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.
Plinio Gutierrez-Delgado,
Lower School Spanish
Plinio Guitierrez-Delgado teaches Spanish in the Lower School. “I really like the collaboration between Spanish teachers at Charles Wright,” says Guitierrez-Delgado. “By working together, we provide opportunities for interaction between different age groups and levels. Sometimes Upper School Spanish students volunteer in my classroom and Upper and Lower School Spanish classes get together to share what they are learning. All the students benefit greatly from this type of experience.”
“One of my favorite projects is preparing with students the altar for El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead,” he says. “We decorate the altar with fruit, food, candy, photos, flowers, sugar skulls, and decorative paper to honor and remember our loved ones who have passed on.”
Guitierrez-Delgado was born in a small coastal town in southern Mexico. His family moved to Mexico City when he was young and he graduated there from Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Teachers College. He won several awards for public speaking and served as the master of ceremonies for several events at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. He taught for more than ten years in Mexico’s public school system and headed a teachers’ committee coordinating cultural and pedagogical activities for eight elementary schools.
In 1994, Guiterrez-Delgado came to the United States to learn English at the University of Washington. Before joining the Charles Wright faculty in 2002, he taught Spanish at Seattle Waldorf School and Seattle Country Day School. He taught in both the Middle and Upper Schools at CWA before developing the Lower School Spanish program.
Gutierrez-Delgado is passionate about salsa dancing and Latin music. He enjoys spending time with his family, watching foreign films, eco-touring, camping, hiking, and kayaking.
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“One of my favorite projects is preparing with students the altar for El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead,” he says. “We decorate the altar with fruit, food, candy, photos, flowers, sugar skulls, and decorative paper to honor and remember our loved ones who have passed on.”
Guitierrez-Delgado was born in a small coastal town in southern Mexico. His family moved to Mexico City when he was young and he graduated there from Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Teachers College. He won several awards for public speaking and served as the master of ceremonies for several events at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. He taught for more than ten years in Mexico’s public school system and headed a teachers’ committee coordinating cultural and pedagogical activities for eight elementary schools.
In 1994, Guiterrez-Delgado came to the United States to learn English at the University of Washington. Before joining the Charles Wright faculty in 2002, he taught Spanish at Seattle Waldorf School and Seattle Country Day School. He taught in both the Middle and Upper Schools at CWA before developing the Lower School Spanish program.
Gutierrez-Delgado is passionate about salsa dancing and Latin music. He enjoys spending time with his family, watching foreign films, eco-touring, camping, hiking, and kayaking.
Visit his home page
