All Upper School students are required to participate in athletics and fitness activities. CWA athletes compete in the Nisqually League 1A.

More than 70 percent of Upper School students participate in competitive athletics through 15 teams, and Charles Wright has won state championships in boys’ basketball, cross-country, golf, tennis, and soccer and in girls’ cross-country and tennis.

We offer a mix of competitive and noncompetitive programs, and every student participates in four seasons of sports or fitness activities during school hours.

Seventh and eighth graders compete against other middle schools through the Washington State Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA). Fifth and sixth graders also compete in local youth select sports leagues.

In the Lower School, students take physical education classes three to four times per week, have recess twice each day, and may join additional CWA sports activities after school such as Cross Country, Flag Football, Soccer, Basketball, Soccer, and Track & Field competitions against other local schools, For 3rd and 4th graders, students take swim lessons at the local YMCA once a week during the school day. (Fall for 4th grade, and Spring for 3rd grade.)