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.
Jim Albers,
6th Grade Geography & Health
Jim Albers teaches sixth grade math and world geography, bringing to the classroom a global perspective shaped by living and working in India and Oman. Albers taught at the American Embassy School in New Delhi for four years and at the American International School of Muscat for two years.
He has shaken hands with President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeline Albright. He uses his own experiences to help students develop an appreciation of the world and a sense of their responsibility to it.
Albers holds a bachelors degree from Washington State University and a masters from Pacific Lutheran University. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2007 and coaches Middle School boys’ basketball, in addition to teaching. “I enjoy having the freedom to teach without the restraints of teaching to a particular test, allowing for more creativity in the classroom,” says Albers.
He enjoys being outdoors, traveling, reading, running, weight lifting and spending time with his family. He is a scuba diver and has tried skydiving, but doesn’t plan to test his luck again with that sport.
He has shaken hands with President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeline Albright. He uses his own experiences to help students develop an appreciation of the world and a sense of their responsibility to it.
Albers holds a bachelors degree from Washington State University and a masters from Pacific Lutheran University. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2007 and coaches Middle School boys’ basketball, in addition to teaching. “I enjoy having the freedom to teach without the restraints of teaching to a particular test, allowing for more creativity in the classroom,” says Albers.
He enjoys being outdoors, traveling, reading, running, weight lifting and spending time with his family. He is a scuba diver and has tried skydiving, but doesn’t plan to test his luck again with that sport.
