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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Ryan Johnson
Upper School Science
Ryan Johnson teaches biology and environmental biology in the Upper School. “I love the small class sizes at CWA,” says Johnson. “I teach a biology course with eight students. I’m able to meet each student’s individual needs and the needs of the class as a whole.”
Johnson graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2007. In addition to teaching, he coaches cross-country and track team runners, advises the climbing club, leads Winterim groups and volunteers with the school’s Chapel Home project.
Johnson enjoys running, baking scones, snowboarding, backpacking and writing. He once rode his mountain bike from New Mexico to Maine. In two and half months he covered over 3,000 miles, mostly on back roads and dirt roads.
Johnson graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2007. In addition to teaching, he coaches cross-country and track team runners, advises the climbing club, leads Winterim groups and volunteers with the school’s Chapel Home project. Johnson enjoys running, baking scones, snowboarding, backpacking and writing. He once rode his mountain bike from New Mexico to Maine. In two and half months he covered over 3,000 miles, mostly on back roads and dirt roads.
