Now in its tenth year, Charles Wright’s Ultimate program hosted its first big tournament on March 13. A total of 21 middle and high school teams from nine schools in the Portland-to-Seattle region came to CWA for the Green Games. Five Charles Wright teams competed and the Tarriers posted a 12-4 record with two teams undefeated. 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 »

After winning the Tacoma Invitational and the greater Puget Sound regional contest, two Charles Wright Knowledge Bowl teams are preparing for the State Tournament in Richland on Saturday, March 26. They will head east next weekend in search of the school’s first 3A state championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright faculty and staff used their February 18th in-service day to practice what they teach. The school’s diversity committee organized a series of community service projects which included sending teachers and staff members to work with two of the school’s long-standing community service partners – L’Arche Tacoma Hope and Pierce County Environmental Services. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright Academy middle school students have been carving wooden duck decoys for more than 25 years and caring for Chambers Creek for the past nine years, a service project that earned them the county’s Youth Group of the Year award last year. This year the seventh graders in Bob Gordon’s art class have blended these two great Charles Wright traditions. They built and installed houses in the canyon near campus for a unique breed of duck experts are hoping to attract to the creek.

Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been awhile since Tarriers had a chance to show their school pride in an online voting contest. South Sound Magazine to the rescue! Voting is now open for the glossy magazine’s 2011 Best of the South Sound. You can vote for Charles Wright as the best private school, the best place to work, perhaps even the best lunch spot! The rules are simple: one ballot per email address (and you must supply your email address, although they promise not to share or sell it), and at least ten categories on each ballot must be completed. Check it out at http://southsoundmag.com/best_of_south_sound. Voting ends April 1. Winners will be honored in the June/July issue of the magazine. Spread the word!

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 »

Davidson College might just be one of the best colleges you know nothing about. Although it often appears on lists of the most highly regarded liberal arts colleges in the country (often listed with schools like Williams, Carleton, and the Claremont colleges) and it has an NCAA Division I athletic program, its Southern location puts it off the map for many in our community. Caroline Thompson is just the second CWA student to apply to Davidson in the past decade.   Read the rest of this entry »