Rob Scotlan is known around the Charles Wright campus for his dry sense of humor and voracious appetite for literature.  The eighth grade English teacher is now the author of a new CWA blog about books.  “The Pages In Between” launches today with Scotlan’s first two blog entries – an introduction to his passion for reading and a review of The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.  

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CWA sent 35 Lower School students to compete against more than 1,400 other students at the Washington State Elementary Chess Tournament held in Redmond on Saturday, April 26, 2008.  Eight Tarriers returned to campus with trophies including two new state champions. 

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Mike Moffitt, Charles Wright’s chaplain, has produced the second episode of his new podcast, “Waiting for the Whisper,” which explores spirituality and life in and around the CWA community. 

Click here to listen to the new episode, entitled “Compassion” or search the iTunes store for “Waiting for the Whisper.”

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The eighth grade class won’t be making their annual trip to Mount Saint Helens this year because the Johnson Ridge Observatory is still buried under a whole lot of snow.  The Cascades have received more than 150% of the usual snow fall this year which is great for the summer water forecast and skiers, but not so good for science field trips and baseball games.  The unusually poor spring weather – unusually poor even for the Pacific Northwest – threw a real curve ball at the CWA baseball team.  In the month of the March they played just two full games and they’ve had a few games called due to rain in April too.  None the less, the Tarriers finished the season with a 5-9 record. 

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Charles Wright history teacher Nick Coddington has won his second national award for excellence in holocaust education.  In June he will travel to New York to receive the Spirit of Anne Frank Award.  The prestigious award is given each year by the Anne Frank House USA. 

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The Tarrier girls’ tennis players are league champions for the second straight year, finishing their season with a 12-2 record.  The team was undefeated in their league for a second year.  A non-league loss to Fife broke their 21 match winning streak, but left the team all the more determined to return to the state tournament where they tied for third last year.

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Charles Wright’s track and field athletes wrapped up their regular season this week and are now preparing for the Nisqually League Championship meet to be held on Tuesday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 7, at Fife High School.  The districts and state meets will follow the next two weeks.  The girls’ team moves into the post season in a strong position after winning all three of their meets in April and May.  The boys’ team faces some tough competition at the local level, but Tarriers are ranked in the state’s top ten of seven boys’ track and field events at the 1A level. Read the rest of this entry »

Update: The Charles Wright boys’ soccer team beat Vashon Friday night in a post-season game to determine the league championship.  The Tarriers won by a score of 5-1 with Dillon Truscott scoring twice and Cory Barrett scoring three goals.  The Nisqually 1A League Champs will now enter the Bi-District Tournament which begins next week.

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Charles Wright has had some very good golf teams in the past, but even before the season began, Coach Howard Wouters predicted this boys’ team would be the best.  With just one more regular-season match to play, the Tarriers are undefeated.  They have faced the team expected to be their toughest competition – Chimacum – and senior Geoff Moore has shattered the school’s all-time record shooting four under par 33 at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club.  Read the rest of this entry »

Have you decided where you’re going to go next year? It’s the question everyone starts asking the minute you finish your junior year of high school. After months and months of writing essays, filling out applications, research schools, and debating, debating, debating, debating… the Charles Wright class of 2008 finally has an answer. Or rather, they’ve got 30+ answers.

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