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.
No South Sound school, public or private, offers more Advanced Placement courses than we do.
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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Leon Phillips
US Math
Leon Phillips teaches Upper School algebra, geometry, and algebra II. He hopes that his students always remember that math is not about crunching numbers.
“Numbers without context are meaningless,” says Phillips. “One of the best things I ever heard from a student was, ‘This is the answer I got, but it doesn’t look right.’ That tells me that the student is actually thinking about the problem and not just following some formula.”
Phillips joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 1998. In addition to teaching, Phillips has coached soccer and Ultimate Frisbee, and briefly advised both the Chuck Norris Fan Club and Stomp Club. He also participates in improvisational theatre and cheers wildly at school sporting events. In 2008 the CWA Parents Association presented him with the Inspirational Faculty Award.
“The big difference between CWA and other schools I’ve worked at is the trust and camaraderie between faculty members and the hugely positive atmosphere created by a supportive administration. The morale in the Middle School is phenomenal!”
A naturalized citizen of the United States, Phillips graduated from the University of Warwick in England. For two years, he technically had no nationality. In the very brief period between renouncing his British citizenship and taking his oath to the United States, the U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services mistakenly closed his file and it took Phillips two years to get the file reopened. “The whole story is actually quite interesting,” he says, “especially the part where my fingerprints ‘expired.’”
Visit his web page
Read the blog entry about his Inspirational Faculty Award
“Numbers without context are meaningless,” says Phillips. “One of the best things I ever heard from a student was, ‘This is the answer I got, but it doesn’t look right.’ That tells me that the student is actually thinking about the problem and not just following some formula.” Phillips joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 1998. In addition to teaching, Phillips has coached soccer and Ultimate Frisbee, and briefly advised both the Chuck Norris Fan Club and Stomp Club. He also participates in improvisational theatre and cheers wildly at school sporting events. In 2008 the CWA Parents Association presented him with the Inspirational Faculty Award.
“The big difference between CWA and other schools I’ve worked at is the trust and camaraderie between faculty members and the hugely positive atmosphere created by a supportive administration. The morale in the Middle School is phenomenal!”
A naturalized citizen of the United States, Phillips graduated from the University of Warwick in England. For two years, he technically had no nationality. In the very brief period between renouncing his British citizenship and taking his oath to the United States, the U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services mistakenly closed his file and it took Phillips two years to get the file reopened. “The whole story is actually quite interesting,” he says, “especially the part where my fingerprints ‘expired.’”
Visit his web page
Read the blog entry about his Inspirational Faculty Award
