by Spencer Mason | Jul 8, 2015 | Summer 2015, GREENHOUSE
8 Jul 2015 The annual conference, our thirty-first, just concluded. It was an exciting experience with wonderful opportunities, as usual. There were lots of things I did during the conference that left an impression on me. It was great hearing and interacting with our...
by Spencer Mason | Jul 16, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
16 Jul 2014 Each year I look forward to attending NCHE’s homeschool conference in Winston-Salem. From all over the state we steadily roll in, building like a rising tide. For three days, we homeschoolers descend upon the city by the thousands, pushing...
by Spencer Mason | Apr 30, 2014 | Spring 2014, GREENHOUSE
30 Apr 2014 Dear Friends, Imagine asking a doctor, “Do we need doctors?” or a fire fighter, “Do we need fire fighters?” or a museum curator, “Do we need curators?” Of course each would answer, “Yes!” There is a certain subjectivity with an answer framed from the...
by Spencer Mason | Jul 17, 2013 | Summer 2013, GREENHOUSE
17 Jul 2013 “In thirty years of speaking at homeschool conferences, I had never attended the NCHE conference until this year. I was blown away. The cost of the conference was underpriced; the location was central; the vendor hall was full of more than anyone could...