Dairy Council

Raising Arizona Kids

real families | real stories | real life

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Posts Tagged ‘Visual arts’

Exploring arts and disabilities

Paige Harris (Beauty) and Austin Scheelar (The Beast) are students at Hi-Star Center for Children. Photo by Jeff Jones.

Peoria mother Traci Harris recalls the day her 14-year-old daughter Paige was cast in her school’s annual musical. For weeks Paige had locked herself in her room, practicing. “She was so excited when she got the part,” says Harris. Paige, who has high-functioning autism, landed the role of Maria in an upcoming production of “The [...]

Read the article

The restorative power of painting poppies

The months from November through February are always a long slog for our small staff. As if the challenges of publishing monthly magazine and daily online content are not enough, we add two huge projects to the mix: our annual Schools, etc. education guide and our annual Camp Fair AZ, held the end of each [...]

Read the article

Connect With Us

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • youtube
  • pinterest

RAK Giveaways

  • A summer birthday party at Kiwanis Wave Pool

    130605-kiwanis-bdayparty

    Make your next birthday party a real splash by holding it at Kiwanis Recreation Center’s indoor wave pool and water slide! What could be better than three-foot waves and a double-spiral water slide? We’re giving away a Splash Bash Birthday Party  valued at $175. It includes: 16 people, birthday child is free two-hour hosted public [...]

    Learn more
  • Tickets to “Despicable Me 2″ sneak preview

    130605-despicable-me-2

    This summer, those lovable yellow minions assemble and return to theaters when “Despicable Me 2″ opens July 3. We are sending five families (four tickets each) to a special, reserved-seating advance screening at 7pm on Thursday, June 27 at the AMC Deer Valley 30. The screening will be in Real D 3D. The film features [...]

    Learn more

Recent Issues

Action failed. Please refresh the page and retry.