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.
Hiroe Une,
Middle School/Upper School Japanese
Hiroe Une teaches Japanese to sixth, seventh and eighth graders. She grew up in Japan and came to the United States to attend St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She went on to earn her masters in education at Temple University.
Une loves to travel and has visited China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. She has taught English in China during the summer and was surprised to find how easily she could understand her students and communicate with them without a common language—they didn’t speak much English and she didn’t speak much Chinese.
Une is very involved in Charles Wright’s strong relationship with sister school Mukogawa, in Japan, which has created many exchange opportunities for students at both schools. “Our students have hands-on experiences, and Charles Wright gives them a chance to incorporate our classroom in the real world,” she says.
In addition to teaching, she coaches volleyball and has advised the anime and Japanese clubs. She also teaches Sunday school and loves karaoke. Une has taught at Charles Wright since 1998.
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Une loves to travel and has visited China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. She has taught English in China during the summer and was surprised to find how easily she could understand her students and communicate with them without a common language—they didn’t speak much English and she didn’t speak much Chinese.
Une is very involved in Charles Wright’s strong relationship with sister school Mukogawa, in Japan, which has created many exchange opportunities for students at both schools. “Our students have hands-on experiences, and Charles Wright gives them a chance to incorporate our classroom in the real world,” she says.
In addition to teaching, she coaches volleyball and has advised the anime and Japanese clubs. She also teaches Sunday school and loves karaoke. Une has taught at Charles Wright since 1998.
Visit her web site
