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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Diane Hunt
Lower School Head
Diane Hunt is the Lower School Head. “Though I work hard and value serious thought and effort, I believe deeply in the importance and the power of play, both physical play and intellectual play,” says Hunt.
Hunt appreciates the openness, generosity, and inquisitiveness of the Lower School students. “They live life with gusto,” she says. She hopes her students always remember to look for the “wonder, beauty, awe, delight and joy of the life and learning experiences that surround them.”
Diane graduated from Pacific Lutheran University and began teaching math in the Upper School at Charles Wright in 1979. She served as Head of the Middle School for 18 years and was named Head of the Lower School in 2006. Before arriving at Charles Wright, Diane taught in a public junior high school and at Pacific Lutheran University. Hunt also leads outdoor education groups.
Diane and her husband have a daughter who graduated from Charles Wright and is now in college. Diane enjoys bicycling, backpacking, kayaking and music. She serves on the board of the Tacoma Youth Chorus.
Visit her web page
Hunt appreciates the openness, generosity, and inquisitiveness of the Lower School students. “They live life with gusto,” she says. She hopes her students always remember to look for the “wonder, beauty, awe, delight and joy of the life and learning experiences that surround them.”
Diane graduated from Pacific Lutheran University and began teaching math in the Upper School at Charles Wright in 1979. She served as Head of the Middle School for 18 years and was named Head of the Lower School in 2006. Before arriving at Charles Wright, Diane taught in a public junior high school and at Pacific Lutheran University. Hunt also leads outdoor education groups.
Diane and her husband have a daughter who graduated from Charles Wright and is now in college. Diane enjoys bicycling, backpacking, kayaking and music. She serves on the board of the Tacoma Youth Chorus.
Visit her web page
