Correction: The KIRO contest starts this evening (Monday, April 20), but CWA’s first “match” won’t actually begin until NEXT Monday, April 27, at 5pm.

Calling All Tarriers!  KIRO TV is wrapping up the school year with one more big contest.  CWA is one of 32 schools in an NCAA-basketball-tournament-style battle to be named the high school with the most school spirit.  The online voting starts Monday, April 20, at 5pm!  Read the rest of this entry »

Legendary Harlem Globetrotter Curly Neal and Buckets Blakes, now in his 7th season with the world’s most famous basketball team, visited Charles Wright today for an interview with freshmen Koby Deitz of Steilacoom and Alex Nielsen of University Place.  Deitz and Nielsen are National History Day scholars building an exhibit for the state contest on the team’s founder, Abe Saperstein, and his impact on the desegregation of professional basketball.

History teacher Nick Coddington helped his students reach the Globetrotter’s public relations staff in Arizona, hoping Deitz and Nielsen might be able to speak to a current or former player briefly by phone.  Instead the Globetrotters sent Neal and Blakes to CWA for a 30 minute interview with Deitz and Nielsen and give them a chance to shoot hoops with the famous players.  The boys and girls varsity basketball teams got in on the action too with a once-in-a-lifetime team picture.  At one point, Buckets went four-on-one with CWA players.  He dribbled and they all tried to steal the ball.  No luck. Read the rest of this entry »

The CWA Parent Association is looking for the school’s 2009 Inspirational Faculty member and the group is accepting nominations from students, parents, alumni, teachers and staff.  Click here for the form and nominate your favorite teacher. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright’s varsity boys soccer team is cruising through the season with a perfect 6-0 record.  The squad has outscored their opponents 30-2.  Meanwhile, several of the school’s other spring sports teams are also performing very well. Read the rest of this entry »

There are few more quintessential American experiences than playing baseball on a warm summer evening with the smell of hot dogs hanging in the air as you wait for the crack of the wooden bat.  The Charles Wright baseball teams play March through May, the weather is often more wet than warm, hot dogs aren’t generally for sale, and the bats are aluminum, but for players and fans alike, the experience is still as American as apple pie.  Read the rest of this entry »

For the first time, a team from Charles Wright Academy has won the Washington Council on Economic Education’s state Econ Challenge, a program for students to demonstrate their knowledge of macro, micro and international economics in written and quiz bowl exams.

Senior teammates Lucia Shen of Tacoma, Lizzie Peterson of Olympia, Katie Young of Bonney Lake and Nicole Tjota of Federal beat Mercer Island High School in the finals at the Space Needle on Saturday, March 21.  The team and their coach, Barton Truscott, have won a trip to Los Angeles April 26 and 27 to compete in the regional competition.  The regional winner will go to New York City in late May to compete in the national competition. Read the rest of this entry »