As has long been the tradition at CWA, the hearts of the Tarriers were warmed on Monday afternoon by the annual Holiday Assembly. At the end of the all-school event, students lit candles representing eight different fall and winter religious and cultural celebrations. The CWA community candle was then lit by the oldest Tarrier, senior Sophia Shin, and the youngest Tarrier, Beginning Schooler Max Portnow. Read the rest of this entry »

CWA’s 3rd/4th and 5th/6th grade youth tackle football teams are looking for players. These teams are welcome to CWA students and children attending other schools as well. Practices are held at CWA Tuesdays through Thursdays from 5-7pm. Games will be played on Saturdays. The 3rd/4th grade team will play their first game September 10. The 5th/6th grade team will play their first game on September 24th. Both teams compete in the Nisqually Jr. Football League. For more information please contact David Parker at dparker@charleswright.org

By Ann Vogel, CWA Parent

Hugs, smiles, and bittersweet tears ended a two-week summer visit of girls from the Mukogawa Junior High as they said goodbye to Charles Wright faculty, student assistants, and host families last week.    Read the rest of this entry »

By Ann Vogel, CWA Parent

Until recently, Khoe Tyner ’11 expected to be cheering in the stands for the Huskies’ football team along with her parents, both alumni of the University of Washington. Although she was accepted at UW and nine other schools, she’s instead heading from her home in Poulsbo to St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where ice hockey rules. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright’s new Middle School Head, Rudy Ford, has nearly completed his move across country and is settling into his new job. Ford brings to CWA more than 20 years experience as a teacher, coach and administrator. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright sixth grader Logan Howell does not own an iPod, but the self-taught computer programmer has already launched his career and is marketing his first game via Apple’s App Store. For just 99 cents, you too can blow up broccoli on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with Howell’s Vegetable Blowup version 1.1. 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 »

Rising CWA sixth graders Hayden Saalfeld, Michael Tucci, Alex Meadowcroft and Noah Schachter competed in Spokane at Hoopfest, a big three-on-three basketball tournament. The first initial of the boys’ first names were arranged to form the acronym MAHN and they wore bright green t-shirts that loudly proclaimed “Ya mahn, we be Tarriers!” with a Rastafarian Tarrier mascot. Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Daniels retired in June of 2011 and was presented with this Lifetime Teaching Award and the annual faculty/staff appreciation event.

For 41 years, Steve Daniels taught and coached at Charles Wright, always striving with humility, dignity and grace to help each student achieve his or her full potential. For so many years, and through so many changes, Steve was a steady rock in our community. He set high yet obtainable goals for his students and made sure they understood his expectations. His great consistency allowed growing minds to learn how to be good students as they fine-tuned their study strategies and built foundations for knowledge. He never gave up on anyone and always held all those around him accountable to themselves and the Charles Wright community. He modeled for all integrity, honesty, kindness and generosity. 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 »