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.
Marc Janes,
Director of College Counseling
Marc Janes is the director of college counseling. “Charles Wright has a way of helping people, both kids and grownups, grow into their best selves,” says Janes.
“As teachers, we get to observe, listen to, interact with, and occasionally touch the hearts, minds, and funny-bones of remarkable young adults. To see them wobble, stretch, explore, discover and grow – sometimes in nearly miraculous ways – is a privilege and a joy. How much more fun can a person have coming to work each day?”
Janes graduated from Yale University and went on to earn his masters degree in education at Antioch University in Seattle. He joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 1986. He has taught math and English here and served as head of the Lower School.
Janes has done volunteer work with Nativity House and the Mt. Tahoma Trails Association Ski Patrol. He enjoys camping, kayaking, fly fishing and playing Dixieland banjo. He has run the Portland Martathon, climbed Mount Rainier in "heels (or crampons, actually)”, and survived capsizing several kayaks with retired CWA teacher and alum John Long.
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“As teachers, we get to observe, listen to, interact with, and occasionally touch the hearts, minds, and funny-bones of remarkable young adults. To see them wobble, stretch, explore, discover and grow – sometimes in nearly miraculous ways – is a privilege and a joy. How much more fun can a person have coming to work each day?”
Janes graduated from Yale University and went on to earn his masters degree in education at Antioch University in Seattle. He joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 1986. He has taught math and English here and served as head of the Lower School.
Janes has done volunteer work with Nativity House and the Mt. Tahoma Trails Association Ski Patrol. He enjoys camping, kayaking, fly fishing and playing Dixieland banjo. He has run the Portland Martathon, climbed Mount Rainier in "heels (or crampons, actually)”, and survived capsizing several kayaks with retired CWA teacher and alum John Long.
Visit his web page
