Charles Wright alum Nicolai Wohns ’03 has been named one of the Puget Sound region’s finest young classical musicians.  He and five others will be featured in a Winners’ Recital presented by the Tacoma Philharmonic this month.  Wohns, a violinist, is now a student at Northwestern University and is taught by Gerardo Ribeiro. Read the rest of this entry »

The time has come for alumni to stand up, sing out and speak up for the language and performing arts at Charles Wright Academy!  Today the school launched a new webiste — www.charleswright.org/boundless — to give alumni all the latest information on the need for a new language and performing arts center, the design of the building, and the people supporting this campaign.

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The Wright Stuff rummage sale is just four and a half months away and the second annual Wright Stuff garage sale is three weeks away!  Kari Whitney  is back with weekly updates on both events:

Lunch was, once again, spectacular at the farmhouse this week. Tanya made her Russian pieroji, Laura made an Asian slaw, and Liz made a variety of chocolate chip cookies, which we enjoyed with ice cream. Our Wednesday break for lunch is one the highlights we look forward to every week.

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Yes!  We really are building a new Language and Performing Arts Center!  The Boundless Expression capital campaign reached a major milestone this month.  More than $7 million has been pledged by members of the Charles Wright community.  With that good news, the Board of Trustees approved signing a construction contract.  Work will start on the site in June, right after graduation. 

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We can’t report back on the events if they haven’t happend yet!  Check back soon.  Our first big event is coming up in May and we’ll have the whole story here with pictures.

A series of events will be held over the summer and fall to give CWA alumni an opportunity to learn more about the new Language and Performing Arts Center.  Plans are in the works for events in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington, DC, and somewhere in Colorado.  Stay tuned! 

The CWA Parent Association is hard at work preparing for the 2008 Wright Stuff Rummage Sale.  The sale will support construction of the Language and Performing Arts Center.  Kari Whitney offers this update from the Wright Stuff farmhouse.   

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The 2008 Wright Spirit Auction, organized by the Parent Association, lived up to its Cest Fantastique theme.  The group met their goal of raising $500,000 at the event to support construction of the new Language and Performing Arts Center.

The fund-a-need request brought in more than $145,000 in gifts from $100 up to $40,000.   These donations were matched by a gift from Holroyd, a sand and gravel operation, and its owners Stephen and Rita Nielsen.  Stephen graduated from Charles Wright in 1974.  His brothers David ’73 and Mark ’79 are also CWA alums.  Stephen and his wife Rita have a set of twins in the eighth grade here – Decker and Alex.