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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Carie Olsen
5th Grade
Carie Olsen teaches fifth grade. “I love to do projects with students that help them experience the real-life aspects of what we study,” she says. “The fifth grade archaeological dig is a chance to get dirty, practice scientific research processes, and experience how we learn about history.”
“The colonial simulation, in which groups of students simulate sailing across the ocean, landing in the New World, and building a colony, is always a favorite, as is of course the trip to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Washington DC. These chances to touch, see and feel what we study makes the material more relevant and understandable, and helps students make connections between what they already know, their life, and what they’re studying.”
Olsen joined the CWA faculty in 2000. She holds a bachelors degree and a masters degree in teaching, both from Smith College in Massachusetts. She was certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in 2007. At Charles Wright she coaches the Math Olympiad team.
She enjoys the flexibility she has found as a teacher at Charles Wright. “We are truly free to capitalize on teachable moments in ways that enrich and expand our students’ learning. Each group of kids has its own personality and variety of learning styles, and we can address that in our teaching by slowing down or speeding up, or presenting lessons differently.”
Olsen volunteers with Safe Streets in her neighborhood, helps organize the National Night Out, and serves as a board member of the Wapato Co-Operative Pre-School. She is the mother of two boys she describes as beautiful, smart and creative. She finished the New York City marathon, and backpacking the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier and the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island. She played rugby in college and for a local women’s team. She has a 25 pound cat, raises free-range chickens in her back yard, and notes that she eats ice cream as often as possible, preferably every night.
Visit her web page
Read the blog entry about her board certification
“The colonial simulation, in which groups of students simulate sailing across the ocean, landing in the New World, and building a colony, is always a favorite, as is of course the trip to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Washington DC. These chances to touch, see and feel what we study makes the material more relevant and understandable, and helps students make connections between what they already know, their life, and what they’re studying.” Olsen joined the CWA faculty in 2000. She holds a bachelors degree and a masters degree in teaching, both from Smith College in Massachusetts. She was certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in 2007. At Charles Wright she coaches the Math Olympiad team.
She enjoys the flexibility she has found as a teacher at Charles Wright. “We are truly free to capitalize on teachable moments in ways that enrich and expand our students’ learning. Each group of kids has its own personality and variety of learning styles, and we can address that in our teaching by slowing down or speeding up, or presenting lessons differently.”
Olsen volunteers with Safe Streets in her neighborhood, helps organize the National Night Out, and serves as a board member of the Wapato Co-Operative Pre-School. She is the mother of two boys she describes as beautiful, smart and creative. She finished the New York City marathon, and backpacking the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier and the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island. She played rugby in college and for a local women’s team. She has a 25 pound cat, raises free-range chickens in her back yard, and notes that she eats ice cream as often as possible, preferably every night.
Visit her web page
Read the blog entry about her board certification
