CWA’s sixth grade program picked up a big award this week.  After eight years and 1,266 hours of service caring for Chambers Creek, Pierce County has selected the teachers and students as a 2010 Youth Group of the Year.  “You are being recognized for your special dedication and commitment to make your community a better place to live, through your exceptional volunteer efforts,” wrote County Executive Pat McCarthy in a letter to Alisha Bright, the sixth grade team leader.  The Tarriers will be honored at the County’s Volunteer Recognition Brunch on March 20. Read the rest of this entry »

Carnegie Mellon University is a school many people have never heard of, but it’s one of the nation’s top research universities and the alma mater of six Nobel Laureates.  The computer science department alone can attract more than $100 million a year in research grants, many from the Department of Defense and National Science Foundation.  It’s peer institutions include Cal Tech, Cornell, Duke, MIT, Princeton and Stanford.  Like all those schools, Carnegie Mellon is extremely selective – fewer than one in three applicants are admitted – but CWA senior Rafael McCauley is one of the lucky ones. Read the rest of this entry »

Ask CWA senior Max LaBerge what he likes about running and he won’t mention his state championship title in the 3200 meter or the challenge of competing against himself in pursuit of an elusive new personal best, although those are certainly part of running’s appeal.  Instead, Max talks about the calm that comes when all you can hear is the sound of your own heartbeat and air rushing in and out of your lungs.  “Sometimes you’re just there with your own thoughts,” he says.   Read the rest of this entry »

Natalie Powell loves soccer.  She has played at Charles Wright since she arrived on campus in sixth grade and competed outside of school on the elite Washington Premier 91 club team since she was 12 years old.  She has long dreamed of playing the most competitive soccer of her life when she reached college.  Her parents and coaches realized years ago that she is a gifted athlete with the potential to make that dream a reality.   Read the rest of this entry »

Willamette University is a strong liberal arts school that many Charles Wright students consider.  Located in Salem, Oregon, it’s just a three hours drive from home.  Willamette has an undergraduate study body of 1,800 and most classes have no more than 30 students.  At the same time, the school offers a broad array of academic, athletic and social opportunities.  All of this appealed to Tana Watanabe, a CWA student who applied to Willamette a few months ago and was accepted early into the class of 2014.   Read the rest of this entry »

Just over a month ago a 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti devastating a country already overwhelmed by poverty and a long history of social and political challenges.  Within days, CWA students, like so many people around the world, were pitching in to help.  In all three divisions, students have come up with creative ways to raise money, awareness and needed supplies.   Read the rest of this entry »

Megan Kelley is one of 13 lifers in this year’s senior class.  She came to Charles Wright as a kindergartner and has thrown herself into the life of the school ever since.  Next year she’ll trade in her green and white gear for blue and buff.  She’s picked a college with a mascot almost as unusual as a Tarrier.  She’s going to be a Hamilton College Continental.   Read the rest of this entry »

CWA will celebrate Winter Homecoming on Friday, January 29.  It’s an opportunity for the entire Charles Wright community to come together and celebrate the school’s winter athletes.  There will be food, music, jumping, dancing and lots of basketball.   Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been pretty quiet around the Charles Wright campus the past two weeks, but while most teachers and students are on winter break the Upper School boys and girls basketball teams continue to practice and compete.  Both squads lost several strong starters last year and this year’s senior class has fewer basketball players than most.  None the less, both teams are proving they can be competitive.

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Charles Wright’s musicians are hard at work preparing for their Winter Concerts.  All these events are free and open to the public.  Guests are particularly encouraged to attend the Upper and Middle School concerts which can comfortably seat many guests in the new Language and Performing Arts Center. Read the rest of this entry »