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CHARLES WRIGHT
UPPER SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Important Dates
4/11 • Senior Parent Mtg., 6:00 p.m.,
Upper School Commons
4/13 • ACT
4/15 • 2013-14 Course Catalog Available
Online
4/16 • US Divisional Parents Meeting
7:00 p.m., Tarrier House
4/17 • CHADD Meeting 6:30 p.m.,
Lower School Commons
4/18 • Founders Day
4/19-20 • Spring One-Act Festival,
7:30 p.m., Donn Laughlin
Theater
4/24 • Upper School Choral Concert,
7:30 p.m., Donn Laughlin
Theater
4/25 • Extended Advisory Meetings for
Academic Advising
4/25 -4/26 • Wright Connection College
Program
4/27 • Upper School Prom, 8:00 p.m. to
Midnight, Chambers Bay
4/29 • Parenting in a Digital World,
6:00 p.m., Middle School Library
Sports Schedules online at
www.charleswright.org/gametime
Charles Wright Academy
7723 Chambers Creek Road West
Tacoma, Washington 98467-2099
2013-14 Course Registration is Fast
Approaching!
By Bill White, Head of Upper School & Athletic Director
Each year, Tami Huff, the Upper School Registrar, and I spend time over spring break
reading the course catalog and preparing it for the following school year. For the past six
years, the catalog has been in electronic form only. In the old days when the document was
printed, the pressure to have everything finalized by the end of spring break was greater.
Fortunately, the electronic version and all the work done by the Department Chairs,
individual department members, and Katie Ryan, the Academic Dean, prior to vacation,
makes spring break less hectic.
The 2013-14 Course Catalog will be uploaded for parents in the Upper School Enrolled
Families section of our website on April 15. Students will have access through their
TarrierApps account on the same date. On Thursday, April 25 an extended advisory period
during the Upper School Speaker/Community period (1:55-3:10) has been organized for
faculty and students to discuss academic schedules for the 2013-14 school year. Hopefully,
students and the faculty will complete each student’s four-year plan and proposed
schedule. Students should bring that information home so you can discuss and sign off on
their academic program for next year. Course registration forms are due on Friday, May
10, 2013. Please feel free to set up an appointment with your child’s advisor, the college
counselors, or me if you have any questions.
The following are course changes for the 2013-14 School Year:
1. Digital Media will be taught in place of Sculpture. These courses rotate years.
2. With Mr. Ferguson’s retirement, AP Computer Science will not be taught. Mr. Stubbs
will teach a regular Computer Science class. He needs to teach the class before he can
apply for it to have an AP designation.
3. Honors American Government will become Advance Placement American Government.
The second semester will be Comparative Government. Before we can receive AP
designation for Comparative Government, it needs to be taught at CWA. It will be
taught at the AP level so students will be prepared for the AP exam.
4. The senior history elective is World Conflicts. The course will examine 20th century
wars and the Holocaust.
5. Honors Physics and AP Physics will go through a transition during the 2013-14 school
year. The College Board is dividing AP Physics B into two courses. Starting in 2014,
there will be an AP Physics 1 and an AP Physics 2 class. The Science Department will
begin the transition during the 2013-14 school year to prepare CWA students for the
exam. During the next school year, the Honors Physics class will be reshaped to look
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Important Dates
Continued . . .
5/3 • C’DAT Art Festival
• Middle School & Upper School
Spring Instrumental Concert,
7:30 p.m., Donn Laughlin Theater
5/4 • SAT
5/6-5/17 • AP Exams
5/10 • Course Registration Forms Due
for current 9th - 11th graders
• Senior Exams
5/14 • Cum Laude & Awards Assembly,
8:15 a.m., Donn Laughlin
Theater
• Senior Internships Begin
5/17 • Tussock Moth Day
• Yearbooks Distribution
• BandAid, 7:00 p.m., Donn
Laughlin Theater
5/25 • Course Registration Forms due
for Current 8th Graders
like the Physics 1 course that will be taught in the 2014-15
school year. This will prepare students who are interested
in taking the AP Physics 2 class as juniors. As a result of this
change, students taking Honors Physics next year must have
taken Honors Algebra II or be concurrently enrolled in the
class.
6. Students in the robotics club will earn a .25 activity credit for
their participation. Students must participate in at least six
robotics events and work at least two hours a week during
the fall. In total, students will need 40 hours of participation
to earn the credit. Students will need to keep a log and have it
verified by the robotics club advisor.
7. Members of the dance team will earn a .5 credit during the
Winter athletic season rather than a .4. To earn the extra
credit, the dance team will practice every day from 3:30 until
5:30 p.m. and perform at every home girls and boys basketball
game.
8. The community service requirement will change for 11th
and 12th graders to 20 hours. In addition, the on/off campus
distinction will be dropped. (Please see the following article in
this newsletter.)
Important Course Registration dates to remember:
Changes to Community
Service Requirement
By Bill White, Head of Upper School & Athletic Director
Over the past several years, the Community Service Club, the
club’s advisors, and the Student/Faculty Senate have discussed and
debated a proposal to make changes to the School’s community
service requirements. After a spirited discussion amongst the Upper
School Department Chairs, and a thoughtful conversation before
the School’s Curriculum Committee, changes in the requirements
were adopted.
The proposed changes took several years to formalize and come
to fruition. Tim Chang (’12) and seniors Devika Agrawal, Alec
Kurtz, and Dylan Harper worked hard and persevered through
all of the questions and hoops they had to maneuver to initiate
the changes. During the process, they spoke with the faculty, the
Curriculum Committee, and completed a survey amongst students
in the current 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. Their leadership and
persuasion skills were outstanding.
The purpose of these changes was three-fold. The students
recognized that other independent schools require more service
hours than Charles Wright. Some of the Seattle Schools require
160 hours over a four-year period. The current community service
requirement has been in place since 1993, and as a result what
was cutting edge 20 years ago is no longer the case. The second
goal of the club was to create a greater sense of the importance
of doing community service as well as making a real commitment
to one organization. In the ideal world, a student would find
one non-profit that really resonates with them and serve all of
their hours with that association. Finally, the last purpose of the
proposal was to change the current requirement that students
must serve 10 of their hours with organizations not connected
with CWA. Each year, this is an issue. For example, we need
students to work the auction, mentor other students, help at
Baccalaureate, or park cars at Graduation. While I would like to
report that students volunteer because it is the right thing to do
(not always the case), the on/off campus hours issue often got in
the way. The new requirement eliminates the on/off campus issue.
Community Service Requirements beginning in the 2013-14
School year:
1. Seniors and juniors community service hours will be increased
to 20 hours.
2. Service hours for 9th and 10th graders will remain the same
(15 hours).
3. There will no longer be any distinction on where a student
serves their hours as long as it is a non-profit organization.
The students proposed an even greater increase in hours, but
1. April 15 – Course Catalog available on CWA website and I decided a more modest step should be taken in the first year.
TarrierApps.
Some faculty members expressed concern about how much the
2. April 23 – Upper School Team meets with 8th graders for School already requires the students to fulfill during any given
course registration.
year. I wholeheartedly share that concern. The question that was
3. April 25 – Extended Advisory meetings for Academic Advising. repeatedly asked is, “What will we give up if we increase this
4. May 10 – Course Registration forms due for current grades requirement” A modest increase placated the faculty who were
9 – 11.
most opposed. In addition, I have heard 9th and 10th grade parents
5. May 25 – Course Registration forms due for current 8th express concern about how difficult it is on the family to transport
graders.
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a child to and from a community service activity before a student
gets their drivers license. As a result, the 9th and 10th grade hours
will remain at 15.
Next year, I have urged the Community Service Club and advisors
to create more opportunities for students to earn their hours more
easily.
I would like to thank the students and faculty for their willingness
to address this issue as well as their willingness to compromise.
Hopefully, the process was a learning experience for everyone
involved.
Wright Connection College
Program
By Katie Ryan, Director of College Counseling & Academic Dean
Ever wonder what happens to students’ applications after they
arrive at the colleges Do you wish you knew what colleges look for
as they make admission decisions The Class of 2014 will soon find
out. Our annual Wright Connection program, co-hosted with Annie
Wright, brings 13 College Deans, a distinguished group with many
years of experience, to Tacoma for a college admission workshop.
On Friday, April 26th, in small groups led by the Deans, the juniors
will act as admission committees, reviewing applications and
making decisions – admit, wait list, or deny – for four applicants
to the fictitious Fairbrook University. This fun, interactive exercise
gives our students valuable insights about the college admission
process, just as they are preparing to apply to college. They will
learn, for example, what makes a college essay compelling, how
much colleges weigh SAT scores, and how admissions officers look
for trends on the transcript and evaluate the rigor of applicants’
curricula and high schools.
There’s something for parents too! On Thursday, April 25th, from
7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Middle School Commons, we offer a panel
featuring six of our visiting Deans who will discuss How Colleges
Make Admissions Decisions. All Charles Wright parents are invited
and encouraged to attend this informative event.
Colleges participating in Wright Connection this year are: Santa
Clara University, Case Western Reserve, Dartmouth College,
Union College, Dickinson College, Boston University, University
of Virginia, University of Puget Sound, George Washington
University, University of the South: Sewanee, Lewis & Clark
College, Willamette University, and Pacific Lutheran University.
PROM
The Prom is Saturday, April 27, at Chambers
Bay. The dance begins at 8:00 p.m. and
ends at midnight. The theme is “Hollywood
– A Red Carpet Affair.” Sophomore, Kensi
Miguel and Dean of Students, Annie Schafer,
have worked to plan a festive evening for
all Upper School students. The Prom is a
formal affair, and we hope all students will
attend.
APRIL AT THE SPIRIT STORE!!
The store is open Fridays 12-3:30 in
the Wight Gym. Come in and check
out the new additions to the sale
rack and our new purple 1/4 zips!
April 26th will be a day not to miss,
new markdowns on some of your
favorite items. Hurry in as we have
limited sizes available. Interested in
volunteering, contact Lucy Zhou at
lucyzhihongzhou@hotmail.com. Thank
you for your support!
Founders Day
By Bill White, Head of Upper School
& Athletic Director
On Thursday, April 18, the annual
Founders Day celebration will be
held. The day begins with a School
wide breakfast hosted by the
Parents Association and prepared
by the CWA kitchen staff. Breakfast will be served from 7:45 until
8:30. We hope that you join your son or daughter for some eggs,
pancakes, fruit, and other morning treats.
At 12:45, Chaplain Mike Moffitt will host the Founders Day
Assembly. Chaplain Moffitt will celebrate the history, oversee the
reporting of the Peach Acres newscast, and spread good cheer
throughout the community.
After the assembly, the Founders Day cakes will be served to
students from all divisions. Founders Day is always one of the
highlights of the year. Please join us for breakfast, a community
building assembly, and cake on Thursday, April 18.
Vocal Solo & Ensemble
Competition Results
By Debra Leach, Middle School & Upper School Accompanist
Saturday, March 9, CWA made a great showing in the Vocal Solo and
Ensemble Competition. All of our students were well prepared, and
did a wonderful job performing their pieces. At the end of the day,
the following CWA students and choirs received superior ratings: The
Academy Singers, Eemon Tizpa, Bryan Grider, Chris Lewis, Katie Beck,
Chris Hyun, the 6th Grade Choir, and 6th graders Laney Schorno and
Will Mailhiot.
Chris Lewis was chosen as a first alternate in the baritone category.
Katie Beck won the soprano category. She will move on to the state
finals in April. We are all very proud, and we congratulate all of the
students involved!
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Knowledge Bowl Wins State
By John Lemma, Upper School History & Knowledge Bowl
CHADD at
CWA
By MaryBeth Cole, Lower School Learning Specialist
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(CHADD), is a national non-profit, tax-exempt (Section 501(c)(3))
organization providing education, advocacy and support for individuals
with ADHD. For more info about CHADD please visit www.chadd.org.
Results from the 3A Tournament held at Arlington HS March 23.
What does a school do after winning nine of the last 12 State
Championships for Class A Knowledge Bowl That school asks to
move up a division to AA, then wins that division on the first try. The
next year, that school moved up another division to 3A. That was the
story of Charles Wright Academy as a school of only 270 high school
students set out to slay all the 3A goliaths in the state.
Three years ago, Charles Wright advanced to the 3A competition,
only to be narrowly outpointed in the final round. The next year, CWA
generated another powerhouse team filled with scholars committed
to the very best universities in the USA, and that team lost in the final
round after defeating the Charles Wright B team by a single point in
the semi final round. Putting two teams in the semi finals was a unique
accomplishment and the best collective result in the state, but not the
championship we sought.
The 2013 year was supposed to be a rebuilding year, but thanks
to seniors Max Faran, Jack Dimmer, and Stephanie Stacy, and to
sophomores Emily Ge and Meg Blyler, CWA has now won the 3A
title. Look at the accomplishment this way: when CWA played in the
single A category, we were competing against schools with a student
population between 200-500, and now we compete against schools
with a student population of 1,000 to 3,000.
Although CWA is an independent school, local and state competitions
are filled with similar schools. In fact, Lakeside is in the 3A category
with over 1,000 students. Our CWA students outpointed the Lakeside
team at the Regional Competition and in the State Finals, along with
Mercer Island, Interlake, Peninsula, Kennedy, etc., etc.
Vanessa Davis Invited to All-
State Girls Basketball
By Tami Huff, Registrar
Vanessa’s hardwork, dedication, and outstanding job for the
Tarrier’s girls basketball team this past winter season won her
Nisqually League all-league honors. As a result of her all-league
designation, she has been invited to play in the 17th Annual 2013
Washington/N. Idaho All-State Girls Basketball games. The all-state
games will take place on Saturday, June 22, at the Hub Sports
Center in Spokane. Congratulations, Vanessa!
Our very first Tacoma Chapter CHADD meeting went extremely well.
Dr. Barry Carlaw from the Educational Diagnostic Center in University
Place discussed: The Icebergs of Attention Deficit: What’s Below the
Water Line Many felt it was a very enlightening subject.
Our April CHADD meeting will be on Wednesday, April 17, from
6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Lower School Commons. Alyssa Baker will
be our guest speaker, and she will do a presentation on ADHD and
organization. Alyssa’s CHADD talk title is: Calming the Chaos: Strategies
for Streamlining Homework, Home life, and Organization.
In May, the CHADD meeting will be on Wednesday, May 22, from
6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Lower School Commons. Dr. Carl Plonsky from
Neurobehavioral Associates will discuss the basics of ADD/ADHD in his
talk titled: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About ADD/ADHD-
Questions and Answers with Dr. Plonsky.
Charlie’s Chaplain &
Community Service
By Chaplain Mike Moffitt
I would like to recognize a young woman who quietly does good things
and never expects recognition. Ilona Jileava selflessly spends many
of her free hours with patients at Mary Bridge. I would like to send a
warm-hearted shout-out to Ilona for spreading her kindness to others
in need. Thank you!
CLICK HERE to go to my podcast page and download episodes.
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Parenting in a Digital World
By Holly Gerla, Lower School/Middle School Technology Coordinator
& Sam Harris, Middle School Librarian
Monday, April 29th
6:00-7:30pm
Charles Wright Academy
Middle School Library
4/15/13 to 4/19/13 Advanced Junior Show
4/22/13 to 5/3/13 All Student Show
5/6/13 to 5/10/13 Jacob Willis & Justin Frey
5/13/13 to 5/17/13 Nate Mondou & Austin Kelley
5/20/13 to 5/24/13 Alec Kurtz, Sylvia Al-Mateen, & Coco
Roening
What’s going on in the digital life of your child
Please join Middle School Librarian Sam Harris and Technology
Coordinator Holly Gerla for our annual “Parenting in the Digital
World” workshop. Find out about the “hot topics” of the moment,
learn about current research and trends in the realm of kids and
technology, and ask questions, share your experiences and advice,
and participate in our “digital village” as we raise and educate our
students together.
We are excited to welcome certified parent coach Emily McMason.
While Sam and Holly regularly talk with students about their lives
online and digital behavior, Emily’s expertise and training will
help us as parents when we get into more sensitive interpersonal
discussions with our kids about privacy, identity, boundaries,
difficulties they may encounter online, good decision making, and
helpful parenting advice that invites kids to share more with us,
not less. Whether they tell you or not, kids still look to the adults in
their lives for guidance, especially when it comes to deciding what
is appropriate or not. Your voice matters!
For more information about our work, or to review topics covered
in the past, please visit our blog ethics4adigitalworld.org, like us on
Facebook, or follow us on Twitter @ethics4ADW.
Senior Art Shows
By Brian Hutcheson, Visual Arts
As we move into spring, the Senior Art Show season is rapidly
approaching. I always look forward to this time of year because it offers
our students a chance to share with the entire school community and
their families the product of their hardwork in the art studios. These
seniors have been developing their technical and conceptual abilities
in the arts over the past three to four years and have made it a priority
of their time at Charles Wright to work both with their hands as well
as their minds.
Day after day the students have come to create, paint, print, sculpt,
and mold their ideas into a physical form. Some projects may take
only a few days while others may take a month or two. Each piece is
the product of a journey that may include many false starts, research,
and persistence to reach a point where the work can stand on it’s own.
What always surprises me about the senior art shows is how different
the work is when it is presented in the gallery as a whole body of work.
I have the privilege of seeing the work being created but when it all
comes together in the installation, it takes on a new power. We hope
you will join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the seniors who
will be showing this year and get to experience the culmination of their
creative endeavors at Charles Wright.
Wayzgoose
By Brian Hutcheson, Visual Arts
This will be the fourth year Charles Wright has participated in the
Tacoma Wayzgoose, a letterpress and book arts extravaganza!
The Wayzgoose is a collaboration between Jessica Spring, a local
letterpress artist, and King’s Books, where the event is hosted, and
is supported by the Tacoma Arts Commision.
We bring students to the Wayzgoose to help support the event in
set-up, selling raffle tickets, and tear down. For the past two years,
we have also participated in the steamroller-printing event. For
steamroller printing, artists design and carve a 3’x3’ linoleum cut
and print it using a steamroller. We will again be participating in this
event and have already begun the design process. It is a team effort
to design, carve, and print at such a large scale. Two sophomore
students, Sara Truscott and Young-eon Kim created this year’s
design. The printmaking class as well as many other students will
work to carve the linoleum in the weeks before this year’s event,
scheduled on April 28th.
I love bringing students to this event as it gives us a chance to
engage the greater Tacoma community. Students get to see the
art in action as it enriches the city, and the city gets to see Charles
Wright students serving and sharing their creative passions.
I hope you will join us for this year’s Wayzgoose!
Tacoma Wayzgoose – A Letterpress and Book Arts Extravaganza!
April 28th, 11am to 4pm
Hosted by King’s Books
218 St Helens Ave
Tacoma, WA 98402
253.272.8801
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speakers. Students prepared for this conference by reading the book
Beautiful Souls by Eva Press and watching the movie Defiance. CWA
investigated why some people chose to act in a righteous way while
others simply watched in the midst what was arguably the most tragic
event of the 20th Century.
Performing Arts
By Rafe Wadleigh, Performing Arts
The CWA Performing Arts Department is emerging from a busy and
fruitful winter and looking forward to a springtime filled with exciting
performances to showcase the blooming talents of our students!
February and March saw CWA musicians competing successfully in
the instrumental and choral divisions of the Mountain Region Solo
and Ensemble Contest. Soprano Katie Beck advanced to the state
level and a string quartet featuring Angela Fisher, Emily Gass, Ken He,
Kaylee Kim, YuJin Kwon, Madison Rowe, Eric Spear, Natalie Steinert,
and Ken Wakaba. These students will travel to Ellensburg at the end of
April to compete against the best high school musicians in the state!
Go Tarriers!
After the captivating March music-making at our Chamber Night and
Spring Master Works concerts, our instrumental and choral students
got right to work on new pieces for the remaining performances of the
year. Don’t miss these upcoming events:
Wednesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. the Upper School choirs of CWA will
present the Spring Pops Concert featuring solos and group numbers
from the world of popular music. From the Rolling Stones to Frank
Ocean, there will undoubtedly be something for every music lover in
attendance.
Friday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. the Upper School instrumentalists will
present their Spring Concert. I’ve heard a rumor that the evening may
include a Macklemore number, so if that is any indication of what you
can expect from Ms. Gustainis and her musicians that night, I wouldn’t
miss it!
Pacific Lutheran University
Holocaust Conference
By Nick Coddington, Upper School History
Experiences. If there is one distinguishing trait that sets CWA apart
from all other schools it is the wide range of diverse learning
experiences students have during their four years in the Upper School.
Friday, March 15, was no exception.
Traveling to Pacific Lutheran University, CWA junior history students
took part in the annual Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference that
focused on empowering students by learning from the lessons of
the Holocaust through thoughtful study, reflection, conversation, and
The first speaker was Sharon Rennert, an independent documentary
filmmaker and the granddaughter of Tuvia Bielski. The story of Tuvia
and his brothers is most famously documented in the Hollywood
movie Defiance staring Daniel Craig. The movie chronicles the heroic
efforts of the Bielski partisans in Belarus during World War II. Using
vintage family photos and rare vintage interview footage with her
feisty grandmother and other survivors, one of those Bielski partisans
as well, Ms. Rennert wove the amazing story of Jewish resistance to
Nazi terror with behind the scenes personal experiences to create a
rich tapestry of determination and survival.
The afternoon session culminated with an inspiring talk by Susie
Sherman, a Holocaust survivor from Czechoslovakia. As a child in
the German occupied Sudetenland, Ms. Sherman saw firsthand the
atrocities of the Nazi terror and the destruction of a democracy. Her
personal account of escape and survival kept everyone on the edge of
their seats. Her gentle voice that spoke of the courage of her family
and those who risked their lives to save her was unforgettable. With
the number of Holocaust survivors diminishing every day, we clearly
understood that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Reflecting back on the day, it will be yet one more unique memory we
all have from our tenure at CWA.
Divisional Parent Meeting
Tuesday, April 16
7:00 p.m. in the Tarrier House
Topics will include the following:
Prom
Course Catalog
Course Changes
Course Registration
Community Service Changes
National History Day
By Nick Coddington, Upper School History
What is the National History Day Contest, you ask Each year, more
than half a million students from around the world compete in five
different categories that test their research and presentation skills
on a specified historical theme. This year’s theme is Turning Points
in History: People, Ideas, Events.
After months of exhausting research, CWA Upper School history
students once again met the challenge of the grueling National
History Day Regional Competition in Auburn on March 28. In
early September, CWA students chose a historical topic related
to the annual theme, and then compiled research from libraries,
archives, and museums. In addition, the students conducted oral
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history interviews and visited historic sites. Next, they analyzed
and interpreted the sources, drew conclusions from their research,
and created presentations they thought best suited their topic.
CWA student project topics included, the Tank Man in Tiananmen
Square; Samuel Morse, James Meredith and the desegregation of
the University of Mississippi; The Monuments Men of World War
II; and desegregation and the Seattle Housing Project of 1968 to
name a few.
Some students will go on to compete at the state level against
entries from across Washington on May 4th in Bellevue. The top
two qualifiers from each category at the state level will earn the
right to represent Washington State at the national competition
this summer in College Park, Maryland.
Following are the results from the National History Day Regional
Competition:
Individual Paper: Jackie Yeh, 1st Place
Individual Website: Taylor Walsh, 1st Place;
Hasanah McCauley, 2nd Place
Chris Kim and Kevin Xu participated but
did not place.
Individual Exhibit: Kaylee Kim, 2nd Place
Group Performance: Grant Young and Kaia Valentine, 2nd Place
Kickin it in Spain -
One Female Student’s
Perspective
By Emily Ge (‘15)
When I learned that I would be one of only two girls on a Winterim trip
to play soccer in Spain, I was struck by a mixture of elation and sheer,
unadulterated panic. During our lovely 11-hour transatlantic crossing,
I was kept awake by my imaginings of humiliation and shame incurred
on the pitch. As soon as we arrived at our hotel, which itself was a mere
stone’s throw away from the Valencia CF training grounds (home of Los
Murcielagos!), we were told by our guide, Juan (who was inexplicably
hilarious) to strap on our boots and be ready to meet Magro, our
coach for the week. Olivia and I gave the guys a run for their money!
While we were accepted by our own team, we were consistently a
source of fascination to the Spanish teams we scrimmaged against.
Leaving Spain with a 1-2 record, the co-ed Tarriers, also known as the
Valencia CF Youth Academy Z Team, had to be happy with the way we
acquitted ourselves against highly skilled futbol players, some of whom
were definitely a lot better than us. However, we managed to triumph
with good old-fashioned American guts, glory, and the occasional
touch of good luck. Of course, we couldn’t have done it without our
amazing coaches; we owe our gratitude to Magro the Maestro, Coach
Chursky, and D.A. for managing to put up with us for eight days in
the Spanish suburban wilderness (especially the latter two, because
they organized the trip, planned everything, and returned to Sea-Tac
without having lost anyone).
streak, the whole stadium was on its feet, yelling and screaming with
joy. Més que un club, més que un deporte, y més que un viaje.
Student Wins Trip to Japan!
By Stephanie Glenn, World Language Dept. Chair
Two CWA students entered the Washington State Speech Contest
last weekend, March 30, 2013. This was something they did on
their own time outside of class and school. Young-eon Kim (‘15)
won the contest! She received a free one-month trip to Japan!
Congratulations to Young-eon! Congratulations also goes to Jackie
Elder (‘13) for her hardwork and participation!
Host an International
Student for 2013-14
By Ann Vogel, International Student Coordinator
We are currently seeking year-round host families for our incoming
Upper School international students. Regardless of the age of your
CWA student, you may be eligible if you have a spare furnished
bedroom, want to introduce a new culture to your child(ren),
develop a life-long connection with your hosted student and his
or her family, and want to help a young person grow, along with
your student, into a more confident and knowledgeable adult.
You receive a generous stipend that offsets room, board, and
transportation. Current host families make a commitment for one
school year, and may renew for future years if desired. To receive
more information about this opportunity, please call or email Ann
Vogel at avogel@charleswright.org or (253) 620-8356.
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Do you have a business you would like to share
with fellow Tarriers Need a particular service
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When we traveled to Gaudi’s City to watch FC Barcelona play Sevilla,
we braved five degree Celsius weather and blistering winds at Camp
Nou; hypothermia was a small price to pay for the privilege of being
in soccer Mecca. Although the crowd was subdued in the frigid
conditions, when Lionel Messi extended his record-breaking scoring
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Upper School News