Region 5

 

Counties:  Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Wilson.

 

 

 

Welcome to NCHE Region 5!

Whether you are looking for a support group or just have questions please feel free to contact me – region5@nche.com.  If you are a support group leader please check the list below and confirm your group’s current contact information. If you are the leader of a group which is not listed, please submit the form found under the community tab.

 

ACCHE (Alamance County Christian Home Educators)

  • Area served: Alamance County and surrounding areas
  • Description:  ACCHE is made up of families who enjoy getting together on a regular basis for activities and educational opportunities. We average around 200 member families each year with children of all ages.

Apex Inclusive Homeschoolers

  • Area served:  Apex and surrounding areas
  • Description:  It does not matter what your religious beliefs are or the lifestyle you choose to live, everyone is welcome!
  • Activities/Support Offered:  This group focuses on support for homeschooling parents, free and low cost gatherings and group field trips while creating new, long lasting friendships.

ARCH-Raleigh Association of Roman Catholic Homeschoolers

  • Area Served:  Raleigh and surrounding areas
  • Description:  a family support organization whose goal is to build up one another as we gather to grow, love, serve and learn in our Catholic faith
  • Activities/Support:
    • Annual Kickoff Meeting
    • Q&A Panel or Homeschooling Roundtable
    • All Saints’ Day Parade and Party
    • Homeschool Mass with the Bishop
    • Christmas Crafting Fair
    • Father-Daughter Dance
    • Mother-Son Bowling
    • May Crowning
    • End of Year Picnic

    Additionally, ARCH leadership invests time and energy encouraging our members to plan many more events (Moms’ Nights Out, High School dances and socials, park playdates, clubs, field trips) throughout the year. We also have a support system called Meals for Moms to help families in need of a helping hand in the event of a birth, death or major illness.

     

  • Contact:  President:  pres@arch-raleigh.com
  •                  General:    info@arch-raleigh.com

Archway Classes

  • Area Served: Alamance County and surrounding areas
  • Description:  Archway Classes is a parent-directed enrichment program for elementary and middle-school aged students

Bethesda Homeschoolers

  • Area served: Clayton and surrounding areas
  • Description:  Bethesda Homeschoolers is an outreach ministry of Bethesda Baptist Church in Clayton
  • Activities/Support: support, activities and clubs.

Bethlehem Homeschool Group

  • Area Served:  Knightdale and surrounding areas
  • Description:  Bethlehem Homeschool Group is a Christian based and Biblically sound homeschool group offering educational and enrichment courses to kindergarten through high school students. 
  • Contact: director@bethlehemhomeschool.group

Capital Christian Homeschool Band

  • Area Served:  Wake Forest, Youngsville, and surrounding areas
  • Description:  Capital Christian Homeschool Bands offers a comprehensive wind band program in a Christ-centered environment for homeschooled students ages 9 to 18 (grades 4-12) in the Wake Forest/Youngsville, NC area. We have a Beginning Band where no experience is necessary, a Concert Band for students with some experience, and a Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band for our most advanced students.

Cary Homeschoolers

  • Area Served:  Cary and surrounding areas
  • Description:  Cary Homeschoolers is a welcoming, all-inclusive, secular homeschool support group

Caswell County Homeschoolers

  • Area served: Caswell County and surrounding areas
  • Facebook Page: Caswell County Homeschoolers
  • Contact : Melanie Gibson

Catholic Schoolhouse Raleigh Chapter

Area Served:  Wake County and surrounding areas

Description:   a supplemental program designed to help homeschool families enrich their educational experience through a flexible approach to learning inspired by classical elements, presented in a structured environment. 

Contact:  Contact Us – CSH Raleigh, NC Chapter (catholicschoolhouse.com)

 

CCH (Chapel Hill Homeschoolers)

  • Area served:  Chapel Hill-Durham Homeschoolers (CHDH) and surrounding areas
  • Description:  non-sectarian, all-inclusive homeschool community

 

Christian Homeschoolers of Lake Gaston

Area Served:   Littleton and surrounding areas

Description:  group meets weekly September-June with meetings including field trips, workshops, or a fun day fellowshipping with one another. We offer a graduation/awards ceremony at the end of each year. 

Contact:  Jessica   christianhomeschoolers.lg@gmail.com

 

 

 

Christian Homeschool Association of Rocky Mount (CHARM)

  • Area served:  Edgecombe County, Wilson County, and surrounding areas
  • Activities/Support Offered:  Educational and Social activities

Christian Homeschoolers of Wilson

  • Area Served: Wilson County, Edgecombe County, Nash County, and surrounding areas
  • Description:  The purpose of CHOW is simple

*To bring glory and honor to Christ by offering ministry, support, and encouragement to one another as home school families

*To serve as a resource, support, and communication network to the home school community

*To provide academic, social, and ministerial opportunities

*To promote homeschooling in our community as an educational alternative

Clayton Areas Homeschool Group

  • Area Served:  Clayton and surrounding areas
  • Description:  co-op made up of Christian homeschooling families 
  • Contact:  claytonareacoop@gmail.com

Creator’s Christian Band

  • Area served:  Zebulon and surrounding areas
  • Decription:  Are you a talented musician seeking an opportunity to grow?  Would you like a chance to share music with others? The goal of the Creator’s Christian Academy Band is to provide a rehearsal and performance experience for homeschool students (ages 9 and up) who are passionate about music. Participants will enjoy playing in concerts, ensemble performances and community events with like-minded fellow musicians.

Deerstream Learning

  • Area Served:  Chapel Hill, Durham, surrounding areas
  • Description:  Deerstream is an independent, board-governed, nonprofit organization, offering classes and support to homeschool families from across the Triangle area. We provide students with academic instruction from a Christian perspective; teachers seek to help children recognize the hand of God in all they study and do. We enroll students of any faith, or none, who support our mission. Deerstream does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, or religion in any of its programs or policies.
  • Contact: Deerstream@gmail.com

Every Child Can Learn

  • Area Served:  Rocky Mount and surrounding areas
  • Description:  homeschool group that embraces children from all walks of life. As a group we hope to help one another amplify their strengths, guide and encourage them in a welcoming environment that is tailored to them.
  • Activities/Support Offered:  As a group we provide support to one another and share resources. 

Five in a Row

  • Area served:  Triangle area of North Carolina
  • Description:  a support group for people who use the Five in a Row curriculum
  • Activities/Support Offered:  field trips every other Thursday and monthly

Footsteps
We are a Christian, Member-run homeschool support group in South West Raleigh/Cary/Apex. We provide encouragement and support for our members through fellowship, prayer, and assistance. Our activities include field trips, park days, extra-curricular functions and moms’ meetings. Membership is not capped. We are open to preschool through high school homeschooling.

Generations Homeschool Support Group
Generations is a ministry of Crossroads Fellowship in Raleigh, NC, that exists in partnership with the local church to encourage and equip Christian families as they educate their children at home. We accomplish this by offering academic enrichment programs, coordinating group activities, and fostering collaboration among our members.

Great Endeavor Homeschoolers
We have a lot of ways for people to form friendships and get involved.  We are a working corporation looking for like minded families to be involved with a local community founded on Biblical principles.  Area served: north Durham and surrounding areas

HEAR (Home Educators Association of Roxboro)
HEAR is a Christ led homeschool support group in Roxboro, NC that serves Person County and the surrounding areas. Our goal is to support, nurture, and encourage the homeschooling

Heritage Homeschool Co-op

Area Served:  Johnston County and surrounding areas

Ages Served:  all

 

Description:  a small Christian co-op in Selma, NC with enrichment classes held twice a month that parents come together and teach. We have other activities throughout the school year such as field trips, holiday events, field day, science fair, and an end of year promotion ceremony.

Contact:  Kim  heritagejoco@gmail.com

Hillsborough Homeschool Network

Area served:  Hillsborough

Description:   We exist to foster connection and share information relevant to local homeschoolers. If you’re looking for a co-op, ride sharing to a homeschool class, finding another homeschool friend to join an extra-curricular, or new buddies to hike with, this is a place to find who you’re looking for! We welcome any homeschool family in Hillsborough, NC to join our google group and email listserv.

 

The Homeschool Experience
The Homeschool Experience was created in the Wake county, NC area as an answer to the lack of secular classes for homeschool students. We started with Life Science in 2015 and, have since, added many other extracurricular classes for our kids. We are not a school, but offer semester or year long classes in various topics from Drama, Math and Science, to Board Games, Art, and British History. We differ from other groups because we are secular and accepting of all, regardless of personal choices, homeschool style or lifestyle. Student can take 1 class or multiple classes, depending on your families schedule. Additionally, there are no membership fees or required volunteer hours. You pay for what you sign up for.

Homeschool Explorers
Homeschool Explorers is a diverse, secular, and inclusive homeschool cooperative serving Wake County, North Carolina and surrounding counties.  For more information contact: hs.explorers@gmail.com

Homeschool Moms Around Wake County
Homeschool Moms  Around Wake County is a Facebook page for local homeschooling moms to connect and share ideas & information related to homeschooling.

Homeschool KIDS Group

  • Area Served: Western Wake County
  • Ages Served:  4-15
  • Description:  Homeschool Knowledge • Inclusion • Diversity • Secularism (KIDS) Group is designed for families in and around Western Wake County. Our goal is to build a welcoming, fun, and active homeschool community with an emphasis on friendship, knowledge sharing, and support for both kids and parents.
  • Activities/Support Offered:  parents night out, field trips, co-op/education resource center/classes
  • Contact:     Jaimie
  • Website:  https://www.meetup.com/homeschool-kids-group/

Lighthouse Christian Homeschool Association

Area Served: Wake Forest and surrounding areas

Description:   Lighthouse members volunteer their time and talents to provide opportunities for our children to participate in large and small group activities for the purposes of academic enrichment, socialization, and character-building. We strive to honor Christ in all of our activities, programs, and events. Our support group also seeks to share information about local, state, and national happenings of interest to homeschool families to better equip us for what is happening in the world around us with regards to homeschool. 

Activities:  field trips, sports teams, clubs, yearbooks, graduation

Facebook Name:   Lighthouse (LHCA) 

Contact:   board@lighthousehsa.com 

N.C. Homeschooling
Facebook support group.  This group is for sharing Resources and Support for Homeschool families in N.C. The group is managed by approval for membership of those who wish to follow a few easy rules of encouragement and kindness. If you request to join please answer our questions in order to be approved for the group. This is not a fully moderated group and the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the admins. Please be respectful! Contact us immediately if you are solicited or spammed inappropriately. This is a place to learn, share and encourage each other. We expect members to be positive and uplifting to your fellow homeschool community. Accept that we may at times mute or delete posts to allow for more productive discussion and less disruption at our discrepancy. You are free to leave group if you do not agree or find the page is no longer helpful 🙂 . Please check out valuable resources in our Announcement section.

Raleigh Homeschoolers
Welcome to Raleigh homeschoolers! We are an inclusive homeschool group that meets to go “beyond the classroom.” We will visit museums, parks, libraries, aquariums, go on business/factory tours, explore North Carolina, and beyond! We will also do philanthropic work twice a school year.

Rooted Home Educators Association (RHEA)

Area Served: Caswell County and surrounding areas

Ages Served:  Birth to High School Graduate

Description:  Rooted Home Educators Association (RHEA) is dedicated to providing a community of edification and growth for families homeschooling in Caswell County and surrounding areas. RHEA is an unapologetically Christian homeschool support group that is rooted in Biblical principles and Christian values

Activities/Support Offered:  Regular meetings for parents; field trips; learn about homeschool events

Contact email:  Rheaofcaswell@gmail.com

SEEK
The ministry of SEEK was born from the desire to provide support and encouragement for home schooling mothers through weekly Bible study and fellowship. In addition, SEEK also provides enrichment classes for homeschooled children that are educational in nature and enhance the learning that is already taking place in the home.

 

Shepherd’s Homeschoolers
Shepherd’s Homeschoolers is a support group for Christian homeschoolers in Cary, NC, and the surrounding area. Our group is sponsored by The Shepherd’s Church, but any Christian family may join. We offer a wide range of activities, and members have the ability to plan new events and opportunities.

THEA (The Home Education Association)
THEA is an informal collection of homeschooling families. We believe parents are uniquely qualified to choose the educational alternative that is best for their individual child. We realize that people homeschool for various reasons; therefore we do not exclude families on the basis of race, religion, spiritual path, family structure, culture, political view, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, or academic choice. It is our desire to create a welcoming haven for homeschooling families, in which families may exchange ideas, share materials, and most importantly, develop lasting friendships with one another. In our interactions with each other we strive to create a climate of respect which affirms the worth and dignity of all.

 

Triangle Community Co-Operative
Area served: Holly Springs and surrounding areas

Triangle Leadership Commonwealth
serving Raleigh and surrounding areas triangleleadershipcommonwealth@gmail.com

Veritas Classes
“Veritas” is a Latin word for truth. Veritas Classes was begun in 2003 to provide weekly tutorials from an unapologetically Christian worldview to enrich your homeschool environment, assist you in leading your child toward his academic goals, and see your child grow closer to the Lord through positive relationships with instructors and peers.

Wake Forest Homeschoolers
Wake Forest Homeschoolers (WFHS) is an inclusive, secular homeschool support and activities group whose primary purpose is to provide our children with enrichment and social opportunities with other homeschoolers. We are also here to share ideas about homeschooling and to act as a source of support for homeschooling parents. 

From science classes to park dates, from supportive chat among parents to lifelong friendship between kids, Wake Forest Homeschoolers is a thriving, changing, hopeful group where homeschoolers of all kinds can feel safe and learn together.

Welcome Homeschool Group
We are a homeschool support group for families of all faiths, but with a Christian emphasis. Our support group provides opportunities for educational field trips, service projects, and support for families.

Zebulon Homeschoolers

We are a group of homeschool parents in and around Zebulon, NC who enjoy having friends to do field trips with and meet up at parks to play! This is a place for support from other local homeschool families! This is a homeschool group that respects and supports our members; it does NOT matter what faith, belief, or non belief.

 

Vicky Gurganus is married to her high school sweetheart, Tom. They live in Durham and have three children—Kira, Olivia, and Zachary. They opened their homeschool in 2001. Both have volunteered at the NCHE conference for many years. Tom and Vicky are excited to share what they have learned on their homeschool journey with others.
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