May 22-24, 2008 : Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC

Welcome to the new conference pages!

You're, no doubt, here for the Workshop listings. Take note: you can search them by parameters such as Day, Session, Speaker and more...

You can choose just the workshops that you want and show only those, and, you can hide the descriptions and print out a page with just the titles you want as a mini guide for your conference trek.

As with any new thing, there may be some glitches: please let the webguy know, and we'll do our best to solve them.

Online registration now closed. Tickets avaliable at the door: prices here

Important Conference Information

New: The last workshop session on Saturday has been moved ten minutes earlier.

New: Volunteers will receive a free 2008 collectible NCHE pin.

Update:

Basketball games NOT at the conference:
The NCHE Athletic Conference will be hosting the first State Homeschool East-West All-Star Basketball games on Friday, May 30th at:

Greensboro College at the Hanes Gym on West McGee Street

5:00 p.m. (girls) and 6:30 p.m. (boys).

New: The book fair will be open 8:30-9:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday for volunteers only, as well as the usual hour on Thursday.

The book fair closes at 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

New: No Children’s Conference this year.

New: No benefits for pin holders.

New: The Talent Showcase will be 7:45 p.m. on Friday.

Workshop handouts for conference workshops will be compiled into a booklet and sold at a modest cost.

Free workshops will be 3:00-4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Free admittance is given to homeschool alumni (graduation dates, 2003-2007) and grandparents (if not homeschooling).

Remote parking is available at the fairgrounds on Friday.

The College and Camp Fair will be 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Friday.

Saturday-only admission tickets are available at the door.

Of the 90 conference workshops and keynotes, 82 are new from last year.

During the conference, the following number may be used to reach the conference center in case of emergency only: (336) 727-2976.

 

Music Festival 2008

Piedmont Baptist College is pleased to announce Music Festival 2008 to take place Thursday, May 22 through Saturday, May 24, in concurrence with the NCHE conference. Students, ages eight to eighteen, may pick one instrument (piano, voice, classical guitar, brass, woodwinds, strings, etc.), receive private instruction, attend workshops and master classes and take part in group activities. The Festival concludes with a concert on Saturday. Details at www.PiedmontMusicAcademy.com. Click on “Music Festival.”
Contact: Brian Weer, festival director, MusicAcademy@pbc.edu.

 

New Teen andAlumni Activities

This year we have planned two new teen and alumni activities at the Annual Conference. Both activities will be in the Hearn Ballroom and will have adult supervision.

Cotillion-Style Dance Class

Historically, dance has been an important social skill. Even our country’s military academies make dance lessons mandatory for young cadets. Dance education develops grace, poise, posture and coordination, and has been proven to be an inherent part of our culture.

In keeping with this, NCHE will host a cotillion-style dance on Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. There will be instruction on dances such as swing, box step, and line dancing. Our instructor for this evening is Dennis Ritchie, a homeschool dad who has taught cotillion for over twenty-five years. His teaching style puts any student at ease regardless of their ability and minimizes pairing up.

 

Games Social

On Friday night, just after the talent show and until 11:30 p.m., we will have a games social. NCHE will provide cards, board games and group games for our teens and alumni to play, while they get to know others from across the state.