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.
Ryan Johnson,
Upper School Science
Ryan Johnson teaches biology and environmental biology in the Upper School. “I love the small class sizes at CWA,” says Johnson. “I teach a biology course with eight students. I’m able to meet each student’s individual needs and the needs of the class as a whole.”
Johnson graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2007. In addition to teaching, he coaches cross-country and track team runners, advises the climbing club, leads Winterim groups and volunteers with the school’s Chapel Home project.
Johnson enjoys running, baking scones, snowboarding, backpacking and writing. He once rode his mountain bike from New Mexico to Maine. In two and half months he covered over 3,000 miles, mostly on back roads and dirt roads.
Johnson graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. He joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2007. In addition to teaching, he coaches cross-country and track team runners, advises the climbing club, leads Winterim groups and volunteers with the school’s Chapel Home project.
Johnson enjoys running, baking scones, snowboarding, backpacking and writing. He once rode his mountain bike from New Mexico to Maine. In two and half months he covered over 3,000 miles, mostly on back roads and dirt roads.
