by Jessica Frierson | Aug 10, 2022 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Culture, Reasons to Homeschool, Family life, Uncategorized
by Jessica Frierson and Emily Schrum, August 2022 As summer draws to a close, many of us homeschool moms (and dads) are prepping for a new school year. As we peruse the Internet, gather our curriculum, and glean from the ideas of others, we must guard against allowing...
by Jessica Frierson | Mar 8, 2022 | Culture, High School, Discipleship, Young Children, Middle School, History, Family life, Grandparents, NCHE Blog, Parenting, Teens
by Jessica Frierson, March 2022 The house was burning down around them, and six-year-old Emery couldn’t get two-year-old Hazel to put her spoon down so he could get her out of her highchair and escape the flames. That is the incredible story my children’s grandfather...
by Jessica Frierson | Feb 9, 2022 | Reasons to Homeschool, Multicultural, History, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Culture, Diversity
by Jessica Frierson, February 2022 February is a great time to shine the spotlight on a few notable homeschooled black Americans. Each of these individuals defied great adversity to pursue an education for themselves and have left a legacy that impacts all of our...
by Diane Helfrich | Dec 3, 2021 | Reasons to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, Culture, Videos
We are part of a powerful, growing state and national homeschooling movement. And that was the case even before the coronavirus! Now, more families than ever are homeschooling and benefiting from this life-changing choice. North Carolina is second only to Alaska in...
by Matthew McDill | Aug 27, 2021 | NCHE Blog, War on Homeschooling, Culture
by Matthew McDill, August 2021 The NC Senate debated House Bill 324, Ensuring Dignity and Nondiscrimination in Schools on Thursday. While this is an important and interesting story about the teaching of Critical Race Theory concepts in public schools, a little side...
by Diane Helfrich | Aug 13, 2021 | Middle School, Parental Rights, Reasons to Homeschool, Freedom to Homeschool, War on Homeschooling, Parenting, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School, NCHE Blog, Discipleship, Encouragement, Young Children, Community, Teaching Strategies, Homeschooling in Crisis, Uncategorized
by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 Once a child enters our lives, we start thinking about the years to come—their first words and steps turn into school, graduation, and college, and then, we hope, a successful launch to adulthood. Part of how well our child negotiates...
