Charles Wright Academy has teamed up with the Emergency Food Network to help sponsor the 2011 Empty Bowls fundraiser and CWA’s student artists are leading the effort by donating their own artwork to the cause. Read the rest of this entry »

Fourteen more members of CWA’s Class of 2012 have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship program for their performance on the PSAT last year.  Three students scored in the top one percent of test takers and eleven students scored in the top five percent. In total, nearly 20 percent of the class scored on the exam in the nation’s top five percent. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a Five Photo Friday and this week all the news is from the Lower School! Read the rest of this entry »

High school seniors apply to multiple colleges for two reasons: 1) they do not know yet exactly where they want to study; and 2) they do not know where they will be accepted. Do your research, then hedge your bets and apply to a range of schools you would be comfortable attending including a few safety schools, a few schools you’re reasonable certain will accept you, and a few schools like feel like a reach. That’s the common advice and it is the advice that Rachael Williams took to heart. Read the rest of this entry »

Rafe Wadleigh is the new director of choral music for the Middle and Upper Schools and the chair of the performing arts department at CWA. He comes to the school with 15 years experience directing choral ensembles, building music programs, and performing. He is a versatile musician with a strong command of both academic and popular music styles. This week he’s on campus leading CWA’s 2011 Rock Camp. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years, five awards have been established to identify the qualities we value at Charles Wright and would like to see manifested in our students.  Three awards were established in 1979 to honor: consideration for others; improvement, particularly in the senior year; and enthusiastic support of school activities.  In 1987, a fourth award was added for the senior who best exemplifies the qualities of a Charles Wright student.  In 1998, we added a fifth award for good citizenship.  These five awards were named for the first five CWA headmasters.  Though presented by the Headmaster on behalf of the school, the recipients for these awards have been chosen by the CWA Upper School faculty. Read the rest of this entry »

Emily Harper is counting on her feet to carry her far. The distance runner has dreams of seeing the world and she made her college choice with those adventures at the forefront of her mind. At Colby College in Maine, she expects to be both very comfortable and extremely challenged for the next four years. Read the rest of this entry »

Be the difference. That’s the challenge that Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has issued to the 1,928 students enrolled as members of its Class of 2014. Aspiring playwright Alex Coddington chose Marquette for many reasons, but that call to action was one of them. Read the rest of this entry »

CWA junior Bryan Gula and alum Iean Drew ’10 are inviting the whole Charles Wright community to attend a spotlight production of their new musical Falling Back on Monday, May 23, at 8pm in the Donn Laughlin Theater. The spotlight show with selected readings and songs is the culmination of three years of effort. Gula hopes to see the entire production staged before he graduates from high school and is the first opportunity for others to see what he and Drew have been working on for so long. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright’s Upper School vocalists triumphed at last weekend’s regional Solo and Ensemble contest. Despite being one of the smallest schools at the contest, CWA won top honors in three categories and qualifying six performers for the state competition in April. The instrumental musicians held their contest earlier, click here for that story. Read the rest of this entry »