The Jumping Jaguars are wrapping up their 15th season dazzling fans with their acrobatic jump-rope and dance routines. The team of Lower Schoolers will perform on campus for the last time at the Town Hall on Friday, March 4. Their last off-campus performance will be April 2 when they march in the Junior Daffodil Parade. Read the rest of this entry »

Deciding where to go to college might be the only thing about which Natalie Weyerhaeuser has ever changed her mind. That might sound like an exaggeration, but since she arrived at Charles Wright 14 years ago as a bright-eyed Beginning Schooler, Weyerhaeuser has made a name for herself as a particularly focused and driven student. Generally speaking, she knows exactly what she wants and she sticks to it, but when it came to choosing a college, Weyerhaeuser took a different path. Read the rest of this entry »

The day after Christmas, Brendan Rome went shopping and he bought himself the biggest warmest North Face coat he could find. He’s going to need it, because next year he’ll be attending Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where the average temperatures in January are a low of 6°F and a high of 23°F. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t the weather that attracted Rome to Macalester. Read the rest of this entry »

Most of the Charles Wright seniors who submitted early decision or early action applications this fall to their top choice school were hoping for just one acceptance. Jackie Kirschner was hoping for two. Kirschner researched colleges early and found a school that offered everything she wanted. She applied early to both Syracuse University and its S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The Charles Wright “lifer” from Gig Harbor was among the very first members of her class to get exactly what she wanted: admissions offers to both. Read the rest of this entry »

Editor’s note: This is the first story in our 2010-2011 series of College Choice stories about members of the senior class and how they select the colleges and universities they’ll attend next year. Please check back for more stories soon.

On December 13, Charles Wright’s annual Holiday Assembly was just wrapping up in the Wight Gym when Brown University posted online its first round of admissions decisions for next year’s freshmen class. CWA senior Julia Donner was anxious to find out if she would be spending the next four years of her life in Rhode Island, but she didn’t even tell her family when the announcements were scheduled. Read the rest of this entry »

At the end of 2010, Charles Wright Academy’s outdoor education program received a very generous gift from an alum, a gift that will benefit all the school’s students as they participate in the program in all three divisions.

Steve Munn graduated with the class of 1981 and his mother taught in the Lower School. Some of his fondest memories from his years at Charles Wright are of backpacking trips taken with his friends and teachers. Read the rest of this entry »

The winter 2010 issue of Ties is in the mail so keep an eye out for it! This issue focuses on Literature across the curriculum at CWA. Senior Rachel Williams wrote the cover story about her experience with the Junior Research Project. Headmaster Rob Camner shares his thoughts on one of his favorite novels. English Department Chair Creighton King, Lower School Librarian Deborah Baldwin, Middle School Librarian Sam Harris and Spanish Teacher Dana Flaskerud all share their perspectives on literature at CWA as well. On the Bridge, alums Rhett Mayfield ’94 and Emily Rome ’08 discuss how CWA influenced them to become writers. Filling out the issue, Athletic Director Bill White explains how three different rule books govern our sports programs, there’s a full report on Homecoming and the 2010 Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame inductions, and of course there are lots of Class Notes. Of special note: on page 11 you’ll find a really adorable photo of our very first third generation Tarrier! Beginning Schooler Mackenzie Will is the daughter of Trevor Will ’93 and the granddaughter of Jaime Will ’65. What a great family tradition!

CWA defeated Overlake (3-2) last night to advance to the second round of the Tri-District volleyball tournament for the first time in school history.  The Tarriers lost (3-0) to Lynden Christian, the team ranked third in state, but they gave the Lyncs a run for their money!  It was a very exciting match and they led several times.  So here’s what’s next… Read the rest of this entry »

Seven more members of CWA’s Class of 2011 have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship program for their performance on the PSAT last year.  These students all scored in the top five percent of test takers.  With two additional students honored last week as National Merit Semifinalists, a total of 13% of the senior class scored in the nation’s top five percent on that exam. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2010-2011 school year began today.  While the Middle Schoolers were wrapping up at camp, the Lower School welcomed the class of 2024 (this year’s Beginning Schoolers) and students and parents in all the Lower School classes posed for family photos before the school day began.  The Upper School held an assembly in the Donn Laughlin Theater, the very first assembly where the class of 2011 could call themselves seniors, and the halls were soon full of their books and backpacks.  By the time the Middle School faculty and students returned to campus mid-afternoon, the year was well underway.  Tomorrow the entire student body will be in class. Read the rest of this entry »