Girls Soccer The young Tarrier soccer team hosted Evergreen Lutheran in a non-league contest. CWA battled Evergreen Lutheran to a 1-1 match that saw the Tarriers dominate possession in their offensive end for the majority of the game but had a lot of shots that just missed goal. The Tarriers traveled to Vashon to take [...]
by Ann Vogel Director of International Programs Robert F. Kennedy wrote that “When a person stands up for an idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, [...]
Play to Learn is a free program for children and adults to play together! Charles Wright is hosting, in partnership with the Children’s Museum of Tacoma, Play to Learn on Tuesdays from 10 - 11:30 a.m. in the Lower School commons starting on October 2. Quality early learning experiences lead to long-term success in [...]
by Matt Culberson Head of School I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. ~ Maya Angelou, “Human Family” The work of schools is foundational in the development of young hearts [...]
Volleyball The Charles Wright Tarriers competed in the Emerald Ridge Jamboree. CWA was the lone 1A school competing in this event. The Tarriers finished the day with a 6-0 record knocking off quality 3A and 4A programs in the jamboree. The Tarriers look to be a team that will be a force in the [...]
Incoming Lower School Director Nick Zosel-Johnson aims to educate the next generation of civic leaders by Kim Banti Nick Zosel-Johnson was at a crossroads. A junior at Claremont-McKenna College, he was a government major who, after a year of interning on Capitol Hill and working at the NATO-focused Atlantic Council, realized that the world [...]
By Joanna Manning Tucked away in a sunny corner of the Upper School library, the learning resource center might be mistaken for a casual gathering space. On any given day, students can be found clustered around the learning specialist’s desk, talking through strategies for managing time or stress, getting help with a paper, or [...]
by Qijun “Jackie” Zhong ’18 An international student highlights the progress he’s made stateside over the last four years I came to CWA in ninth grade from Guangzhou, China, and will graduate this June. The most challenging thing for me definitely was making friends with American students. Besides challenges with language, I had difficulty finding [...]
by Adam Berg ’18, Student Government President The first 10 minutes of my first Student-Faculty Senate meeting started off swimmingly. I introduced the four designs for the next year’s planner cover, asked everyone to close their eyes, and tallied up the votes. After meticulously scanning my chicken scratch on the whiteboard, it was clear that entry [...]
By Mark E. Hayes Coordinator of Service Learning and Sustainability, Upper School English Teacher Service without learning is good, but service with learning is the best we can do in a school setting. The 18th century British writer John Evelyn, one of the earliest conservationists, wrote in his groundbreaking work on forestry, Silva, a key [...]
