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.
Jeremy Stubbs,
Upper School Math
Jeremy Stubbs teaches algebra and advanced algebra in the Upper School. “The most important thing in my classroom is the students,” says Stubbs. “Without them, there would be no reason to come to work.”
“I can teach students better when I know who my students are,” says Stubbs. “The greatest moments for me at CWA have not happened in the classroom. They have happened at the Point Defiance Zoo on Tussock-Moth Day (an all-school community service day), hiking on the trail near Lake Ozette, or sitting and talking in the atrium of the Upper School during a shared free period. When the students see that you care about them, not just as students in your class but really care what happens to them in all aspects of their life, they will put the effort back into the classroom. And then the real learning can take place.”
Stubbs graduated from Oklahoma State University. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2005. He coaches volleyball and serves in the student-faculty senate. He enjoys hiking, backpacking, and playing video games and golf.
Visit his web page
“I can teach students better when I know who my students are,” says Stubbs. “The greatest moments for me at CWA have not happened in the classroom. They have happened at the Point Defiance Zoo on Tussock-Moth Day (an all-school community service day), hiking on the trail near Lake Ozette, or sitting and talking in the atrium of the Upper School during a shared free period. When the students see that you care about them, not just as students in your class but really care what happens to them in all aspects of their life, they will put the effort back into the classroom. And then the real learning can take place.”
Stubbs graduated from Oklahoma State University. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2005. He coaches volleyball and serves in the student-faculty senate. He enjoys hiking, backpacking, and playing video games and golf.
Visit his web page
