Learning to Think Like A Historian
Learning to Think Like A Historian By Nikki Fastlee Experiential, place-based, and project-based learning are hot buzz words in the realm of education right now, and rightly so. They provide students with ownership of [...]
Students Deepen their Learning With New Chromebooks
Students Deepen their Learning With New Chromebooks By Alex Domine Imagine a classroom where each student has a personal device that supports their intellectual growth by centralizing every necessary piece of information they need [...]
Families Explore STEM Together During A Night of Discovery
Families Explore STEM Together During A Night of Discovery By Alex Domine As a crowd of Lower School students buzzed to different stations to test out scientific theories, some parents watched from behind, while [...]
Kids Discover Their Passions in After-School Enrichment
Kids Discover Their Passions in After-School Enrichment By Joanna Manning When the junior kindergarten class rings the dismissal bell each afternoon, lower school students flood the hallways on their way to their various after [...]
Heritage Matters in the Middle School
Heritage Matters in the Middle School By Joanna Manning When Heritage Night first began in 1995, it provided an opportunity for middle-school families to get to know each other better by sharing meaningful parts [...]
Creativity and Tech Leads CWA Robotics to Victory
Creativity and Tech Leads CWA Robotics to Victory By Joanna Manning On the eve of the interleague robotics championship, members of the Wright Angles robotics team were working late into the night in the [...]
Academic Foundation for College Success
Academic Foundation for College Success by Alex Domine Unique — this is the word that continues to come up when parents, faculty, staff, and community members describe each CWA student. This characteristic is especially [...]
Building Healthy Habits in the Middle School
Building Healthy Habits in the Middle School by Alex Domine On a typical weekday in the Middle School at Charles Wright, you will find the hallways clamoring with smiling students, each one wearing a [...]
Connecting the Community to the Classroom
Connecting the Community to the Classroom by Joanna Manning In his essay "The Past, Present and Future of Place-Based Learning," Lewis and Clark College professor Gregory Smith explains that place-based education strives "to engender [...]
In Remembrance of Ted Sanford
In Remembrance of Ted Sanford Charles Wright Academy's highly esteemed former Headmaster Ted Sanford peacefully passed away the morning of Sunday, October 6. Ted was CWA's first long-term Headmaster serving for ten years from [...]
Learning and Reflecting: Experiential Ed Week
Learning and Reflecting: Experiential Ed Week By Joanna Manning Every September, Upper School students spend a week with their grade-level cohorts participating in Experiential Education week, an intentional break from classroom studies that is [...]
Welcome from Middle School Director Bill Schuver
Meet Middle School Director Bill Schuver by Bill Schuver Thanks to all of you who’ve welcomed me to the Charles Wright community. I’m excited to be working in the Middle School, because it was [...]