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Relink your Harris TeeterCard!

Remember to relink (or link for the first time). Thanks to those of you who linked your VIC cards last year. We'd like to invite you to participate again this year. If you shop at Harris Teeter, you can assign both CHEA's and GRACE’s account numbers to your VIC card. 2% of the Harris Teeter brands you purchase will be contributed.

• The Account Number for CHEA is 5472.
• The Account Number for GRACE is 5464.

You can link multiple accounts to the same VIC card. The qualifying contribution amount is then distributed evenly between those accounts.

Sign-up on-line at www.harristeeter.com or at any store.

N.C.H.E.

North Carolinians for Home Education(N.C.H.E.) is the state advocate for home schooling. The good home school laws that we enjoy in this state are the direct result of the efforts of N.C.H.E. members all over the state.
N.C.H.E. also sponsors book fairs, an annual conference, a support group leaders retreat and offers referrals to new homeschoolers. Members of N.C.H.E. receive the newsletter, The Greenhouse Report.
Call 1.919.834.NCHE for more information.

If you visit NCHE’s web site at www.nche.com you can find the following:

• Homeschool FAQS (Frequently Asked Questions)
  This includes 20 common questions and answers.
• 4 Brochures you can read, download, or request on:
  • Homeschooling in North Carolina
  • Getting Started
  • Homeschooling Through High School
  • Home Schooling the Special Needs Child

H.S.L.D.A.

The Home School Legal Defense Association pools the dues received from its membership to protect and expand homeschooling freedoms throughout our country.
There is an annual does. This includes any legal representation required regarding homeschooling as well as an informative newsletter.
Call HSLDA at 540.338.5600, visit their website at www.hslda.org or Write them at PO Box 3000; Purcellville, VA 20134.

Legal Requirements For Operating A Home School in North Carolina

Requirements:

• Notify the Governor’s Office, Division of Non-Public Education of your intent to operate a school and include your school name, and name of chief administrator.
• Certify that the persons providing the academic instruction hold at least a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• Maintain attendance records on each student.
• Maintain immunization records on each student.
• Operate on a regular schedule, excluding reasonable holidays and vacations, during at least nine calendar months of the year.
• Administer a nationally standardized test, or other equivalent measurement, that measures achievement in the areas of English grammar, reading, spelling, and math, to every student each year, and maintain the results on file for one year, subject to inspection by a duly authorized representative of the State.
• Notify the Governor’s Office, Division of Non-Public Education, when closing your school.

Notifying the State

• If your child is 7, but not yet 16 years old, you will need to file with the state a “Notice of Intent of Operate a School.” Contact the Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) and request a home school packet. The DNPE will send a postcard to verify that they have received your form.

Office of the Governor
Rod Helder, Director
NC Division of Non-Public Education
530 North Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27604-1198
919.733.4276
www.doa.state.nc.us/dnpe

Definitions

• Home School: A non-public school in which one or more children (ages at least 7 but not yet 16 years) of not more than two families or households receive academic instruction from parents or legal guardians, or a member of either household.
• Duly authorized representative of the state: The Director, Division of Non-Public Education or his staff.

Legal Requirements information summarized and provided by NCHE