by Spencer Mason | Oct 5, 2016 | Fall 2016, GREENHOUSE
5 Oct 2016 It’s starting again! Yes, indeed it was. It was 9:00 am on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Summer was finally here, and with it, the 2016 NCHE conference. In a mere one and a half hours as we excitedly looked out the front window of our car, we would be checking...
by Spencer Mason | Oct 21, 2015 | Fall 2015, GREENHOUSE
21 Oct 2015 It’s the fall of 2015, the beginning of a new academic year. I trust you had a summer full of activities that took advantage of the great resources in NC, from our mountains to our beaches. I hope you were able to schedule an extended visit with family and...
by Spencer Mason | May 20, 2015 | Graduate 2015, GREENHOUSE
20 May 2015 It’s graduation time, and I have the annual privilege of congratulating another group of young adults and their parents on successfully completing the marathon of providing and receiving a secondary education. It’s a great thing to be a...
by Spencer Mason | Apr 15, 2015 | Spring 2015, GREENHOUSE
15 Apr 2015 It has been a busy season for the organization, and the busyness reinforces my belief that NCHE serves a critical need among North Carolinians. While the day-to-day work of homeschooling is done by parents and guardians, NCHE serves as an essential hub...
by Spencer Mason | Jan 7, 2015 | Winter 2015, GREENHOUSE
7 Jan 2015 This article is late to the editor and somewhat cobbled together (therefore, truly a kluge). Originally I was just going to write about the history of schooling, how changes in technology helped place new emphasis on socialization as a responsibility of...