http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog The latest and greatest news from Charles Wright Academy Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:51:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back-to-back-to-back December storms impacted class schedules and disrupted student activities at CWA last month, but they couldn’t cancel the annual candle-light Christmas Eve service or keep the school’s alumni away.  The largest crowd yet came to participate in and cheer on the 5th annual Hoop it Up alumni basketball tournament. Seven ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2009/01/02/winter-storms-cancel-student-activities-but-not-hoop-it-up/ Charles Wright’s boys basketball team wasn’t expected to win the league championship last year but they put together a 22-6 season and won the state championship anyway.  Today the News Tribune predicted they’ll finish third in the league this year behind expected state championship contenders Vashon and Cascade Christian.  With ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/12/16/basketball-teams-off-to-a-strong-start-on-the-long-road-to-state/ Charles Wright Academy made three big announcements this weekend.  The first, and most important in many ways, was that classes today were delayed two hours due to the weather.  The second, made at the Lower School Holiday Concert on Sunday and repeated at the All-School Holiday assembly today was that ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/12/15/three-big-announcements-from-cwa/ Charles Wright's Upper School choral and instrumental music program will hold its annual winter concert tonight at 7:30pm in the Middle School Commons.  The concert will feature the school's String Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Symponic Band, Chamber Singers and Academy Singers.  With the permission of TRN Music Publisher, Inc, CWA recorded ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/12/04/orchestra-preps-for-tonights-winter-concert/ At the end of the fall sports season, 17 Tarriers were named to all-league teams in recognition of their outstanding performance in football, volleyball and girls soccer.  An all-league team was not named in cross-country.  The boys tennis team will be named in the spring.  The Charles Wright students named ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/12/04/tarriers-win-all-league-honors/ Last month Charles Wright’s student newspaper, The Academy Times, became the second Washington state publication inducted into the National Scholastic Press Association’s Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the nation’s best student newspapers, yearbooks and literary magazines.  Inductees must have earned 10 All-American ratings from the NSPA within an ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/12/01/academy-times-inducted-into-national-hall-of-fame/ The fall sports season wrapped up in early November and it was a very successful one for Charles Wright.  All but one Upper School varsity squad moved into the post-season.  The boys cross-country team captured second place at the state meet, five tennis players advanced to the quad-district tournament in ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/11/20/basketball-season-begins-with-clinic-as-fall-sports-wrap-up/ Charles Wright’s Upper School students have organized the school’s first Clubs Film Festival on Friday, November 21.  The Gay-Straight Alliance and Diversity Club took the lead role in organizing the event and seven clubs are participating as film sponsors.  The student organizers hope that this multi-club event will appeal to ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/11/19/clubs-film-fest-brings-six-movies-to-charles-wright/ Headmaster Rob Camner attended the first grade's Authors' Tea and wrote about it on his blog.  Click here to read what Rob had to say. http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/11/19/a-visit-to-authors-tea/ Charles Wright’s girls soccer are volleyball teams have advanced to districts at King's High School this weekend – a first in school history for the volleyball team –  while the boys and girls cross-country teams are headed to the state meet in Pasco.  Saturday at noon, the volleyball team faces ... http://cwablogs.org/blogs/wrightblog/2008/11/07/volleyball-soccer-and-x-country-advance-in-post-season/