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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Rob Camner
Headmaster, teaches Freshman Seminar
Rob Camner is Charles Wright’s Headmaster; he also periodically teaches. Camner has taught linear algebra (a post-calculus course) three times at CWA and since 2006 has taught a freshman seminar on American government.
Camner has led a number of Winterim groups, including several Northeast college tours and a trip to Costa Rica.
“What I really love about CWA are the students,” says Camner. “They aren’t all cut from the same cloth. Because they come from families with different definitions of success, they don’t compete against one another to the extent students do at some other independent schools. CWA has a remarkably supportive student atmosphere.”
Camner attended two different independent schools from grades four through 12. He graduated from Oberlin College with a double major in mathematics and government, and earned his masters degree in math from Ohio State. Prior to joining the CWA community in 1996, Camner taught at the Maret School and the Sidwell Friends School, both in Washington, DC, and served as Headmaster of Canton Country Day School in Canton, OH.
“People sometimes wonder exactly what a Headmaster does. I spend a good part of my time taking care of the here and now, but I also spend a lot of time working on the future, both short term and long term. I want to make sure that the CWA of tomorrow is even better than the wonderful school we have today.”
“Serving as Headmaster is quite rewarding. Teaching, however, is not only rewarding, but is also pure fun!”
At home, Camner enjoys growing fruit trees, rewiring houses, and experimenting with digital photography. He is also the past treasurer and a current board member of the Tacoma Urban League.
Visit his Freshman Seminar Home page
Read his Charles Wright blog
Camner has led a number of Winterim groups, including several Northeast college tours and a trip to Costa Rica. “What I really love about CWA are the students,” says Camner. “They aren’t all cut from the same cloth. Because they come from families with different definitions of success, they don’t compete against one another to the extent students do at some other independent schools. CWA has a remarkably supportive student atmosphere.”
Camner attended two different independent schools from grades four through 12. He graduated from Oberlin College with a double major in mathematics and government, and earned his masters degree in math from Ohio State. Prior to joining the CWA community in 1996, Camner taught at the Maret School and the Sidwell Friends School, both in Washington, DC, and served as Headmaster of Canton Country Day School in Canton, OH.
“People sometimes wonder exactly what a Headmaster does. I spend a good part of my time taking care of the here and now, but I also spend a lot of time working on the future, both short term and long term. I want to make sure that the CWA of tomorrow is even better than the wonderful school we have today.”
“Serving as Headmaster is quite rewarding. Teaching, however, is not only rewarding, but is also pure fun!”
At home, Camner enjoys growing fruit trees, rewiring houses, and experimenting with digital photography. He is also the past treasurer and a current board member of the Tacoma Urban League.
Visit his Freshman Seminar Home page
Read his Charles Wright blog
