Charles Wright has had some very good golf teams in the past, but even before the season began, Coach Howard Wouters predicted this boys’ team would be the best.  With just one more regular-season match to play, the Tarriers are undefeated.  They have faced the team expected to be their toughest competition – Chimacum – and senior Geoff Moore has shattered the school’s all-time record shooting four under par 33 at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club.  Read the rest of this entry »

Have you decided where you’re going to go next year? It’s the question everyone starts asking the minute you finish your junior year of high school. After months and months of writing essays, filling out applications, research schools, and debating, debating, debating, debating… the Charles Wright class of 2008 finally has an answer. Or rather, they’ve got 30+ answers.

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The Charles Wright community was honored to welcome a true hero to campus on Friday, April 18.  Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda during one of the decade’s most horrific genocides, addressed the entire Upper School in a morning assembly and spent the rest of the school day with his wife visiting classrooms, meeting with student leaders, and engaging in one-on-one conversations with students.  Faculty and students alike were touched by Wilkins’ story.  He saved the lives of hundreds or perhaps thousands of lives during the genocide 14 years ago.

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The Charles Wright Knowledge Bowl and boys’ basketball teams both won state championships this year and have received several community honors for their success.  So has Cole Scarborough, a Charles Wright senior who won back-to-back state swimming championships.

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The CWA Parent Association is now accepting nominations for the prestigious 2008 Inspirational Faculty Award.  The award will be presented at graduation and faculty members consider it one of the highest honors they may receive during their careers.  Nominations may be made by faculty peers, parents, students or alumni through Friday, May 9. 

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CWA maintains one highly trained, innovative, committed teacher for every eight students. Our faculty also coach, serve as advisors, lead outdoor trips and much more. Every day they model the notion of lifelong learning for their students by never being satisfied that they know everything there is to know about the subjects they teach and the interests they pursue.

Now you can learn more about each member of the Charles Wright faculty – their education, experience, hobbies, passions and bonds with their students – by reading their bios.  Click here to open the faculty bio list.

Go behind the scenes of Charles Wright’s 2008 WIAA 1A Boys’ Basketball State Championship with a newly released 20-minute documentary on the team and their trip to the state tournament, professionally produced by Bing Media.  Watch interviews with the players, game highlights, the celebration in the locker room, and much more.

The video is right here on our website. If you have broadband, click here to watch it in high quality. If you have dial-up, click here to watch it in low quality.

Despite the snow, hail and rain, spring has arrived at Charles Wright.  This is the campus’ busiest sports season with six varsity teams competing in league play and the boys’ tennis team preparing for the state tournament. 

Historically Charles Wright had fielded exceptionally strong golf, tennis and soccer teams, and this year looks like no exception.  The girls’ track team took second last year at the state tournament and they stand a good chance of returning to the podium this season. 

The boys’ track team and the baseball team are just starting to explore their potential this year.

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The adventure section in today’s News Tribune features some beautiful photos of the desert Southwest taken by alum Tim Klein, a professional photographer, during Winterim this year.  Accompanying the photos are haikus and journal entries from three Charles Wright students sharing their impressions of the nine day trip.  You can read their words online, but be sure you pick up a copy of the paper to see the photos.  We’ll be adding Tim’s photos to out website too.

Carl Wilkens, the only American who chose to stay in Rwanda during one of the decade’s most horrific genocides, will speak to Upper School students at Charles Wright on Friday, April 18, 2008.  Wilkins saved the lives of hundreds or perhaps thousands of children during the 1994 massacre.

Wilkens is the former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda.  At Charles Wright he hopes to help students put a humane face on genocide.  He wants to ensure that the perpetrators, victims and resistors are not forgotten.  CWA faculty hope their students will learn from Wilkens how one person can make a difference in the fight against genocide and crimes against humanity. Read the rest of this entry »