Not many schools age as gracefully as Charles Wright, and not many get to celebrate their 50th birthday with the glitz, glamor and theatrics found at CWA’s big event two weeks ago. The organizers more than delivered on their promise to throw the biggest, boldest, birthday party ever!

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Not many people have their 234th birthday celebrated by the kindergartners and first graders at Charles Wright. But since John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, had the good sense to be born in the heart of Washington’s apple season, his birthday was celebrated in style here this week.

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Parents are curious what some of the best deals will be at the sale. I will continue to highlight a random sampling of items in my blogs, and the farmhouse crew would like to begin offering a “Wright Stuff Item of the Week,” something you can come and buy anytime during open hours. Just stop by the farmhouse and ask a volunteer for assistance.

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Another successful outdoor education experience wrapped up last weekend for tenth graders and faculty and staff from all three divisions. For many, the annual week-long expedition was their first adventure backpacking. For the school, it was not only an opportunity to test the theory that the best way to get into what your studying is to get out into the world around you, it was also an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to really get to know one another.

After all, who doesn’t love hearing elk bugle at night, stargazing on a clear night far away from city lights, and the taste of iodine in their water?

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Most teachers have enough to handle their first year on the job without creating any new programs. But that didn’t stop Brady Christoph, a new second grade teacher, from launching one of the most popular new activities in the Lower School. More than 90 students turned out this fall for the first season of the Running Club, and Christoph couldn’t be more pleased.

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If you like field trips, you’re going to love kindergarten at Charles Wright.  Teachers Karen Burdick and Turi Janes lead more than 30 field trips each year and this morning their students visited the University Place fire station and police department.

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The farmhouse was hopping today with the combined energy of parent volunteers and CWA freshmen! Students were put to work hanging clothing on hangers, breaking down boxes, inventorying sale supplies, polishing silver, testing and counting toy parts, and numerous other tasks. A hearty thanks to our youthful crew today!

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The Charles Wright boys’ tennis and girls’ soccer teams have played remarkably well lately. The tennis team has won every set played in six matches. The varsity soccer team has held every opponent scoreless, while scoring 11 goals of their own. They have a season record of 4-0-1.

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The annual Headmaster’s Picnic was bigger and better than ever this year as it kicked off the celebration of CWA’s 50th birthday. The carnival, dinner, tennis match, volleyball game, and soccer game were all well attended. The crowd grew as dusk approached and the Upper School students poured back onto campus for the football game. In total, about 1,500 people participated in some part of Friday’s festivities.

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Governor Chris Gregoire has proclaimed today, Friday, September 14, 2007, as Charles Wright Academy Day in the state and Washington and urges all citizens to join her in this special observance. The governor’s eldest daughter, Courtney, attended Middle School at Charles Wright with the class of 1997.

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