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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Plinio Gutierrez-Delgado
Lower School Spanish
Plinio Guitierrez-Delgado teaches Spanish in the Lower School. “I really like the collaboration between Spanish teachers at Charles Wright,” says Guitierrez-Delgado. “By working together, we provide opportunities for interaction between different age groups and levels. Sometimes Upper School Spanish students volunteer in my classroom and Upper and Lower School Spanish classes get together to share what they are learning. All the students benefit greatly from this type of experience.”
“One of my favorite projects is preparing with students the altar for El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead,” he says. “We decorate the altar with fruit, food, candy, photos, flowers, sugar skulls, and decorative paper to honor and remember our loved ones who have passed on.”
Guitierrez-Delgado was born in a small coastal town in southern Mexico. His family moved to Mexico City when he was young and he graduated there from Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Teachers College. He won several awards for public speaking and served as the master of ceremonies for several events at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. He taught for more than ten years in Mexico’s public school system and headed a teachers’ committee coordinating cultural and pedagogical activities for eight elementary schools.
In 1994, Guiterrez-Delgado came to the United States to learn English at the University of Washington. Before joining the Charles Wright faculty in 2002, he taught Spanish at Seattle Waldorf School and Seattle Country Day School. He taught in both the Middle and Upper Schools at CWA before developing the Lower School Spanish program.
Gutierrez-Delgado is passionate about salsa dancing and Latin music. He enjoys spending time with his family, watching foreign films, eco-touring, camping, hiking, and kayaking.
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“One of my favorite projects is preparing with students the altar for El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead,” he says. “We decorate the altar with fruit, food, candy, photos, flowers, sugar skulls, and decorative paper to honor and remember our loved ones who have passed on.” Guitierrez-Delgado was born in a small coastal town in southern Mexico. His family moved to Mexico City when he was young and he graduated there from Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Teachers College. He won several awards for public speaking and served as the master of ceremonies for several events at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. He taught for more than ten years in Mexico’s public school system and headed a teachers’ committee coordinating cultural and pedagogical activities for eight elementary schools.
In 1994, Guiterrez-Delgado came to the United States to learn English at the University of Washington. Before joining the Charles Wright faculty in 2002, he taught Spanish at Seattle Waldorf School and Seattle Country Day School. He taught in both the Middle and Upper Schools at CWA before developing the Lower School Spanish program.
Gutierrez-Delgado is passionate about salsa dancing and Latin music. He enjoys spending time with his family, watching foreign films, eco-touring, camping, hiking, and kayaking.
Visit his home page
