North State Parent magazine

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

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Repurposed: Bottles Take on a New Life

Like so many great endeavors, Andrea Baker’s hobby of making art out of wine bottles began with a question. The question wasn’t even related to art. In Baker’s job as […]

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Then And Now: What School Nurses Do

The history of school nursing reflects changes as vast as those in any other medical profession. It began with a single focus: keeping children in school. Today, nurses are responsible […]

Creating & Preserving Memories – Women in the North State Learn the Art of Card Making and Scrapbooking while Having Fun!

For a lot of women, especially moms, it’s important to find some free time in daily life for socializing. Finding a hobby where they can develop creativity and socialize at […]

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Meet Your School Superintendent: Interviews with Siskiyou and Butte Counties’ Superintendents of Schools

Note: In our November issue we featured interviews with Shasta County Superintendent of Schools Tom Armelino and Tehama County Superintendent of Schools Larry Champion. To read those informative interviews, visit […]

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Create a Family Tradition!

What are your fondest memories from childhood?  No doubt many of them are of your family’s traditions: helping Grandma bake her homemade pumpkin pie, the first time you won Monopoly […]

Shasta County Superintendent of Schools Tom Armelino shares fun learning time with Kaylina of Alta Mesa State Preschool.

Meet Your School Superintendent: Interviews with Shasta and Tehama Counties’ Superintendents of Schools

Your county school superintendent plays an important and supportive role for each school district. As an elected position, a superintendent serves in a leadership role and is a facilitator for […]

FOCUS Film Festival: Cultivating Cooperation, Education, Inspiration

Most people view autism spectrum disorder as just that, a disorder. But if you ask Sharisa Joy Kochmeister, “Autism is a gift disguised as a dilemma.” Sharisa was thought to […]

Valley Oaks Village community members. Photo: Michele Miller, photo manipulation by Titus Willoughby Woods.

Families That Grow Cooperatively – Building A Better Community … One Neighborhood And School At A Time

Sharing … involvement … community building … these are just some of the concepts that come to mind when describing a cooperative enterprise. Cooperative living arrangements and cooperative schooling are […]

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