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.
Bob Gordon,
7th Grade Art/Outdoor Education Coordinator
Bob Gordon teaches seventh grade visual art. He runs the wood and glass shop where students carve duck decoys each fall and craft glass kaleidoscopes each spring. Gordon believes motivated students and families and great colleagues are what make Charles Wright such a great place to teach.
Like all the visual and performing arts faculty at Charles Wright, Gordon is a professional artist. He has studied woodworking with Northwest Native American carvers and makes traditional wood and bone halibut hooks by hand. He has also studied with Southwest Native American textile artists.
Gordon joined the Charles Wright faculty in 1981. In addition to teaching, he has led outdoor education and Winterim trips, including an art appreciation trip to New York City. “Our focus is to visit major museums and art galleries, experience the food, the sights, the subways and the beat of the city that never sleeps,” says Gordon. “These trips
have been wonderful experiences for students and leaders alike.”
Like all the visual and performing arts faculty at Charles Wright, Gordon is a professional artist. He has studied woodworking with Northwest Native American carvers and makes traditional wood and bone halibut hooks by hand. He has also studied with Southwest Native American textile artists.
Gordon joined the Charles Wright faculty in 1981. In addition to teaching, he has led outdoor education and Winterim trips, including an art appreciation trip to New York City. “Our focus is to visit major museums and art galleries, experience the food, the sights, the subways and the beat of the city that never sleeps,” says Gordon. “These trips
have been wonderful experiences for students and leaders alike.”
