Teens and Alumni Activities

NCHE plans social activities to encourage the friendships of our teens and alumni. All of these activities will have adult supervision.

Teens & Alumni Cotillion-Style Dance: Thursday, 7:30-9:30 PM (Gallery Ballroom)

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 these traditions, NCHE will host a 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. This dance, with the emphasis on instruction, will be taught and lead by Dennis Ritchie, a retired homeschool dad who has taught cotillion for more than thirty years. Our teacher’s teaching styles will put the students at ease regardless of their ability, and teens are encouraged to dance with many partners. The dress for these dances is modest casual (what you wear to the conference).

Teens & Alumni Games Social: Friday, 7:30-9:30 PM (Gallery Ballroom)

A games social will be held on Friday night from 7:30-9:30 p.m. NCHE will provide cards, board games and group games.

College & Trades Fair: Friday, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Piedmont 1)

This is an opportunity for students to meet and talk with college and trades representatives. This will be open 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Friday and is located in Piedmont 1, next to the vendor hall. In April you can find the list of colleges and trades, look in the menu under College & Trades Fair.

Special Workshops for Teens

It is a priority of the NCHE conference to offer quality workshops for our homeschooled teens. We are excited to share our teen focused speakers with your family. Parents are welcome, of course, but these talks are suitable for teens to attend on their own. If you have teens, or if you are a teen, these should be a must! Here are the talks for our teens:

~ How Ideas Shape Everything, Aaron Klemm
~ What Kind of God Is Out There?, Aaron Klemm
~ What if There Is No God?, Aaron Klemm
~ Is Everything Divine?, Aaron Klemm
~ Only One Story Is Big Enough, Aaron Klemm
~ How to Kill a Culture and How to Save One, Trent Emmack
~ One Year Later, Kayla Jennings
~ Vocational Philosophy: Understanding God’s Plan, Levi Mason
~ Transposition, Andrew Morton
~ Charlie Kirk, the College Scam, and Christian Higher Education, Beth Thetford
~ Tech Talk, Mike Tiland