Graduation Archives - North Carolinians for Home Education

2022 NCHE Scholarship Winners

by Jessica Frierson | Jun 8, 2022 | NCHE Blog, High School, Graduation, College, Finances, Uncategorized

by Evelyn Bickley, June 2022 2022 NCHE Scholarship Winners! Since 1998, NCHE has awarded scholarships to deserving North Carolina homeschooled high school seniors. In that time, we have been blessed with support and donations from homeschool families and organizations...

Graduation

by Jessica Frierson | Apr 6, 2022 | Thrive! Conference, NCHE Blog, Teens, High School, Graduation

by Jessica Frierson, April 2022 Graduation season is approaching. As homeschoolers, we can begin and end our school year whenever it works best for our family, but many families choose to keep with the traditional school schedule. Whatever time of year, the...

Reasons to Homeschool: Academic Success

by Diane Helfrich | Aug 2, 2021 | High School, Graduation, Testing, College, Diversity, Reasons to Homeschool, Culture, Considering Homeschooling, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, War on Homeschooling

by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats In a nutshell, this describes for me the difference between homeschooling and public education. We discover and feed gifts and passions in our...

“I Don’t Want to Go to College. . . . Wait, Yes, I Do.”

by Matthew McDill | Jan 8, 2021 | Homeschool Law, NCHE Blog, Teens, High School, Graduation, College

I’d like to tell you a story about what happened with one of my high school students that points to several important homeschooling principles: In NC, parents decide what is required for a student to graduate, not the state or any other organization. If your student...

It’s Time to Apply for NCHE Scholarships!

by Evelyn Bickley | Dec 21, 2020 | NCHE Blog, High School, Graduation, College

NCHE interviews Activities Director Evelyn Bickley to learn more about NCHE scholarships. NCHE: Evelyn, you serve as activities director and that includes serving as the chair of our scholarship committee. Tell us a little about the history of NCHE scholarships. EB:...

A Message to Our Graduates

by Matthew McDill | Jun 26, 2020 | NCHE Blog, High School, Graduation

Well, I’m sure you’ve heard that we have had to cancel our Thrive! Homeschool Conference and graduation. So sad! I was recently asked to share some words of encouragement to the graduates of the Forsyth Home Educators group by video since they were not...