N.C. Homeschool News 5/18/08

NEWS

STATE -- The 24th annual NCHE Conference and Bookfair will draw thousands to Winston-Salem this week. Keynote speakers are Debra Bell, author of The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling; Dr. Jeff Myers, head of the Myers Institute for Communication and Leadership; Shelley Noonan of Pumpkin Seed Press; and author and counselor Paul Tripp. Events will include 90 workshops and sessions; a book fair covering over 50,000 square feet of exhibition space; a college and camp fair; a music festival hosted by Piedmont Bible College; an all-star basketball game; and two full high school graduation ceremonies. (North Carolinians for Home Education)

STATE -- Teenage victim of N.C. plane crash was a homeschooler from Florida
(St. Petersburg Times, 5/18/08)

McDOWELL -- Mom who homeschooled her son after he was spanked by his charter school talks about it on Dr. Phil (WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC, 5/16/08)


SPORTS

GUILFORD -- The first annual State Homeschool East-West All-Star Basketball games will take place on Friday, May 30th at Greensboro College at the Hanes Gym on West McGee Street. The girls will play at 5:00 p.m. and the boys at 6:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the NCHE Athletic Conference and is being held in conjunction with the NCHE Conference in Winston-Salem.


PEOPLE

CATAWBA -- Lisa Baxter, the daughter of Jerry and Tammy Thomas of Sherrills Ford, has received a four-year scholarship worth $100,000 from Berea College (Charlotte Observer, 5/18/08)

N.C. Homeschool News 4/13/08

NEWS

NATIONAL -- N.C. homeschool mother Jennifer James, founder of National African-American Homeschool Alliance, is part of an article on the growth of homeschooling among black families. She estimates they make up 10% of the homeschooling population, which is an increase over the 5-6% estimate I heard from other advocates and researchers several years
ago. (New York, The Village Voice, 04/08/08)

DAVIDSON -- Community college holds third homeschooling conference to promote dual-enrollment options. DCCC has also used the conference to recruit homeschoolers for their Early College program, which is a public high school. (WFMY-TV)

DURHAM -- The team from Quest Homeschoolers of Durham advances to the world finals of Odyssey of the Mind, to take place at the University of Maryland this summer (The News & Observer, Raleigh, 04/09/08)

HENDERSON -- Letters from students in the Henderson County Homeschool Association are included in the time capsule of the newly renovated Henderson County Courthouse dedicated this week (The Times-News, Hendersonville, 04/12/08)

WAKE -- Class of homeschoolers takes part in wild bird banding with N.C. Museum of Natural History (The News & Observer, Raleigh, 04/11/08)


PEOPLE

NATIONAL -- Former North Carolinian and Environthon coach Mary Sund takes her success with Envirothon to Arizona, where her team from the Home Educators of Yuma takes a third place finish in state competition. (The Sun, Yuma, AZ, 04/05/08)

CUMBERLAND -- Fayetteville homeschool mother Patti Katter featured in story about military wives (The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, 4/1/08)

CUMBERLAND -- Fayetteville homeschoolers send thanks to local Food Lion for sponsoring their two-day debate tournament (Fayetteville Observer, April 3, 2008)

DAVIDSON -- A 9-year-old Lexington girl is homeschooled due to a rare blood disorder; a fund raiser to defray her medical costs is planned for April 19. (The Dispatch, Lexington,
04/11/08)