DID YOU KNOW?
Over a five-year period, students’ SAT scores averaged 1,260 points compared to the national average of 1,000 points.
Typically, 20 percent of a Charles Wright graduating class are National Merit Scholars or Commended Students.
Charles Wright offers more Advanced Placement courses – the equivalent of college courses – than any other high school in the South Puget Sound area.
Minority students account for 28 percent of the student body.
In the last decade, Charles Wright students consistently earned top honors among the State of Washington’s journalism students.
Charles Wright grants over $1.3 million in financial assistance to 21% of the student body.
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Alyssa Baker
Middle School Learning Specialist
Alyssa Baker is the Middle School learning specialist. Developing study and organizational skills is critical for Middle School students and Baker, who considers making lists a hobby and says one of her favorite projects is working with students to clean out their binders and lockers.
Baker believes the level of support and collaboration between all the teachers in the Middle School is what makes Charles Wright such a unique place to work and study.
Baker holds a bachelors degree from Pacific University and a masters degree from Northwestern University in learning disabilities. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2002 and has taught sixth grade reading, parent workshops and summer study skills camps. She has also coached boys’ basketball.
She is particularly interested in the social implications of learning disabilities and volunteers in the community as a tutor and works with children at her church. She also enjoys cooking, gardening and organizing.
Visit her web page
Baker believes the level of support and collaboration between all the teachers in the Middle School is what makes Charles Wright such a unique place to work and study.
Baker holds a bachelors degree from Pacific University and a masters degree from Northwestern University in learning disabilities. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2002 and has taught sixth grade reading, parent workshops and summer study skills camps. She has also coached boys’ basketball.
She is particularly interested in the social implications of learning disabilities and volunteers in the community as a tutor and works with children at her church. She also enjoys cooking, gardening and organizing.
Visit her web page
