Prairie Hills Neighborhood Association

Want to learn more about what your kids spend all their time doing on the internet? The Madison Police Department wants to help. Here is information from a recent MPD press release:

Next month, the Madison Police Department will host the second in a series of community meetings aimed at educating the public about the explosion of social networking.

Sgt. June Groehler will lead a discussion about Facebook, My Space, twitter, text messaging, cell phones, and the Internet.

The second gathering will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on May 15th in the Community Room of the Madison Police West District, 1710 McKenna Blvd.

Earlier this year, Sgt. Groehler hosted a similar public forum at the East District. It was well attended, and many indicated information shared was much appreciated, as many parents look to learn more about popular communication networks used by their children.

“This is an effort to build collaborative partnerships between our educators, parents, and the community about the benefits and problems with social networking,” said Sgt. Groehler. She pledged, prior to the initial seminar, to host more – if it appeared there was a need.

The May meeting will focus on public safety issues stemming from the rapid growth of electronic social interactions. Problem solving techniques – to proactively address these issues – will also be discussed.

From an email we received from Kim Neuschel:

We are planning on having our next planning meeting for the Hammersley Children’s Garden on Tuesday, May 5th at 5:30 PM at Falk Elementary. Please join us to discuss how the community and school can utilize this wonderful resource to connect kids to the natural world, teach them about nutrition and have some fun too!

• Are you interested in gardening with your students during the school year?
• or are you interested in gardening with neighborhood kids over the summer?
• or are you interested in just learning more about the garden?

Then come to the next Hammersley Children’s Garden Planning Meeting on Tues, 5/5th at 5:30 in the Falk school library.

Questions? Can’t come but have ideas? Contact Kim Neuschel, Public Health Nurse at 516-8317.

If you have friends, neighbors, associates who might be interested in getting involved, please feel free to invite them along as well!

Did you know?

MSCR/MMSD has partnered with the City of Madison to create the new MSCR Meadowood Center on the corner of Whitney Way and Raymond Rd. in the Meadowood Shopping Center (next to the library). This new center will be used to serve ALL ages in the community. There will be senior social clubs, a middle and high school drop-in program for after school, community meetings, parent/child workshops, dance and fitness classes, computer lab and many other programs to come. Since this is a pilot program, residents are encouraged to utilize the center now, so it can secure future funding.

> View a schedule of April programs and events at the center (pdf)

More information: Contact Cristine Reid, Center Director/Adult Arts Specialist at  (608) 467-8918 or creid@madison.k12.wi.us.  Also, you can find the center on the internet here.

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Please take this just released online survey from the West District Madison Police Department.

The purpose of this survey is to help the City of Madison and the Police Department better understand problems in your neighborhood. Please consider your “neighborhood” as any area within a 5-minute walk of your home.

> Click here to take the survey

The second annual Prairie Hills Neighborhood Association neighborhood garage sale will be held on Saturday, May 16th. Any current PHNA member can participate.

PHNA will provide advertising in local area newspapers as well as create a garage sale map indicating all participating PHNA garage sales.

If you are interested in participating, please contact the garage sale coordinator, Diana Peterson, at dianapeterson321@gmail.com