HINTS (Home Instructors Need Team Support, Inc.) is a homeschool support group that serves the geographical area of south Charlotte and has been in existence since 1985.

VISION STATEMENT: HINTS exists to support parents as they provide for the day-to-day needs of their students and homeschool.

WHAT'S NEW? HINTS offers standardized testing for its members as well as other homeschooling families in our local community (Matthews, NC). For more information read:

2012 Testing Information Letter

HINTS Standardized Testing Policy

For answers to your general questions regarding N.C.'s legal requirements for annual standardized testing for homeschooling students read:

NC Division of Non-Public Education - FAQs

NCDNPE - Homeschool Guide Book pages 14 - 15

Registration is now closed for HINTS 2012 standardized testing.

Benefits to our members as well as to the greater homeschooling community and Annual Events include:

• The HINTS Book Fair
• The HINTS Informational Tea
• The HINTS Library located at Carmel Baptist Church
• HINTS group registration rates for the ImaginOn Children's Theatre shows

• Affiliation with the CHEA Homeschool Choir Program
• HINTS standardized testing
• CHEA Membership

While much of our efforts of our support group involve supporting parents of homeschooled children, each year many activities are organized by our members to meet the needs of our students as well.  Activities vary each year based on what our members see as needs.

          
HINTS provides communication for our members only via:

• group emails
• a yahoogroup
• a member handbook
• this website which includes monthly newsletters and a calendar of events

Membership is open to any homeschooling family, though most of its members are Christian. In addition, to join HINTS one must live in the vicinity of south Charlotte (NC) and be able to offer at least two services to the group annually.

HINTS is governed by a Board of Directors who, according to our By-Laws, must all be professing Christians.  The HINTS Board believes that parents have a constitutional right and a God-given responsibility to provide the best possible education for each of their children. It is the HINTS Board's belief that, for parents who have been called to home education, this responsibility is made easier with the support of other homeschooling parents.

HINTS is a member of CHEA (Charlotte Home Educators Association) and supports NCHE (North Carolinians for Home Education) in a variety of ways, including two scholarships awarded to qualified homeschooled seniors at the NCHE Conference each Memorial Day weekend.

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