Green Growing Community Mural Project

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Our Great Green Growing Community Mural Project

By Susie Hobart
Lake View Elementary School

Calling all former Lake View students, families and neighbors. We need your help.

This is the brick entrance to Lake View School. It lacks aesthetic appeal and does not tell the story of the successes, the warmth or the welcome waiting inside. We want to change that and need your help.

Did you go to Lake View? Do your children attend school there? Do you live in the neighborhood? In order to welcome families, students, staff and community into our school and give voice to the connection of gardens, woods, wellness, art and environmental literacy, the Lake View PTA is working with Henry Hawkins, renowned local artist, to create a community-focused mural that tells our story.

Picture a four-panel mural installed on the bland, brick and brown side of the school facing Tennyson Lane. Picture the possibilities: children planting milkweed, monarchs dotting the garden, families harvesting tomatoes, cultural farming histories, dads cooking in a solar oven, faces of the neighborhood, laughing children running in the woods, bees pollinating apple blossoms, images of the land before it was a school.

The eco-artistic design will send a clear message about the diversity of our community and its commitment to academic excellence, the arts, health and wellness and the environment, while honoring our culture, history and future.

Hawkins has been meeting with Lake View students, families, and staff to determine the content of the mural and how participants will involve themselves with the outcome. Now we need your voice. You can watch a YouTube video entitled “Lake View Wants a Mural” to see how students have committed to this project. Visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHsocZmaVyo or www.power2give.org.

If you have ideas, stories or want to be involved, contact Susie Hobart at 239-7258 or shobart@madison.k12.wi.us or contact PTA President Joel Johnson at nannywbeard@gmail.com.

“The mural movement has been a unique experiment in the possibility of a democratic mass culture that is public, authentic and activist.” This quote from “Toward A People’s Art: the Contemporary Mural Movement,” published in 1977, is a testament to the importance of public art in supporting the values of Lake View’s Welcome to Our Great Green Growing Community and those of the entire Northside community.

For more information on our school garden and outdoor classroom, visit Lake View’s Path to the Outdoor Classroom (http://youtube/AQLDGPwFlno), the Lake View portal at Community Groundworks (www.troygardens.org/content/youth-garden-portal) or www.lakeviewgarden.blogspot.com.

Our Great Green Growing Community Mural Project

Northside News
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By Susie Hobart
Lake View Elementary School

Calling all former Lake View students, families and neighbors. We need your help.

This is the brick entrance to Lake View School. It lacks aesthetic appeal and does not tell the story of the successes, the warmth or the welcome waiting inside. We want to change that and need your help.

Did you go to Lake View? Do your children attend school there? Do you live in the neighborhood? In order to welcome families, students, staff and community into our school and give voice to the connection of gardens, woods, wellness, art and environmental literacy, the Lake View PTA is working with Henry Hawkins, renowned local artist, to create a community-focused mural that tells our story.

Picture a four-panel mural installed on the bland, brick and brown side of the school facing Tennyson Lane. Picture the possibilities: children planting milkweed, monarchs dotting the garden, families harvesting tomatoes, cultural farming histories, dads cooking in a solar oven, faces of the neighborhood, laughing children running in the woods, bees pollinating apple blossoms, images of the land before it was a school.

The eco-artistic design will send a clear message about the diversity of our community and its commitment to academic excellence, the arts, health and wellness and the environment, while honoring our culture, history and future.

Hawkins has been meeting with Lake View students, families, and staff to determine the content of the mural and how participants will involve themselves with the outcome. Now we need your voice. You can watch a YouTube video entitled “Lake View Wants a Mural” to see how students have committed to this project. Visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHsocZmaVyo or www.power2give.org.

If you have ideas, stories or want to be involved, contact Susie Hobart at 239-7258 or shobart@madison.k12.wi.us or contact PTA President Joel Johnson at nannywbeard@gmail.com.

“The mural movement has been a unique experiment in the possibility of a democratic mass culture that is public, authentic and activist.” This quote from “Toward A People’s Art: the Contemporary Mural Movement,” published in 1977, is a testament to the importance of public art in supporting the values of Lake View’s Welcome to Our Great Green Growing Community and those of the entire Northside community.

For more information on our school garden and outdoor classroom, visit Lake View’s Path to the Outdoor Classroom (http://youtube/AQLDGPwFlno), the Lake View portal at Community Groundworks (www.troygardens.org/content/youth-garden-portal) or www.lakeviewgarden.blogspot.com.

Community GroundWorks strengthens Madison School District’s wellness policies

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Community GroundWorks strengthens Madison School District’s wellness policies

By CGW staff

Today we expect schools to play a role in keeping children healthy. In between the reading, writing and arithmetic, we also want children to learn the importance of eating food that’s good for them and getting plenty of activity to support their health as they grow. Ideally, we teach this at home by encouraging fun physical pastimes and putting tasty, nutritious food on the table, but this essential wisdom needs reinforcement throughout our children’s daily lives. How do schools fit it in?

Enter the wellness policy. Wellness policies are required for schools that participate in the National Lunch Meal Program, which provides goals and guidelines for nutrition education, physical activity, and other programs that promote overall wellness. Specific health initiatives that are important to a particular school — like an annual fun run or a school garden — can be added to a school’s wellness policy. Adding these kinds of enjoyable things to a school’s wellness policy can mean those healthy lifestyle choices will light a path to vitality and happiness for our children 10 or even 20 years down the road.

The Wisconsin School Garden Initiative (WSGI) at Community GroundWorks has helped schools across Madison initiate and sustain gardens through the district wellness policy. The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) wellness policy reminds teachers, students and parents that “Educational activities regarding sustainable and environmentally friendly practices (e.g., school gardens, recycling, etc.) shall be included at various times throughout the curriculum when appropriate.” Hurray for MMSD for recognizing the important role of hands-on learning in a school garden as a part of the district’s curriculum. And hurray for the teachers, staff, parents and community members using these school gardens to teach lasting lessons.

You can read the MMSD wellness policy in its entirety at https://board.madison.k12.wi.us/wellness. Learn more about school gardens and find resources about school wellness policies on the WSGI website
(www.wischoolgardens.org).

Seasonal fare blossoms at market

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Seasonal fare blossoms at market

By Winnie Bade
Northside Farmers Market

Winter is here and so is the Northside Winter Market, every other Sunday through March from 10 am‒1 pm. The dates are Feb. 1, Feb. 15, March 1, March 15 and March 29.

Our farmers are still offering a variety of locally grown vegetables, including potatoes, carrots, kale, onions, leeks, winter squash, garlic, popcorn and beets. You can also shop for cheeses, locally raised grass-fed beef, chicken and lamb, seafood, apples and pears, honey and maple syrup, preserves, pickled green beans, flavored vinegars, ketchup, BBQ sauce and Bloody Mary mix, cheese bread, pastries and cookies (including gluten-free), kettle corn, beautiful soaps, yarn and garden art.

Bloody Marys are back. Don’t miss the Super Bowl Sunday warm-up on Feb. 1. We’ll be serving alcohol-free Bloody Marys made with ingredients directly from the market. Add Paninis, tacos and tamales, and you’ve got a head start on the day.

We were sad to lose our coffee partner, Just Coffee, after four years of unwavering support. Luckily, Colectivo Coffee has agreed to step in. We could not be more thrilled. The next time you are downtown, show your appreciation and stop by Colectivo Coffee on the square (25 S. Pinckney St.) to sample their craft coffees and teas, and maybe have lunch or a snack, too.

Find us at the Northside TownCenter, corner of Northport Drive and North Sherman Avenue, two doors down from True Value Hardware. Parking is free and so is the coffee. For more information, visit www.northsidefarmersmarket.org, or email Manager.NFM@gmail.com, or like us on Facebook.

Latino Family Resource Center offers senior computer classes

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Latino Family Resource Center offers senior computer classes

By Grisel Tapia
Vera Court Neighborhood Center

On the last Friday of each month, you can find Vera Court Neighborhood Center’s computer lab filled with older adults checking emails, using social media and navigating online resources. These older adults are participating in ongoing senior computer classes, the product of collaboration between the North/Eastside Senior Coalition and Vera Court Neighborhood Center’s Latino Family Resource Center. The classes provide two hours of lessons on topics such as the basic parts of a computer, keyboard, desktop icons and Internet navigation. The lessons help seniors stay connected with each other, with their families, and with services and information that enrich their lives. All lessons are led in Spanish.

Last month, students were able to open their own email accounts and send their first email. Providing these basic opportunities is vital to ensuring participants stay connected and are able to utilize technology. The resource center is excited to lead the senior computer classes knowing that, for 95 percent of the participants, the classes are their only opportunity to have computer access.

After each computer class, the neighborhood center provides a light lunch for the participants. This time also allows staff to share available resources and discuss future events with the seniors. These lunches, along with fieldtrips the classes take in the summer, are an opportunity for participants to share the different traditions in their cultures and to connect with staff and each other.

The resource center provides Latino families and adults access to basic resources and support in the areas of housing, health, education and employment. Participants in the program receive help with everything from translation of documents, to enrolling their children in school, to contacting landlords. Neighborhood center staff provides basic services on site and helps families connect with other resources for long-term, in-depth services. The resource center also fosters communication with area schools regarding the needs of Latino families in the North/Eastside area.

If you are interested in learning more about the senior computer classes or the Latino Family Resource Center, we invite you to connect with us. Questions can be directed to Grisel Tapia, Latino Family Resource Center Coordinator, at 246-8372 or email grisel@veracourt.org  or visit our website at www.veracourt.org.

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