The economy has been on the mind of nearly everyone lately.  It seems that nearly every week some bad news hits the headlines.  I’ve been asked by a number of people how the turmoil around us may affect Charles Wright.  I recently sent a letter to parents on this topic….Please click on the link to read it.

Ever since moving with my family to the Northwest in 1996, our Thanksgiving ritual has been the same: the drive, often in the rain, through Seattle to the Mukilteo ferry and across to Whidbey Island. My younger brother and sister-in-law moved to Whidbey in 1993, and when my family came to the area, it marked the first time that my brother and I lived near each other in over 20 years. My brother had moved out west, and I stayed east, and we did not see each other very often. Read the rest of this entry »

One of my favorite things to do is to visit the first grade to watch an “Authors’ Tea” in action.  Several times a year the first grade classes write their own stories, based on the theme they’ve been studying, and then read the stories out loud to each other and to the “assembled multitude” of parents and grandparents who proudly look on. Read the rest of this entry »

A few weeks ago someone turned to me and asked “What’s the school’s business model?”  I grinned and replied, “tuition in—salaries out.”  Read the rest of this entry »

The weather was simply perfect, and the atmosphere was festive at “my” picnic last Friday.  The picnic is one of my favorites among all the various community-building events we put on each year at CWA.  For returning families, it’s an opportunity to reconnect with families they haven’t seen much since the previous school year.  For families new to the school, it’s a wonderful opportunity to meet the families of some of the students their new-to-Charles-Wright child is talking about. Read the rest of this entry »

In the week before Labor Day I noticed that a number of comic strips had the theme “Summer is about over… it’s time to go back to school.”  The typical “message” was that kids were upset and their moms were ecstatic that school was about to start. Read the rest of this entry »

We officially broke ground on the new language and performing arts building last Monday, May 19!  It was a thoroughly Tarrier event!   Read the rest of this entry »

Under the headline Once again, Charles Wright earns crown at Knowledge Bowl, the News Tribune wrote a recent article about the CWA Knowledge Bowl team, noting that we’ve taken the 1A State Championship 4 out of the last 5 years (and they’ve won the state championship eight out of the last 13 years, too, coming in “only” second all the other years)! Read the rest of this entry »

I realized to my suprise and dismay that it has been nearly 3 months since I have posted a blog entry.  Read the rest of this entry »

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