By Devika Agrawal ’13

Winning their first three matches, Charles Wright Academy’s Upper School Knowledge Bowl team started the 2012 season with a bang. The team is very enthusiastic about their upcoming regional competition on March 3 and is working extremely hard towards their goal of winning the 3A state championship for the first time in school history. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

Upper School visual arts teacher Brian Hutcheson gave his class a unique challenge this fall: Don’t just create 3D art. Animate it! Now the products of their work – created individually and in teams – are on display in the Upper School’s newly christened Ted Sanford Art Gallery and visitors can marvel not only at the creativity of their projects but the ingenuity as well. Read the rest of this entry »

A pair of CWA juniors, soccer player Katie Mayer and football player Beau Iverson Jr., have been named to the highly selective News Tribune all-area teams. This honor recognizes the best athletes in the South Sound, regardless of the WIAA classification in which their schools compete. Mayer and Iverson both made significant contributions to their teams this year. Read the rest of this entry »

CWA’s fall sports season was one of the most exciting and most successful in recent years. The boys cross-country team took fourth place at state with two runners on the podium in individual places. The boys tennis team swept through the league and quad-district tournaments defending their quad-district title and setting themselves up to make a run at their third consecutive state championship title in the spring. The girls cross-country team sent two runners to state, both of whom turned in strong performances. Both volleyball and football also competed at the district level. It was the second district appearance in as many years for the volleyball team. It was the football team’s first district appearance in 14 years. As the all-league honors began rolling in for Tarriers on both team, word came that CWA Head Football Coach Mike Finch took Coach-of-the-Year honors for the Nisqually League. Read the rest of this entry »

Charles Wright Academy has teamed up with the Emergency Food Network to help sponsor the 2011 Empty Bowls fundraiser and CWA’s student artists are leading the effort by donating their own artwork to the cause. Read the rest of this entry »

Fourteen more members of CWA’s Class of 2012 have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship program for their performance on the PSAT last year.  Three students scored in the top one percent of test takers and eleven students scored in the top five percent. In total, nearly 20 percent of the class scored on the exam in the nation’s top five percent. Read the rest of this entry »

High school seniors apply to multiple colleges for two reasons: 1) they do not know yet exactly where they want to study; and 2) they do not know where they will be accepted. Do your research, then hedge your bets and apply to a range of schools you would be comfortable attending including a few safety schools, a few schools you’re reasonable certain will accept you, and a few schools like feel like a reach. That’s the common advice and it is the advice that Rachael Williams took to heart. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »