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.
Barton Truscott,
Upper School History, History Co-Chair
Barton Truscott teaches European history, U.S. history, and advanced placement economics in the Upper School. He particularly enjoys working with his students on debates, simulations, and research papers.
“Students get emails from Mr. T all the time about homework, study tips, deadlines, changes, etc.,” says Truscott. “They cannot escape my grip.”
Truscott graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and went on to earn his masters degree in teaching at Occidental College in California. He joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 1999 and serves as co-chair of the history department. “I like the Northwest informality even though I am an old stuffy East Coast preppie myself,” says Truscott.
In addition to teaching, Truscott coaches tennis at Charles Wright and can brag for hours about the boys’ team’s 2007 state championship. He enjoys competitive squash, tennis, politics, and music. Truscott published a book on teaching economics in 2000.
One unusual and irrelevant fact about F. Barton Truscott: He, his father, and his son all answer to their middle names.
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“Students get emails from Mr. T all the time about homework, study tips, deadlines, changes, etc.,” says Truscott. “They cannot escape my grip.”
Truscott graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and went on to earn his masters degree in teaching at Occidental College in California. He joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 1999 and serves as co-chair of the history department. “I like the Northwest informality even though I am an old stuffy East Coast preppie myself,” says Truscott.
In addition to teaching, Truscott coaches tennis at Charles Wright and can brag for hours about the boys’ team’s 2007 state championship. He enjoys competitive squash, tennis, politics, and music. Truscott published a book on teaching economics in 2000.
One unusual and irrelevant fact about F. Barton Truscott: He, his father, and his son all answer to their middle names.
Visit his web page
