Headmaster Rob Camner likes to say that people at Charles Wright take seriously what they do but don’t take themselves too seriously.  Nowhere is that more true than in the Middle School.  There that Tarrier spirit extends to the entire student body and these student-produced videos are proof positive of that fact. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright athletes scored big this week with victories for every fall sport played at the school.  The fans scored big too – they voted Charles Wright KIRO-TV’s Game of the Week for the second time this season.  The station’s 11pm news program tonight will include coverage of the home football game versus Vashon and that clip and a video filmed on campus Thursday about school spirit can both be viewed at www.kirotv.com/hsfootball during the coming week. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night Charles Wright Academy did something unprecedented in KIRO-TV’s High School Football Game of the Week competition: we won the online voting contest twice in one season. The Seattle TV station wanted to know why a little school in the South Sound had so much school spirit so they sent a reporter down. Click here to watch the video on KIRO’s website and find out why our students love this school so much. Then be sure to come to tonight’s football vs Vashon at CWA at 7pm. The cameras will be rolling and rain or shine it’s going to be a great game!

There are a lot of very talented people working at Charles Wright Academy and the visual arts department is helping everyone discover some of those hidden talents with the Faculty/Staff Art Show.  The gallery at the entrance to the Upper School is now adorned with the work of seventeen CWA teachers and staff members.  There are paintings, quilts, drawings, photographs, pottery, mixed-medium pieces and a number of installations involving home-grown vegetables.  Get a taste of what you’re missing with this photo gallery and then drop by the Upper School to see the real deal.  Read the rest of this entry »

KIRO-TV’s news crews had so much fun covering the headmaster’s picnic football game a few weeks ago that they’re coming back… twice!  Thursday a reporter will be on campus during the Upper School’s lunch to film a story about why Charles Wright has so much school spirit.  The impetus for the story was the huge number of votes cast by Tarrier fans for the game-of-the-week contest and for player-of-the-week.  Read the rest of this entry »