Region 2

Director: Mike Marshall -
Counties: Avery, Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey

Welcome to Region 2

We are here to assist you in any way we can in your homeschooling journey! Just email us at region2@nche.com and we're glad to answer any questions you may have about homeschooling.  We encourage you to join a support group in your area and to also become a member of NCHE.  Below you will find a list of the active support group in our area. 

We also encourage you to join our free, regional e-mail group, WNC Homeschoolers.  Our purpose is to connect and encourage homeschool families in WNC, provide information about classes, field trips, support groups, etc. in our area, and provide a forum where members are free to share their ideas, questions and/or concerns relating to homeschooling in NC.  Go to the following site to join: 

 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WNC-Homeschoolers/

God Bless~Mike & Ronda Marshall

Support Groups

If you have a support group that is not listed here, please contact us so we can add it to the list.

Description:

AGAPE stands for Acting on God's Authority as Parent Educators. We are a group that seeks to please our Lord Jesus Christ as we teach our children at home. We meet at Grace Baptist Church on Haywood Rd in West Asheville, the first Monday evening of each month. (The 2nd Mondays of Sept and Jan, due to holidays.)
We have workshops each month that address a wide variety of needs, as expressed by our members. We also offer mentoring relationships for newer homeschoolers, and encouragement for all of our members.

Area Served:

While most of our members are from the greater Asheville area, we also have members who come from Henderson, Madison, McDowell and Haywood counties.

All God Contact
Area Served:

Counties: Madison and Buncombe

Description:

A fun group of over 200 families thrives at Biltmore Baptist Church. The group provides enrichment classes, field trips, Moms Night Out, etc. Their purpose and desire is to provide loving encouragement, quality enrichment and social interaction for students as well as essential support for parents as they develop their children to Christ-like character; enabling them to stand firm in their belief in the teaching of the Bible as the complete and inerrant Word of God, thereby equipping them to glorify the name of Jesus Christ.

Area Served:

We served the greater Asheville and surrounding area.

Black Mountain Support Group Contact
Area Served:

Counties: Buncombe
Cities: Black Mountain, Swannanoa

CAFE Catholic Association of Family Educators Contact
Area Served:

County: Buncombe
Cities: Asheville, Leicester, Hot Springs (near TN border), Fletcher, Arden, Waynesville, Marshall, Weaverville, Edneyville, Bat Cave, Mars Hill, Alexander, Enka, Barnardsville, Lake Junaluska

Carolina Superschoolers Contact
Area Served:

Polk & Spartanburg Co.
Cities: Columbus, Spindale, Rutherfordton, Mill Spring, Forest City, Tryon, Ellenboro

Christian High School Homeschool Parents in Greater Asheville Contact
Area Served:

County: Buncombe
City: Greater Asheville area

Faithful Instructors Contact
Description:

Faithful Instructors is a small, casual homeschool moms support group. The group is a mix of seasoned and beginning homeschool moms with a desire is to be a source of encouragement, information and fellowship for each other. We meet on the third Monday of the month at 7 in the coordinator’s home outside Weaverville from September through May.

Area Served:

Members come from Buncombe and Madison Counties

Description:

online support group for parents homeschooling special needs children

Area Served:

entire state of NC

HARC (Homeschool Assoc of Rutherford/Polk Counties) Contact
Area Served:

Counties: Rutherford and Polk
Cities: Rutherfordton, Bostic, Union Mills, Forest City, Columbus, Ellenboro

Description:

Henderson County Homeschool Association (HCHA) is a cooperative support organization for homeschooling families which provides a wide range of benefits and opportunities for its members. HCHA membership is open to all homeschoolers, but as a Christian organization we embrace traditional biblical values and viewpoints. Drawing from the gifts and talents of our member families, HCHA offers encouragement, academic and social activities, and resources to promote excellence and integrity in homeschooling.

Area Served:

Henderson, Buncombe, Polk & Transylvania

Description:

Heritage Homeschoolers provides help and encouragement for area families who have chosen to educate their children themselves at home. "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up....warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone." (1Thess. 5:11,14).

Area Served:

Avery County

Area Served:

Yahoo group serving secular homeschoolers in the Asheville and surrounding area

Description:

Our co-op group is made up of christian families who support one another in their efforts to educate their children at home. We are a true co-op which requires participation of the parents. All of our workshops are materials cost only. You must have at least one school age child to participate in the workshop program.

Area Served:

Buncombe County

Our Lady Of Grace Catholic Group Contact
Area Served:

Asheville, Henderson, Buncome, Polk, Madison Co.

S.T.A.N.D. Homeschoolers Contact
Description:

Med size (40-50 families), close knit, family centered, Christian based, very active group. Activities include co-ops, field trips, holiday parties, camping trips, field day, picnics, testing days, and more.

Area Served:

McDowell, Rutherford, Burke counties
Marion, Old Fort, Lake Lure, Union Mills, Nebo

Description:

online support group for single parents homeschooling

Area Served:

entire state of NC