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Embrace the Call to Freedom

by JessicaFrierson2 | Aug 10, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Culture, Reasons to Homeschool, Family life, Uncategorized

by Jessica Frierson and Emily Schrum, August 2022 As summer draws to a close, many of us homeschool moms (and dads) are prepping for a new school year. As we peruse the Internet, gather our curriculum, and glean from the ideas of others, we must guard against allowing...

Update Your Homeschool Files!

by Diane Helfrich | Jul 5, 2022 | Homeschool Law, NCHE Blog, DNPE, Freedom to Homeschool, Testing, Uncategorized

by Diane Helfrich, July 2022 Out in Facebook-land, I’ve recently seen a flood of questions about DNPE contacting schools open longer than seven years. So, it’s time for a bit of background and encouragement for everyone to update their files on a yearly basis. The...

Teaching Children to Value Their Food

by JessicaFrierson2 | Jun 21, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Community, Young Children, Summer, Family life, Uncategorized

by Jessica Frierson, June 2022 Do your children know where their food comes from? If their answer to that question is the name of a grocery store, then it may be a good time to head to your local farmer’s market or, even better, an area farm. Why is this an important...

Homeschool Victory Moment

by JessicaFrierson2 | Jun 14, 2022 | Family life, Reasons to Homeschool, Science, Nature, NCHE Blog, Uncategorized

by Jessica Frierson, June 2022 “Mom, when are we going to start school again?”, asked my daughter, looking up from the school work I had given her to do one day this spring. “You’re doing your school work right now,” I replied with a laugh. “No, Mom, I mean our REAL...

2022 NCHE Scholarship Winners

by JessicaFrierson2 | Jun 8, 2022 | Finances, College, Graduation, High School, NCHE Blog, 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...

Five Tips for a Conference Trip

by JessicaFrierson2 | May 23, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Getting Started, Thrive! Conference, Conferences, Uncategorized

by Jessica Frierson, May 2022 1 Look over the schedule ahead of time to see which sessions you want to attend most. As much as you may want to, you can’t be in two places at once! There are so many great speakers at the Thrive! Conference that it can be hard to...