Today is the first day of classes at Charles Wright and the beginning of the school’s 51st year.  For the next nine months, 730 students will call this campus home.  As one Upper School student commented, “It’s a great day to be a Tarrier!” Read the rest of this entry »

English teacher and basketball coach Rob Scotlan has been very busy this summer. Since graduation he has published six book reviews on his CWA blog The Pages In Between. Click on any of the titles below to visit the blog and read his reviews and recommendations.

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Jorden LaFontaine-Kussmann, a 2007 graduate of Charles Wright Academy, is back on the soccer fields at the University of California. During her freshman season, the keeper was diagnosed with lymphoma. She showed her true Tarrier spirit as she battled to simultaneously fight cancer, excel in college and return to the sport she loves. Read the rest of this entry »