The Tarriers have racked up four league championships this fall and post-season competition is just beginning.  The Tarriers swept the high school girls, high school boys, middle school girls and middle school boys league championships in cross-country.  Volleyball, soccer and tennis are moving into the post-season while football has two big varsity games left in the regular season. Read the rest of this entry »

Twenty-thousand-square-feet of fun! If you like a bargain, then you will love the annual Wright Stuff Rummage Sale. Quality clothing, books, toys, household items, furniture, sporting goods, antiques and much more will be sold at extremely low prices in the Tarrier Dome on Saturday, November 8 from 8am to 3pm and Sunday, November 9 from 10am to 2pm. The CWA Parent Association hopes to raise $50,000 to $60,000 with the sale to support construction of the new Language and Performing Arts Center.

Volunteers are in the last week of sorting at the farmhouse. It’s their last chance to price and pack the multitudes of contributions that will be sold.  It’s a frenzy unlike the rest of the year, and it’s still great fun and treasure-hunting.

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It’s a rare and exceptional honor for a high school theater ensemble to stage the first production of a professional playwright’s new work, but Charles Wright Academy’s drama program is indeed exceptional.  The Charles Wright Academy Players, as the troupe has been known for more than 40 years, will present the world premier of The Last Night of Comedy this week.  Tickets for the play, written by local playwright Nick Stokes with inspiration and assistance from John Forier, are going fast. 

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Charles Wright’s instrumental music program will hold its first concert of the year on Thursday, October 16, at 7:30pm.  The concert is free and open to the public.  It will be held in the Middle School Commons.  Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday, October 23, the Charles Wright Academy Singers, an ensemble of 21 Upper School students conducted by Upper School Choral Director Aimee Mell, will debut their production of “The Reluctant Dragon.”  This 23-minute operetta tells of “the adventures of a boy, a saint and a dragon back when the world was different and there were more dragons about than there are nowadays.”  Read the rest of this entry »

The fourth installment of “Waiting for the Whisper” is now available online.  Click here to listen to the podcast or find it on iTunes.

The show features:
- “From the Hallways” interviews by Drew Pine
- An interview by CWA Chaplain Mike Moffitt with Michael McCauley about Ramadan and becoming Muslim
- Commentary on the non-ethical world of “Bioshock” by Iean Drew and Toby Shorin Read the rest of this entry »

During the past week, Charles Wright athletes have recorded victories in every fall sport except cross-country, which had the week off from competition.  This week the boys tennis team will play their final two matches of the regular season and then compete in the Nisqually League Tournament on CWA’s campus Thursday and Friday.  Next Friday is also a big game for the Upper School’s varsity football team which will playing against Cedar Park Christian before a Homecoming crowd.  Read the rest of this entry »

The halls of the Upper School have been buzzing this week with the rumor that the Seahawks drum line, Blue Thunder, might perform at Charles Wright’s homecoming on October 17.  We’re happy to report that rumor is absolutely true!  CWA students Kate Ellwanger, Alex King, Angela Yang and a host of other stomping, clapping, back-up-singing students have recorded their own version of Ben Lee’s song “Catch My Disease.”  Now they’re out trying to catch Blue Thunder on a Seattle radio station.  But, and here’s the catch, they need your votes! Read the rest of this entry »

What sort of business model does CWA run on?  That’s the question Headmaster Rob Camner tackles in his latest blog.  Click here to find the answer!

John Munn ’84 is well known in the Charles Wright community as an alum, entrepreneur and member of Challengers of the Improv-ssible, an improvisational theater group led by drama teacher John Forier.  He has directed more than 35 productions and acted in more than 100 plays, including playing a improv role in CWA’s 50th birthday celebration last fall.

Munn is also the owner of Comic Book Inc, a full service comic book store located in the brand new Johnsborough Station at the east end of Tacoma.  His store has been nominated as one of the best in the region by Evening Magazine’s “Best of Western Washington” program on KING-5 TV.  You can show your Tarrier pride by voting Munn’s shop the best comic book store on KING-5’s website.  Just click here! Read the rest of this entry »