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Tobes’s ‘mental math’ students strike gold on STAR exam

Do regular Press Democrat readers remember a story that ran last month on Public Schools Week that featured Wright Charter School students in Jeff Tobes’s algebra class? Well I just heard from Tobes and he says that every single one of the students in that class – the first ever [...]

By | June 6th, 2013|1 Comment

Teachers using donorschoose.org to support classroom

Brian Belding, a third grade teacher at Wright Charter School, made the good suggestion of getting word out about www.Donorschoose.org. The site, for those not familiar, is an online donation forum where teachers can post pitches for donations for their classrooms. For donors, it’s easily searchable so you can search [...]

By | August 30th, 2012|1 Comment

Wright names Adam Stein new superintendent

The Wright School District has hired Adam Stein as its new superintendent. Stein, currently director of special education with the Napa Valley Unified School District, replaces Karen Salvaggio and begins his stint July 1. Stein began his career as a special education teacher and later served as principal at a [...]

By | June 18th, 2012|0 Comments

Wright Charter brings home awards

Wright School District is proud of a number of Wright Charter School students who pulled in some top awards at recent academic competitions. The following students earned first place honors at the annual History Day competition last month: Ashley Fong, documentary Ulysses Olvera, historical paper Jesus Rosas, websit Alessa Sotelo, [...]

By | March 16th, 2011|0 Comments

Science students vie for spot in North Bay competition

Want to know what happens when salt water comes in contact with pole beans? Or whether teenagers are motivated more by personal or group gain? How about if there are variations in the vigor of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death? If these concepts keep you up at night, [...]

By | February 3rd, 2011|0 Comments