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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Stephanie Glenn
Upper School Japanese, Outdoor Education Co-leader
Stephanie Glenn teaches Japanese in the Upper School. She particularly enjoys taking students to Japan during Winterim and coordinating Charles Wright’s exchange program with the Mukogawa School.
Glenn graduated from Charles Wright and earned her bachelors degree in Japanese at the University of Washington. She returned to join the faculty in 1994. In addition to teaching, she coordinates the school’s outdoor education program. Her daughter now attends Charles Wright..jpg)
“I started studying Japanese formally in seventh grade at Charles Wright and never stopped,” says Glenn. “Learning about a country so different in so many ways from my own has given me a greater appreciation of where I come from as well as a deeper understanding of how differently people can live. Not only has my life been shaped strongly by my own Japanese studies, I have been fortunate to watch many of my own students spend quality time in Japan as tourists, exchange students, and even in their careers. It is exciting to see relationships grow among people who live in many ways very differently.”
“In our world, I believe it is increasingly important for young people to early on develop healthy curiosity about other cultures, seeking similarity and common ground even among people who seem to have perspectives, opinions, speech and lifestyles different from our own. Charles Wright's commitment to teaching foreign languages is an incredibly valuable part of its education.”
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Glenn graduated from Charles Wright and earned her bachelors degree in Japanese at the University of Washington. She returned to join the faculty in 1994. In addition to teaching, she coordinates the school’s outdoor education program. Her daughter now attends Charles Wright.
“I started studying Japanese formally in seventh grade at Charles Wright and never stopped,” says Glenn. “Learning about a country so different in so many ways from my own has given me a greater appreciation of where I come from as well as a deeper understanding of how differently people can live. Not only has my life been shaped strongly by my own Japanese studies, I have been fortunate to watch many of my own students spend quality time in Japan as tourists, exchange students, and even in their careers. It is exciting to see relationships grow among people who live in many ways very differently.”
“In our world, I believe it is increasingly important for young people to early on develop healthy curiosity about other cultures, seeking similarity and common ground even among people who seem to have perspectives, opinions, speech and lifestyles different from our own. Charles Wright's commitment to teaching foreign languages is an incredibly valuable part of its education.”
Visit her web site
