by Matthew McDill | January 28, 2020 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Fall 2019 / Beth Herbert With my homeschool group’s graduation ceremony behind us and the NCHE Thrive! Conference beginning tomorrow, I have been reflecting on how important both of these organizations have been in my own homeschool journey. I am in awe of how abundantly God has blessed both groups, with the number of families homeschooling in North Carolina exploding since I began twenty-five years ago. I went to my first NCHE conference in 1994, a few months before we opened our homeschool. I am thankful that the...

by Matthew McDill | January 22, 2020 | Fall 2019, Uncategorized, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Fall 2019 / Jessica Frierson Nine years ago, I encountered an injury to my pelvis that left me barely able to walk or lie down, limited in all other movement, and in nearly constant pain. By January of 2018, I was in a wheelchair and doctors were discussing how to save my right leg. Following five MRI’s, multiple x-rays, venous ultrasounds, and even a nuclear study, surgery was scheduled for June to put my separated and twisted pelvis back together with screws, a metal plate, and more screws.   The recovery period involved  two weeks in a...

by Matthew McDill | January 7, 2020 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Fall 2019 / Diane Helfrich When I was working at the registration booth for the 2019 Thrive Conference, one of my duties was to let people know about regional meetings with their liaisons. I discovered that many people didn’t know that they had a local area resource, and they were thrilled to know about it. So—what are regional liaisons, and what can they do for you? NCHE has divided the state into nine regions. The board chooses an individual from each region whose job is to serve homeschoolers in the region’s counties. Liaisons...