The Charles Wright Parent Association is working in overdrive this week, preparing for this weekend’s annual Wright Stuff rummage sale.  Last Saturday, volunteers loaded and unloaded trucks, stacked boxes, tossed bags, and got all the merchandise under one roof.  On Sunday, tables were set up in each section and parents began tackling the challenge of organizing all those treasures.  All this week, volunteers are folding, stacking and arranging the goods with care.

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Charles Wright has its first state athletic award of the 2007-2008 school year, thanks to the cross country team.  After winning the league title and the District title, the boys’ team placed third in the state on Saturday, November 3, in Pasco.  The girls’ team did not have enough members to qualify for a team title, but three runners placed in the state’s top 13.

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The Charles Wright boys’ tennis team won the Nisqually league title outright this year, after sharing the honor in 2007 with Vashon High School.  The team went 8-0 this year with four rainouts during a very rainy fall. 

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Charles Wright Headmaster Rob Camner has put some thought into the value of public education, even for families with children at schools like Charles Wright.  Click here to read Camner’s blog on the topic.

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The Charles Wright Players have done it again.  Their production of A Thurber Carnival debuted last night to a packed house in the Upper School music room.  The cast of ten and crew of six put on a spectacular show in about a dozen different scenes, all short scripts written by James Thurber.  Each scene is really quite absurd and quite funny, so if you’ve ever enjoyed Saturday Night Live, you’re going to love this show.

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Charles Wright alums often find great success in life, but they don’t often become teen heartthrobs.  Penn Badgley, who attended Charles Wright in Lower and Middle School with the class of 2004, is certainly the exception.  He has a leading role in this season’s hottest new TV drama about the lives of teenagers, Gossip Girl. 

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The Charles Wright volleyball team finished their season with a 3-12 record, but the athletic department expects the win-lose ratio will tilt in Charles Wright’s favor as the young team develops.  “We are progressively turning a corner in our program and getting to a point where we are able to raise the expectations to play varsity volleyball,” says Coach Mindy McGrath.

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