DID YOU KNOW?
Tacoma’s story spans more than two centuries from the time Captain George Vancouver anchored off Tacoma’s north shore in 1792.
In 1870, Tacoma’s natural deep-water port became an attraction that the Northern Pacific Railroad couldn’t pass up, when it made Tacoma a stop on its transcontinental line.
Old Tacoma and New Tacoma merged in 1884 and incorporated as Tacoma. By 1890, the population reached 36,000 people.
Tacoma is home to the Port of Tacoma, the seventh-largest container port in the United States, and it is within 20 miles of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and 36 miles of the city of Seattle.
Alyssa Baker,
Middle School Learning Specialist
Alyssa Baker is the Middle School learning specialist. Developing study and organizational skills is critical for Middle School students and Baker, who considers making lists a hobby and says one of her favorite projects is working with students to clean out their binders and lockers.
Baker believes the level of support and collaboration between all the teachers in the Middle School is what makes Charles Wright such a unique place to work and study.
Baker holds a bachelors degree from Pacific University and a masters degree from Northwestern University in learning disabilities. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2002 and has taught sixth grade reading, parent workshops and summer study skills camps. She has also coached boys’ basketball.
She is particularly interested in the social implications of learning disabilities and volunteers in the community as a tutor and works with children at her church. She also enjoys cooking, gardening and organizing.
Visit her web page
Baker believes the level of support and collaboration between all the teachers in the Middle School is what makes Charles Wright such a unique place to work and study.
Baker holds a bachelors degree from Pacific University and a masters degree from Northwestern University in learning disabilities. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2002 and has taught sixth grade reading, parent workshops and summer study skills camps. She has also coached boys’ basketball.
She is particularly interested in the social implications of learning disabilities and volunteers in the community as a tutor and works with children at her church. She also enjoys cooking, gardening and organizing.
Visit her web page
