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.
Mandy Wyatt,
1st Grade
Mandy Wyatt teaches first grade. She thinks of first grade as a bridging year where children go from “learning to read to reading to learn.” She especially enjoys introducing children to beginning research. In first grade the children do three research projects beginning with researching a dinosaur of their choice. It's fun for Wyatt to encounter a young adult or a high school student who says I remember studying dinosaurs and then proceeds to tell her what his or her dinosaur was.
Wyatt's favorite days of the year are the first grade Authors' Teas. The children, using the Writer's Workshop format, start by using storymaps and end with a public speaking experience by presenting their finished books to their parents at Authors' Teas. First grade has five Authors' Teas throughout the year showcasing desert stories, original fairy tales and three nonfiction books featuring the children's research projects.
Wyatt joined the Charles Wright faculty in 1989. In 2001 she received the CWA Parent Association's Inspirational Faculty Award. She is a graduate of Central Washington University.
Wyatt enjoys traveling. Her most recent adventure was to Tahiti with her daughter. There she discovered the enchantment of snorkeling.
Wyatt's favorite days of the year are the first grade Authors' Teas. The children, using the Writer's Workshop format, start by using storymaps and end with a public speaking experience by presenting their finished books to their parents at Authors' Teas. First grade has five Authors' Teas throughout the year showcasing desert stories, original fairy tales and three nonfiction books featuring the children's research projects.
Wyatt joined the Charles Wright faculty in 1989. In 2001 she received the CWA Parent Association's Inspirational Faculty Award. She is a graduate of Central Washington University.
Wyatt enjoys traveling. Her most recent adventure was to Tahiti with her daughter. There she discovered the enchantment of snorkeling.
