Annie Wright Schools

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Annie Wright Schools
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Annie Wright Schools
827 North Tacoma Avenue

Tacoma
,
Pierce County
,
Washington
98403

United States
Coordinates 47°16′06″N122°27′35″W / 47.2684°N 122.4596°W / 47.2684; -122.4596
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Former nameAnnie Wright Seminary
Type Independent college-preparatory boarding & day school
MottoFrom strength to strength
Religious affiliation(s)Christianity
Denomination Episcopal
Established1884;140 years ago (1884)
Founders John A. Paddock
Charles Barstow Wright
StatusCurrently operational [1]
NCES School ID 01462009 [1]
Head of schoolJake Guadnola [2]
Faculty76.6 (on an FTE basis) [1]
GenderMixed-sex (PS to grade 8)
Single-sex (grades 9–12)
Enrollment693 [1]  (2021-2022)
 •  Pre-kindergarten 74
 •  Kindergarten 48
 •  Grade 1 48
 •  Grade 2 48
 •  Grade 3 34
 •  Grade 4 34
 •  Grade 5 34
 •  Grade 6 38
 •  Grade 7 51
 •  Grade 8 50
 •  Grade 9 85
 •  Grade 10 58
 •  Grade 11 75
 •  Grade 12 51
Average class size17
Student to teacher ratio8.1:1 [1]
Hours in school day7.2 [1]
Campus typeMidsize city [1]
Color(s)Navy and gold
Nickname Gators
Annual tuition
  • 2022-23
  • PS: $23,400
  • K-5: $26,525
  • 6-8: $30,600
  • 9-12: $32,300
  • 5-day boarding: $47,650
  • 7-day boarding: $68,500
Affiliations NAIS, NWAIS, NCGS, IBSC, ERB
Website aw.org

Annie Wright Schools is a private school in Tacoma, Washington, United States. It is subdivided into Annie Wright Lower School (boys and girls in preschool through grade 5), Annie Wright Middle School (boys and girls in grades 6 to 8), Annie Wright Upper School for Girls (all-girls day and boarding programs for grades 9 to 12), and Annie Wright Upper School for Boys (all-boys day and boarding programs for grades 9 to 12). It was founded in 1884 by Charles Barstow Wright and Bishop John A. Paddock. It has an indoor pool; two gyms; science, design, and technology labs; art and music studios; theatre; outdoor gardens; play areas; athletic fields, and open spaces. The school is an accredited member of National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and a member of Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS), National Coalition of Girls' Schools (NCGS), the International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC), and the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). Annie Wright is also a certified International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering IB curricula throughout the schools.

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History

Annie Wright Schools were founded as Annie Wright Seminary by Right Reverend John A. Paddock and Charles Barstow Wright, who named it for Charles's daughter Annie, to educate the daughters of the pioneers. [3]

In 1884, Annie Wright Seminary opened its doors to 46 students from the Washington Territory, Oregon, British Columbia and Hawaii. At that time, there were ten members of the faculty. The first school catalog outlined the offerings of Annie Wright Seminary: "For board, furnished room, tuition in English branches and Latin, and laundry service, $350 a year."

By the early 1900s, the school building had become too small to meet demand. The school sought a new location and building to give the school much-needed space, purchasing property on North Tacoma Avenue, where the cornerstone of a new building was laid on June 9, 1924. Construction of the school was completed in time for the start of the 1924–25 school year, and the doors opened to students on September 18, 1924.

Mary McCarthy wrote of her time at Annie Wright Seminary in her memoirs Memories of a Catholic Girlhood and How I Grew. [4]

In 2009, Annie Wright Schools became an International Baccalaureate World School, [5] offering the IB Diploma Programme, with the first diploma recipients in 2011. In 2015, the school was authorized to offer the IB Primary Years Programme in Preschool through Grade 5. As of 2017, Annie Wright Schools also qualified for the Middle Years Programme.

In January 2017, Annie Wright Schools announced the decision to launch an Upper School for Boys, which opened on August 30, 2017, with 15 ninth-grade boys. [6]

In June 2018, Annie Wright Schools broke ground on two projects: a new academic building for the boys' upper school and a third gym with an underground pool. The academic building opened for the first school day on August 28, 2019. Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards officially opened the building at a community ceremony on Friday, September 6. [7] The new gym and pool opened in December 2019. [8]

After serving as Head of Annie Wright Schools for ten years, Christian Sullivan ended his tenure on June 30, 2020. [9] Jake Guadnola, who had previously served as the Director for Upper School for Girls and is an Annie Wright alumnus, began his tenure as the current Head of Schools. [10]

The first class of high school boys graduated in spring 2021. [11] Later that fall, AWS launched its first cohort of Tacoma Scholars, [12] a program that aims to "provide an AWS education to Tacoma students who come from historically disadvantaged communities." [13]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "School Leadership at Annie Wright | Pre-K-Grade 12 in Tacoma".
  3. ↑ DEATH OF FORMER TACOMA RESIDENT, in the Tacoma Times ; published May 17, 1904 (via Chronicling America)
  4. ↑ McCarthy, Mary (1993). Memories of a Catholic Girlhood. How I Grew. Intellectual Memoirs. Quality Paperback Book Club. ASIN   B000UTMBU8.
  5. ↑ "Annie Wright Schools".
  6. ↑ "Annie Wright School to add boys high school this fall". thenewstribune. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  7. ↑ "Academic Building for High School Boys Opens at Annie Wright". South Sound Magazine.
  8. ↑ Needles, Allison (11 July 2019). "Annie Wright Schools will push back start times next year so students can sleep, exercise". The News Tribune. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Head of Schools Christian Sullivan to Leave in June 2020". 21 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "School Leadership at Annie Wright | Pre-K-Grade 12 in Tacoma".
  11. ↑ "Strength | Summer 2021 by Annie Wright Schools - Issuu". July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Annie Wright Schools Welcome Inaugural Cohort of Tacoma Scholars". 14 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Tacoma Scholars at AWS | Tacoma Washington".
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