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 »

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 »

Charles Wright Chaplain Mike Moffitt has produced a new episode of his podcast Waiting for the Whisper.  In this show he focuses on re-creation in various forms.  He interviews students and faculty about their summer plans for recreation.  He interviews Headmaster Rob Camner and Kit Granum, board member, capital campaign co-chair, parent and alum, about the re-creation of the CWA campus with construction of the new language and performing arts center.  Finally, Moffitt sits down with Emily Rome ’08 to talk about graduation, CWA memories and plans for the future.

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Once a year, Charles Wright’s faculty and staff gather to celebrate their colleagues’ service to the school at the annual Employee Recognition event.  Pins are awarded to those with five, ten, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years and service and goodbyes are said to those departing at the end of the academic year.

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Students and teachers at Charles Wright celebrated groundbreaking for the new Language and Performing Arts Center yesterday in a very big way, complete with dancing monsters and an excavator.  You can read all about it over on the Boundless Expression blog.  Just click here!

Lt. Daniel Shaw, a Navy Chaplain who recently returned from Iraq, visited Charles Wright Academy to thank the kindergarteners who sent him cards, pictures and care packages during his tour of duty.  Shaw distributed these items to the men and women in his unit.  This was a year-long class project and the young students were extremely excited to have their friend visit for the first time.

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CWA sent 35 Lower School students to compete against more than 1,400 other students at the Washington State Elementary Chess Tournament held in Redmond on Saturday, April 26, 2008.  Eight Tarriers returned to campus with trophies including two new state champions. 

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The CWA Parent Association is now accepting nominations for the prestigious 2008 Inspirational Faculty Award.  The award will be presented at graduation and faculty members consider it one of the highest honors they may receive during their careers.  Nominations may be made by faculty peers, parents, students or alumni through Friday, May 9. 

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CWA maintains one highly trained, innovative, committed teacher for every eight students. Our faculty also coach, serve as advisors, lead outdoor trips and much more. Every day they model the notion of lifelong learning for their students by never being satisfied that they know everything there is to know about the subjects they teach and the interests they pursue.

Now you can learn more about each member of the Charles Wright faculty – their education, experience, hobbies, passions and bonds with their students – by reading their bios.  Click here to open the faculty bio list.

If you’re planning to climb Mount Everest this summer (and hey, who isn’t) you may have read the News Tribune’s front-page story: Closed? Local guides predict losses after China reserves Everest for Olympic torch climb. 

Eric Simonson, co-owner of Ashford’s International Mountain Guides company, was pictured and quoted in the article.  What the TNT didn’t report is that Simonson is a proud member of the Charles Wright family (hard to imagine how they missed an important fact like that!)

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