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.
Diane Hunt,
Lower School Head
Diane Hunt is the Lower School Head. “Though I work hard and value serious thought and effort, I believe deeply in the importance and the power of play, both physical play and intellectual play,” says Hunt.
Hunt appreciates the openness, generosity, and inquisitiveness of the Lower School students. “They live life with gusto,” she says. She hopes her students always remember to look for the “wonder, beauty, awe, delight and joy of the life and learning experiences that surround them.”
Diane graduated from Pacific Lutheran University and began teaching math in the Upper School at Charles Wright in 1979. She served as Head of the Middle School for 18 years and was named Head of the Lower School in 2006. Before arriving at Charles Wright, Diane taught in a public junior high school and at Pacific Lutheran University. Hunt also leads outdoor education groups.
Diane and her husband have a daughter who graduated from Charles Wright and is now in college. Diane enjoys bicycling, backpacking, kayaking and music. She serves on the board of the Tacoma Youth Chorus.
Visit her web page
Hunt appreciates the openness, generosity, and inquisitiveness of the Lower School students. “They live life with gusto,” she says. She hopes her students always remember to look for the “wonder, beauty, awe, delight and joy of the life and learning experiences that surround them.”
Diane graduated from Pacific Lutheran University and began teaching math in the Upper School at Charles Wright in 1979. She served as Head of the Middle School for 18 years and was named Head of the Lower School in 2006. Before arriving at Charles Wright, Diane taught in a public junior high school and at Pacific Lutheran University. Hunt also leads outdoor education groups.
Diane and her husband have a daughter who graduated from Charles Wright and is now in college. Diane enjoys bicycling, backpacking, kayaking and music. She serves on the board of the Tacoma Youth Chorus.
Visit her web page
