North State Parent magazine

A MAGAZINE SERVING FAMILIES IN BUTTE, GLENN, SHASTA, SISKIYOU & TEHAMA COUNTIES SINCE 1993

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Ways Dance Can Benefit Your Child - kids in jazz - north state parent

8 Ways Dance Can Benefit Your Child

Supporting your child’s commitment to dance can feel overwhelming at times. It’s easy to question our dance mom sanity while late-night chauffeuring to practice and dress rehearsals, or when the […]

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Family Meals for the Win

Put a New Spin on Your New Year’s Resolution Instead of a personal resolution, how about making a New Year’s resolution that is good for the whole family? Consider resolving […]

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Ice Skating in the North State and Beyond

3 Regional Ice-Skating Rinks Weekends in winter are a perfect time to get adventurous and create special memories with family and friends. Take your family to enjoy the experience of […]

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Teens Excel as Aspiring Classical Music Artists

It’s Cooler Than You Think We’ve all heard the too-familiar refrains. “When I was five years old, my parents made me take piano lessons.” “My dad wouldn’t let me play […]

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Gavin Spencer: Shasta High School Choir

Hitting High Standards and High Notes in the North State Eighteen years ago, Gavin Spencer left his home state of Oregon and became the director of the established and prestigious […]

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Gather at the Parades!

Recently I had planned to have a quiet evening at home, but then my son called, asking, “Aren’t you coming to the Monster Truck Parade?” What does a mom say […]

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5 Important Things to Consider Before You Get a Pet

When Erica Galligan’s children were young, her family tried adopting a dog. But allergy issues forced them to return their pet to the breeder. Over time they found other alternatives, […]

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Achieve Charter School: New Beginnings

Up from the Ashes In August 2019, just 10 months after the Camp Fire leveled Paradise, CA, 217 kindergarten-through-8th-grade students streamed onto Achieve Charter School’s newly-constructed campus in Chico, CA. […]

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Medically Fragile Children and the Flu Season

It’s Never “Just a Cold” for Us It’s December, and we are in the midst of cold and flu season. Technically, colds can appear any time during the year, but […]

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Shasta Community Maternity Center

A Warm Hug of Services The healthcare team at Shasta Community Maternity Center wants every woman to feel as though she’s wrapped in a warm hug of quality services each […]

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Playful & Light Holiday Treats

  As we make our way through one more month of holiday treats, I wanted to bring in a little fun food play for my kids that wasn’t solely focused […]

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Sharing the Festival of Lights

The holidays can be a time of reverence for many community members. Jennifer Adams of Blue Oak Charter School in Chico, CA, believes that Blue Oak’s annual “Festival of Lights” […]

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5 Acts of Service for Families

Embracing a Spirit of Giving The holidays are a magical time for kids. Between the parties, decorations, treats, and gifts galore, who can’t understand a child feeling excited about this […]

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Karla Stroman Enriches Lives through Literacy

Most people do not make lifelong friends during a job interview. But Karla Stroman’s inner strength and obvious dedication to children so resonated with Linda Dodd that “what was supposed […]

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Role of Grandparents In Modern Families

In our contemporary world filled with technology and fast-moving parts and pieces, it can be easy to assume that modern human beings are rewriting the rules. We perceive fundamental changes […]